Awards

• Long-listed for Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour 2022 (UK)
• Long-listed for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (UK).
• Long-listed for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2021 (UK)
• Short-listed for OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2022 (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Short-listed for Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2022 (UK)
• Short-listed for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2021 (UK)

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Invaluable . . . an astounding collection, where Miller circles the question of how to put words to what is often silenced . . . In a lyrical, effortless style, Miller traverses questions of class and race, and how love, privilege and community exist within them * * Big Issue * * The powerful essays include [Miller's] own letters to the late American novelist James Baldwin and his reflections on the permanence of racism. He writes movingly * * Independent * * Miller promises a lyrical collection of essays . . . Drawing on his travels across the US, the UK, Jamaica and other places, Miller's essays say something about the ways in which meaning, as well as our own positionality, can shift as we travel through the world and encounter systemic violence . . . Both Miller and Baldwin are known to be devastatingly concise and honest in their observations concerning race and racism * * Forbes, Most Anticipated Book of 2021 * * Miller's storytelling is impeccable, and his verse is arresting and beautiful. Things I Have Withheld is a remarkable contribution to literature -- DE'SHAWN WINSLOW * * author of In West Mills * * Perfectly encapsulates what it means to live in today's world as the other . . . Miller is a gifted writer; his silences furthering his craft as much as his words . . . Miller's writing is courageous and expansive. It seeks to educate its readers about inherent racism and racial bias and does so by tackling nuances head on * * Wee Review * * Searing . . . entrancing . . . Miller brings into devastating clarity the dangers confronting Black people in visualising the final moments of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Sharp as blades, Miller's words cut to the core * * Publishers Weekly (starred review) * * A stirring and insightful collection of essays . . . Miller is able to bring us a persuasive, writerly account of what is going on in some of these places he inhabits * * Tears in the Fence * * Shamefully, the stream of consciousness of a Caribbean philosopher, as I humbly designate Miller to be, is rarely considered essential literature in Western academia. Miller is a Jamaican-born poet, essayist and novelist tantamount to Stuart Hall, Sylvia Wynter, Orlando Patterson and Claude McKay * * BOMB magazine * * Praise for Kei Miller: An expansive talent, of a writer stretching to catch up with his own curiosity and fertility * * New Yorker * * Daring, unforgettable . . . He can shift from chatty to tragic to sublime in a line, and make it look easy * * Telegraph * *

Praise for Kei Miller: An expansive talent, of a writer stretching to catch up with his own curiosity and fertility * * New Yorker * * Daring, unforgettable . . . He can shift from chatty to tragic to sublime in a line, and make it look easy * * Telegraph * * Superb . . . wit and lyricism masterfully balanced to render a compelling whole * * Guardian * * Brilliant and moving . . . Each observant sentence in this gorgeous book is a gem * * New York Times * * Miller's storytelling is superb * * Sunday Times * * He has such a distinctive voice . . . his love of rhythm and performance poetry is evident in his work -- CERYS MATTHEWS These captivating poets write from the heart with poems which range from the spare and haunting to the risky and experimental. There are surprises, there is beauty, there are pleasures to be discovered, there is much to be enjoyed -- BERNARDINE EVARISTO on NEW CARIBBEAN POETRY A deceptive spellbinder -- MARLON JAMES Kei Miller's is a voice we will hear much more of, for it speaks and sings with rare confidence and authority -- LORNA GOODISON, Poet Laureate of Jamaica Miller isn't just a writer . . . he is a true alchemist * * Herald * *

Miller isn't just a writer . . . he is a true alchemist * * Herald * * Kei Miller's is a voice we will hear much more of, for it speaks and sings with rare confidence and authority -- LORNA GOODISON, Poet Laureate of Jamaica A deceptive spellbinder -- MARLON JAMES These captivating poets write from the heart with poems which range from the spare and haunting to the risky and experimental. There are surprises, there is beauty, there are pleasures to be discovered, there is much to be enjoyed -- BERNARDINE EVARISTO on NEW CARIBBEAN POETRY He has such a distinctive voice . . . his love of rhythm and performance poetry is evident in his work -- CERYS MATTHEWS Miller's storytelling is superb * * Sunday Times * * Brilliant and moving . . . Each observant sentence in this gorgeous book is a gem * * New York Times * * Superb . . . wit and lyricism masterfully balanced to render a compelling whole * * Guardian * * Daring, unforgettable . . . He can shift from chatty to tragic to sublime in a line, and make it look easy * * Telegraph * * Praise for Kei Miller: An expansive talent, of a writer stretching to catch up with his own curiosity and fertility * * New Yorker * *

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Kei Miller was born in Jamaica in 1978 and has written several books across a range of genres. His 2014 poetry collection, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, won the Forward Prize for Best Collection; his 2017 novel, Augustown, won the Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the Prix Les Afriques and the Prix Carbet de la Caraibe et du Tout-Monde. In 2010, the Institute of Jamaica awarded him the Silver Musgrave medal for his contributions to Literature and in 2018 he was awarded the Anthony Sabga medal for Arts & Letters. Kei has an MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University and a PhD in English Literature from the University of Glasgow. He has taught at the Universities of Glasgow, Royal Holloway and Exeter. He was the 2019 Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor to the University of Iowa and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. @keimiller

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