Poet of the Month: Adriana Lisboa
“[Poetry] is a space where we can multiply our question marks, rather than look for answers.” Adriana Lisboa, The Missing Slate’s Poet of the Month, in conversation with Jacob Silkstone.
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Poet of the Month: Kyla Pasha
“All poems are love poems, you know.” Continuing our Poet of the Month series, Kyla Pasha talks to Rosario Freire.
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Poet of the Month: Jan Wagner
“I love to write most: in a simultaneous state of presence and absence… When silence fills the room and darkness lurks outside the window.” Jan Wagner, The Missing Slate’s Poet of the Month, interviewed by Audrey Ryback.
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Poet of the Month: Hubert Moore
“In the UK, as things stand, poetry is too weak to bring change…” Hubert Moore, our Poet of the Month for August, talks to Camille Ralphs.
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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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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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Poet of the Month: Hira A
“In fact, I think the only convincing, memorable female protagonist in Pakistani prose has been created by a man… Mohammed Hanif” Hira A, The Missing Slate’s Poet of the Month, talks to Ghausia Rashid Salam.
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Poet of the Month: Shanta Acharya
“Poets today may bear no responsibility to write poems with a social/moral message. Yet this freedom comes with a price.” Shanta Acharya, The Missing Slate’s Poet of the Month, talks to Maida Salkanović.
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Poet of the Month: Rowland Bagnall
“A friend of mine told me recently that Jonathan Franzen used to blindfold himself daily, touch-type for 6 hours and then get drunk on vodka with his wife. I don’t do this.” Rowland Bagnall, The Missing Slate’s Poet of the Month for February, talks to Audrey Ryback.
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Poet of the Month: Iain Britton
“I have always been fascinated by mysteries, enigmas…” Iain Britton, our Poet of the Month, in conversation with Camille Ralphs.
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