Things I Have Withheld (eBook)

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 Caraïbe 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

A deceptive spellbinder

Daring, unforgettable . . . He can shift from chatty to tragic to sublime in a line, and make it look easy

Praise for Kei Miller: An expansive talent, of a writer stretching to catch up with his own curiosity and fertility

Superb . . . wit and lyricism masterfully balanced to render a compelling whole

Kei Miller's is a voice we will hear much more of, for it speaks and sings with rare confidence and authority

Miller's storytelling is superb

Brilliant and moving . . . Each observant sentence in this gorgeous book is a gem

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

He has such a distinctive voice . . . his love of rhythm and performance poetry is evident in his work

Miller isn't just a writer . . . he is a true alchemist