Dr James Miller

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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. 

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications

  • BA 1st Class Honours English Literature Oxford University 1997
  • MA (Distinction) Anglo-American literary relations UCL 1999
  • PhD King's College London 2006

Teaching and learning

I teach a range of modules on the MA in Creative Writing, the BA in Creative Writing and BA English Literature. 

Undergraduate courses taught

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

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. 

Research student supervision

Main supervision

Other supervision

Publications

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Number of items: 18.

Article

(2017) Berfois,

(2015) Litro Magazine, 147, pp. 20-23.

(2014) Litro,

(2014) Litro Magazine, 134, pp. 32-37.

(2009) European Journal of American Culture, 28(3), pp. 245-262. ISSN (print) 1466-0407

(2008) Journal of American Studies, 42(01), pp. 51-66. ISSN (print) 0021-8758

Book

Lewis, Julia Rose and (2017) U.K. : HVTN. 116p. ISBN 9781999867003

(2017) Buxton, U.K. : Dodo Ink. 288p. ISBN 9780993575853

(2014) Norwich, U.K. : Galley Beggar Press. 22p. (Singles) ISBN 9781910296356

(2010) London, U.K. : Little Brown. 344p. ISBN 9781408701843

(2009) London, U.K. : Little Brown. 275p. ISBN 9780349120980

Book Section

(2023) In: Coxon, Dan and Hirst, Richard V., (eds.) Writing the future : essays on crafting science fiction. Manchester, U.K. : Dead Ink. pp. 119-141. ISBN 9781915368027

(2019) In: Craven, Alice Mikal , Dow, William E. and Nakamura, Yoko, (eds.) Of Latitudes Unknown: James Baldwin's Radical Imagination. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 177-193. ISBN 9781501337710

(2018) In: Coxon, Dan, (ed.) This Dreaming Isle. London, U.K. : Unsung Stories. pp. 133-155. ISBN 9781907389597

(2015) In: Newland, Courttia and Hershman, Tania, (eds.) Writing short stories: a writers鈥� & artists鈥� companion. London, U.K. : Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 104-105. (Writers' and Artists' Companions) ISBN 9781408130803

(2015) In: UNSPECIFIED, (ed.) Refuge. Norwich, U.K. : Salt/ Galley Beggar Press. ISBN 9781910296639

(2015) In: Royle, Nicholas, (ed.) The art of the novel. Cromer, U.K. : Salt. pp. 129-138. ISBN 9781907773655

(2014) In: Ream, Sarah, (ed.) Sex staves. London, U.K. : The Pigeonhole. III ISBN 9781910879078

This list was generated on Mon May 20 06:49:56 2024 BST.

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