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James F. Miller II

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James F Miller II
Poet of the dispossessed. Voice of the Crisis we're living through—author of Born Hopeless with All the Answers and five chapbooks that refuse to stay quiet.

Miller writes from the eviction notice, the insulin ration, the factory line, the night shift, because somebody has to speak for the ones the empire forgot.

His words are small revolutions, one reader at a time.

Founder, Planet Productions Poetry & Press LLC and Lighthouse Garage Doors LLC (his day job), he is building Nightshade Studios-which will be the studios of his next venture, an audiobook publishing division-where the silenced finally get a microphone.

Indiana-born, still fighting. If you're tired of being told hope is naive, come sit with him. We were born hop ...more

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	A Footnote for Tomorrow (The Destined, but... series) by James F. Miller II (Goodreads Author), Isabelle Charlotte Kenyon (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.81 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Valedictorian of the Bottom Feeders (Destined, But... #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Reasons/Lies by James F. Miller II (Goodreads Author), Brandy Kellams (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Born Hopeless with all the Answers : Song for a Dying Generation (The Destined, but... series) by James F. Miller II (Goodreads Author), Cala Crist (Illustrator), Isabelle Kenyon (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lesser Man (The Destined, but... series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost in the Reflection-Letters to Erin (The Destined, but... series) by James F. Miller II (Goodreads Author), Isabelle Kenyon (Editor), Brandy Kellams (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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