Spotlight Poet: McDonald Dixon
“Like water, Art must find its level. It cannot be all things to all men.” In the week of his 70th birthday, McDonald Dixon talks to The Missing Slate’s Jamie Osborn.
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Author of the Month: Maria Pinto
“I try and try to constantly look at the world as if nothing is obvious, like children do. I mostly fail at that because the lens can’t help but harden as one gets older…” Maria Pinto, Author of the Month for August, talks to Santiago J. Sanchez.
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Author of the Month: Zsolt Láng
“It takes me six years to write a novel and quite possibly it will end up in the litter bin once it is finished.” Zsolt Láng, Author of the Month for July, talks to fiction editor Maliha Iftekhar.
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Poet of the Month: Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
“I like poetry best when its meaning is at its most fluid…” In our July Poet of the Month interview, Poetry World Cup winner Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé talks to Jacob Silkstone.
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Dubai Unplugged
In a cosmopolitan metropolis like Dubai, a thriving business and cultural hub, live music is a concept often restricted to massive, multinational events. International artists…
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Author of the Month: Fiona Inglis
“Everyone’s afraid of being ugly and ending up alone. It’s become a modern day mental plague.” Fiona Inglis, The Missing Slate’s Author of the Month, talks to Umamah Wajid.
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Poet of the Month: Kwame Dawes
“Even when there is pomp and splendor there is probably a streak of fecal matter in the briefs of the King.” The Missing Slate’s Poet of the Month, Kwame Dawes, in conversation with Jamie Osborn.
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Loopy Tunes: Where Is That Music Coming From?
The Missing Slate’s Mavra Bari talks to Toronto-based musician Kira May about what sets looping apart in the music scene and makes it such a fixture in Toronto’s urban landscape.
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Author of the Month: Eliza Calvin
“Many people like to write about where they are from. I prefer to write about places I’ve never been or places I miss.” Eliza Calvin, our Author of the Month, talks to Varda Nisar.
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Spotlight Translator: Adam Morris
Adam Morris talks to Jacob Silkstone about Hilda Hilst’s life and writing, the importance of translation, and the dangers of seeing the internet as a liberating and democratic force for good.
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