Keith Miller's Blog, page 12
March 11, 2010
March 10, 2010
The Library on the Wrong Side of Nairobi
I just won a little contest called "Why I Write," hosted by Editor Unleashed and Smashwords. Here's my contribution:
I am a writer because somebody left a library at the end of a dirt track on the wrong side of Nairobi.
The right side of Nairobi was Parklands, where there were supermarkets and ice-cream parlors. That was where the other kids at my American school lived. But I lived on Jogoo Road, on the eastern outskirts of the city, the only white boy for miles.
Behind our house was a market, w...
I am a writer because somebody left a library at the end of a dirt track on the wrong side of Nairobi.
The right side of Nairobi was Parklands, where there were supermarkets and ice-cream parlors. That was where the other kids at my American school lived. But I lived on Jogoo Road, on the eastern outskirts of the city, the only white boy for miles.
Behind our house was a market, w...
March 7, 2010
Art from The Book of Flying
I recently discovered some ink drawings I'd made while I was writing The Book of Flying. I thought readers might be interested in my mental images of Pico and Balquo.
March 3, 2010
The Book on Fire
My second novel, The Book on Fire, has been published by Immanion Press. You can read the first chapter here. The book is illustrated with black-and-white linocut prints, some of which you can see here.
The Book on Fire is available in paperback from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Powell's, and as an ebook (in a variety of formats, including Kindle-compatible .mobi) from Smashwords.
The Illuminations
My translation of Arthur Rimbaud's The Illuminations has been published by Quinx Books.
Three of the poems, as well as some musings, have been published here.
The Illuminations is available from Amazon.
