Kei Miller

Book Shambles

On today’s episode Robin is joined by author and poet Kei Miller to talk about his new collection of essays, Things I Have Withheld. They chat about the fear of writing such an honest book, how criticism and expectations of self differs from country to country, favourite Jamaican poets and much more.

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Reading List

Books recommended this week include:

Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller

Begin Again by Eddie Glaude Jr

The writings of James Baldwin

The work of Langston Hughes

The poetry of Lorna Goodison

The poetry of Emily Dickinson

The writing of Earl Lovelace

The poetry of W. S. Merwin

The poetry of Dionne Brand

The poetry of Derek Walcott

The poetry of Kamau Brathwaite

The work of Toni Morrison 

Augustown by Kei Miller

The work of David Malouf

Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

The work of belle hooks

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