Dr James Miller
Faculties, departments and locations
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Humanities
- School of Creative and Cultural Industries
- Penrhyn Road
Senior Lecturer
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I am a novelist and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and English Literature. Since 2018 I've been course leader for the MA and MFA in Creative Writing.
I am the author of the novels LOST BOYS (Little Brown 2008) and SUNSHINE STATE (Little, Brown 2010) and most recently UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES (Dodo Ink 2017) and STRAYS (Haverthorn 2017) a collaborative work of experimental poetry based on my debut novel. I've also written numerous short stories and articles which have been published in various journals, websites and anthologies. I have a PhD in American literature from King's College London on the African-American author James Baldwin and the connection of his work to Civil Rights and post-colonial discourse. I'm also a founding member of Writers Rebel - we publish work about the climate and ecological emergency at www.writersrebel.com - and organise literary events that are also non-violent direct actions with Extinction Rebellion. I also help run the Twitter for Extinction Rebellion UK.
Qualifications
- BA 1st Class Honours English Literature Oxford University 1997
- MA (Distinction) Anglo-American literary relations UCL 1999
- PhD King's College London 2006
Domains
I teach a range of modules on the MA in Creative Writing, the BA in Creative Writing and BA English Literature.
Course director
Courses taught
My areas of research include: connections between contemporary literature and critical theory; connections between literary form and technology; the impact of socio-economic and political events on the novel and narrative fiction, experimental fiction, pastiche, parody, blending and complicating genre boundaries.
I'm interested in supervising creative writing PhDs working on experimental or literary fiction or literature PhDs researching C20th American literature, particularly African-American, Beat Generation and postmodern fiction.
Publications
Notes Towards a Deranged Realism
Miller, James, 2017, Berfois, E-pub ahead of print
Notting Hill
Miller, James, 2015, Litro Magazine (147)pp 20-23, Published
The red mist
Miller, James, 2014, Mutation Research - Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects Including Methodology, Published
Micro-narratives of the everyday
Miller, James, 2014, Litro Magazine (134)pp 32-37, Published
Integration, transformation and the redemption of America: 'The Fire Next Time' and 'A Letter from Birmingham Jail'
Miller, James, 2009, European Journal of American Culture (28), 3pp 245-262, Published
What does it mean to be an American? The dialectics of self-discovery in Baldwin's "Paris essays" (1950-1961)
Miller, James, 2008, Journal of American Studies (42), 01pp 51-66, Published
Strays
Lewis, Julia Rose and Miller, James (2017). U.K.: [Published]
UnAmerican activities
Miller, James (2017). Buxton, U.K.: [Published]
Exploding zombie cock
Miller, James (2014). Norwich, U.K.: (Galley Beggar Press) [Published]
Sunshine State
Miller, James (2010). London, U.K.: [Published]
Lost boys
Miller, James (2009). London, U.K.: [Published]
How to imagine the future when the future does not exist
Miller, James (2023). In: Coxon, Dan, Hirst, Richard V., (eds.), Manchester, U.K.:pp 119-141 [Published]
James Baldwin's Black Power: 'No Name in the Street', Fanon, Camus, and the Black Panthers
Miller, James (2019). In: Craven, Alice Mikal, Dow, William E., Nakamura, Yoko, (eds.)pp 177-193 [Published]
Not all right
Miller, James (2018). In: Coxon, Dan, (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 133-155 [Published]
Short stories - 'experimental' shorts
Miller, James (2015). In: Newland, Courttia, Hershman, Tania, (eds.), London, U.K.: Bloomsbury Academicpp 104-105 [Published]
Six Month Anniversary
Miller, James (2015). Norwich, U.K.: [Published]
The importance of place and setting in the novel
Miller, James (2015). In: Royle, Nicholas, (eds.), Cromer, U.K.:pp 129-138 [Published]
Quiet evenings at the Moriglen Care Home
Miller, James (2014). In: Ream, Sarah, (eds.), London, U.K.: [Published]
Videos of my work
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Writers Rebel with Zadie Smith at Tufton Street
Zadie Smith tells the truth at our Tufton St action
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Writers Rebel in Trafalgar Square
A short video about our Trafalgar Square event