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Kei Miller was born in Jamaica in 1978. He read English at the University of the West Indies and completed an MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. His work has appeared in The Caribbean Writer, Snow Monkey, Caribbean Beat and Obsydian III. His first collection of short fiction, The Fear of Stones, was short-listed in 2007 for the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize. His first poetry collection, Kingdom of Empty Bellies, was published in March 2006 by Heaventree Press; his second, There Is an Anger That Moves, was published by Carcanet in October 2007. He is also the editor of Carcanet's New Caribbean Poetry: An Anthology. He has been a visiting writer at York University in Canada, the Department of Library Services in the British Virgin Islands and a Vera Ruben Fellow at Yaddo, and currently teaches Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow.

Kei Miller has a page on the Poetry Archive website, where you can listen to recordings of his poetry and access other useful resources. Click here.

The title poem of A Light Song of Light , Kei Miller's third poetry colelction begins: A light song of light is not sung In the light; what would be the point? read more

Like The Last Warner Woman , Miller's third poetry collection is comprised of a rich mix of voicings and testimonies. read more

For a shot of good cheer you can't do better than the poems of Kei Miller. read more

At first glance, a collection which manically riffs on light and songs and songs of light doesn't seem terribly appealing. read more

In the Jamaican poet Kei Miller’s second collection, published since his move to the UK, the first and strongest sequence, ‘In This New Country’, is a tribute to the strangeness of arriving in a Britain already colonised by Jamaicans ‘in reverse’ (the term is Louise Bennett’s): ‘Walking through Peckham / in London, West Moss Road in Manchester, / you pass green and yellow shops / where tie-headwomen bargain over the price / of dasheen’. read more

Vahni Capildeo on New Caribbean Poetry , ed. read more

Kei Miller reads 'Some definitions for Light (I) (1:57mins) Kei Miller reads 'If this short poem stretches' (1:15mins)

Kei Miller, New World Order Reading (28 June 2012)
From Poetry Parnassus at the Southbank Centre (26 June 2012)

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Kei Miller Books by this author: A Light Song of Light Eleven Voices from the Caribbean There is an Anger That Moves New Caribbean Poetry (Ed.) About Reviews Audio Gallery Kei Miller was born in Jamaica in 1978. He read English at the University of the West Indies and completed an MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. His work has appeared in The Caribbean Writer, Snow Monkey, Caribbean Beat and Obsydian III. His first collection of short fiction, The Fear of Stones, was short-listed in 2007 for the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize. His first poetry collection, Kingdom of Empty Bellies, was published in March 2006 by Heaventree Press; his second, There Is an Anger That Moves, was published by Carcanet in October 2007. He is also the editor of Carcanet's New Caribbean Poetry: An Anthology. He has been a visiting writer at York University in Canada, the Department of Library Services in the British Virgin Islands and a Vera Ruben Fellow at Yaddo, and currently teaches Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. Kei Miller has a page on the Poetry Archive website, where you can listen to recordings of his poetry and access other useful resources. Click here. The title poem of A Light Song of Light , Kei Miller's third poetry colelction begins: A light song of light is not sung In the light; what would be the point? read more Like The Last Warner Woman , Miller's third poetry collection is comprised of a rich mix of voicings and testimonies. read more For a shot of good cheer you can't do better than the poems of Kei Miller. read more At first glance, a collection which manically riffs on light and songs and songs of light doesn't seem terribly appealing. read more In the Jamaican poet Kei Miller’s second collection, published since his move to the UK, the first and strongest sequence, ‘In This New Country’, is a tribute to the strangeness of arriving in a Britain already colonised by Jamaicans ‘in reverse’ (the term is Louise Bennett’s): ‘Walking through Peckham / in London, West Moss Road in Manchester, / you pass green and yellow shops / where tie-headwomen bargain over the price / of dasheen’. read more In the Jamaican poet Kei Miller’s second collection, published since his move to the UK, the first and strongest sequence, ‘In This New Country’, is a tribute to the strangeness of arriving in a Britain already colonised by Jamaicans ‘in reverse’ (the term is Louise Bennett’s): ‘Walking through Peckham / in London, West Moss Road in Manchester, / you pass green and yellow shops / where tie-headwomen bargain over the price / of dasheen’. read more In the Jamaican poet Kei Miller’s second collection, published since his move to the UK, the first and strongest sequence, ‘In This New Country’, is a tribute to the strangeness of arriving in a Britain already colonised by Jamaicans ‘in reverse’ (the term is Louise Bennett’s): ‘Walking through Peckham / in London, West Moss Road in Manchester, / you pass green and yellow shops / where tie-headwomen bargain over the price / of dasheen’. read more In the Jamaican poet Kei Miller’s second collection, published since his move to the UK, the first and strongest sequence, ‘In This New Country’, is a tribute to the strangeness of arriving in a Britain already colonised by Jamaicans ‘in reverse’ (the term is Louise Bennett’s): ‘Walking through Peckham / in London, West Moss Road in Manchester, / you pass green and yellow shops / where tie-headwomen bargain over the price / of dasheen’. read more Vahni Capildeo on New Caribbean Poetry , ed. read more Kei Miller reads 'Some definitions for Light (I) (1:57mins) Kei Miller reads 'If this short poem stretches' (1:15mins) Kei Miller, New World Order Reading (28 June 2012) From Poetry Parnassus at the Southbank Centre (26 June 2012)	Share this... Quick Links Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry Comma Press FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog Richard Price: A Month in Portugal read more Let's Gimbal! read more Carcanet New Poetry Showcase: The Audience Writes Back read more John Gallas: A Little Andaluciad read more Carcanet Poetry Showcase: 30th April read more The Manchester Writing Competition 2013 read more
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