“The subconscious is a gold mine, all you need is a pen in your hand.”
Simon Perchik, The Missing Slate’s Poet of the Month, talks to Julie Haasova.
“We write so we do not have memory alone to rely on, so that we do not forget — who we are, where we have come from and all the things that we can be.”
Ama Asantewa Diaka, The Missing Slate’s Author of the Month (January 2017), talks to Jacob Silkstone.
“The influence of poets on a fiction writer’s work is another reason to read widely and to experience a variety of genres and styles.” Joshua Schouten de Jel, our October Author of the Month, talks to Mehreen Fatima Ashfaq.
“I don’t think there has ever been a better time for publishers to focus on translated literature…”
As part of our Spotlight Translator series, Jacob Silkstone interviews Rosie Hedger.
“With writing, I have so much engagement inside of me: the breath and music of the words as they fill the page, the themes, and the urgency of what must be caught before it disappears…”
Lauren Camp, The Missing Slate’s Poet of the Month, talks to Katy Lewis Hood.
“They say a picture is worth a thousand words… These few words are worth a thousand pictures on social media.”
Robert Cottrell on Kitchen Butterfly, Ozoz Sokoh’s Nigerian food blog.
“If you want to see journalism at its best, then this is the place to go. Of Bill Keller’s two editorships, the second may yet be the greater.”
Continuing his weekly series on the best of the web, Robert Cottrell admires The Marshall Project.
“James Altucher is the Mozart of oversharing…” Robert Cottrell’s Spotlight Series visits Altucher Confidential, with a short detour via Medium.
“Answers to all those questions you have always wanted to know about the inner workings of airlines, but no longer dare ask for fear of ending up on a no-fly list.”
Robert Cottrell’s Spotlight Site series continues with ‘Ask the Pilot’, a blog run by Patrick Smith.
“He approaches the work of others with the expertise and shared delight of a practitioner. His post on ‘Beyoncé’ is surely one of the finest record reviews ever written.”
Robert Cottrell visits Nico Muhly’s blog.