Displaced Loyalty
How do you choose what team to support when your national team never qualifies? Hammad Ali talks about the experience of being a Pakistani fan ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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The Law Concerning Mermaids
“…maybe this is the problem with empires: how they have forced us to live in a world lacking in mermaids…” Weekend poem, by Kei Miller.
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dream house
“The rotting yellow farmhouse/ always the same…” Poem of the Week (May 27), by Daniel von der Embse.
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Consciousness in Literature
Mariam Tareen writes about the role consciousness plays in the act of writing and whether it merits a place in contemporary literature.
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Editors’ Picks: Palme d’Or Winners
As the 2014 Cannes film festival arrives at its conclusion, a selection of our writers choose their favourite Palme d’Or recipients of years gone by.
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Independent I: An Interview with Jennifer Reeder
“I love films that successfully break rules on some level.” Film critic Chuck Williamson speaks to award-winning Chicago-based filmmaker Jennifer Reeder about her new short film ‘A Million Miles Away’.
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Wenlock Poetry Festival 2014: In Review
The Missing Slate’s take on the 2014 Wenlock Poetry Festival.
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For La Llorona
“come when the rains/ will not stain your/ lily-white shroud// where the sun/ will not freeze/ your blood…” Weekend poem, by David Ishaya Osu.
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TÄrÄ at the Prom
“There were only skeletons at the prom but/ TÄrÄ was not afraid…” Poem of the Week (April 22), by Ottilie Mulzet.
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New Voices Writing Competition
Announcing The Missing Slate’s first cash-prized fiction writing competition!
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