Kei Miller was born in Jamaica in 1978 and has written several books across a range of genres. His 2014 collection, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, won the Forward Prize for Best Collection while his 2017 Novel, Augustown, won the Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the Prix Les Afriques, and the Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde. He is also an award-winning essayist. In 2010, the Institute of Jamaica awarded him the Silver Musgrave medal for his contributions to Literature and in 2018 he was awarded the Anthony Sabga medal for Arts & Letters. Kei has an MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University and a PhD in English Literature from the University of Glasgow. He has taught at the Universities of Glasgow, Royal Holloway and Exeter. He is the 2019 Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor to the University of Iowa and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.Author photo © Christine Fourie.Kei Miller has a page on the Poetry Archive website, where you can listen to recordings of his poetry and access other useful resources. Click here.

• Groundation The Shrug of Jah Establishing the Metre Quashie’s Verse Unsettled What the Mapmaker Ought to Know The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zioni. in which the cartographer explains himself ii. in which the rastaman disagrees iii. iv. v. in which the rastaman offers an invitation vi. vii. viii. A Prayer for the Unflummoxed Beaver ix. in which the cartographer travels lengths and breadths Place Name: Me-No-Sen-You-No-Come x. in which the cartographer asks for directions xi. A Ghazal for the Tethered Goats Roads xii. in which the rastaman begins to feel uncomfortable xiii. xiv. Place Name: Swamp For the Croaking Lizards Place Name: Wait-A-Bit xv. xvi. in which every song is singing Zion xvii. Place Name: Shotover Place Name: Corn Puss Gap xviii. xix. xx. in which the cartographer tells off the rastaman Place Name: Half Way Tree Place Name: Edinburgh Castle Hymn to the Birds xxi. Filop Plays the Role of Papa Ghede (2010) Distance When Considering the Long, Long Journey of 28,000 Rubber Ducks xxii. xxiii. xxiv. in which the cartographer attends Reggae SumfestThe Blood Cloths Place Name: Bloody Bay For Pat Saunders, West Indian Literature Critic, after her Dream xxv. In Praise of Maps My Mother’s Atlas of Dolls Place Name: Flog Man Place Name: Try See What River Mumma Knows xxvi. in which the rastaman gives a sermon xxvii. in which the rastaman says a benediction Notes

'The verse movement here, the interplay of sound values in inner rhyme and consonantal pairing, in fact the whole lyrical movement of the text, I find exemplary.'Peter Riley, Fortnightly Review

Kei Miller was born in Jamaica in 1978 and has written several books across a range of genres. His 2014 collection, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, won the Forward Prize for Best Collection while his 2017 Novel, Augustown, won the Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the Prix Les Afriques, and the Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde. He is also an award-winning essayist. In 2010, the Institute of Jamaica awarded him the Silver Musgrave medal for his contributions to Literature and in 2018 he was awarded the Anthony Sabga medal for Arts & Letters. Kei has an MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University and a PhD in English Literature from the University of Glasgow. He has taught at the Universities of Glasgow, Royal Holloway and Exeter. He is the 2019 Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor to the University of Iowa and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.Author photo © Christine Fourie.Kei Miller has a page on the Poetry Archive website, where you can listen to recordings of his poetry and access other useful resources. Click here.

• Groundation The Shrug of Jah Establishing the Metre Quashie’s Verse Unsettled What the Mapmaker Ought to Know The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zioni. in which the cartographer explains himself ii. in which the rastaman disagrees iii. iv. v. in which the rastaman offers an invitation vi. vii. viii. A Prayer for the Unflummoxed Beaver ix. in which the cartographer travels lengths and breadths Place Name: Me-No-Sen-You-No-Come x. in which the cartographer asks for directions xi. A Ghazal for the Tethered Goats Roads xii. in which the rastaman begins to feel uncomfortable xiii. xiv. Place Name: Swamp For the Croaking Lizards Place Name: Wait-A-Bit xv. xvi. in which every song is singing Zion xvii. Place Name: Shotover Place Name: Corn Puss Gap xviii. xix. xx. in which the cartographer tells off the rastaman Place Name: Half Way Tree Place Name: Edinburgh Castle Hymn to the Birds xxi. Filop Plays the Role of Papa Ghede (2010) Distance When Considering the Long, Long Journey of 28,000 Rubber Ducks xxii. xxiii. xxiv. in which the cartographer attends Reggae SumfestThe Blood Cloths Place Name: Bloody Bay For Pat Saunders, West Indian Literature Critic, after her Dream xxv. In Praise of Maps My Mother’s Atlas of Dolls Place Name: Flog Man Place Name: Try See What River Mumma Knows xxvi. in which the rastaman gives a sermon xxvii. in which the rastaman says a benediction Notes

'The verse movement here, the interplay of sound values in inner rhyme and consonantal pairing, in fact the whole lyrical movement of the text, I find exemplary.'Peter Riley, Fortnightly Review

Kei Miller was born in Jamaica in 1978 and has written several books across a range of genres. His 2014 collection, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, won the Forward Prize for Best Collection while his 2017 Novel, Augustown, won the Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the Prix Les Afriques, and the Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde. He is also an award-winning essayist. In 2010, the Institute of Jamaica awarded him the Silver Musgrave medal for his contributions to Literature and in 2018 he was awarded the Anthony Sabga medal for Arts & Letters. Kei has an MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University and a PhD in English Literature from the University of Glasgow. He has taught at the Universities of Glasgow, Royal Holloway and Exeter. He is the 2019 Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor to the University of Iowa and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.Author photo © Christine Fourie.Kei Miller has a page on the Poetry Archive website, where you can listen to recordings of his poetry and access other useful resources. Click here.

• Groundation The Shrug of Jah Establishing the Metre Quashie’s Verse Unsettled What the Mapmaker Ought to Know The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zioni. in which the cartographer explains himself ii. in which the rastaman disagrees iii. iv. v. in which the rastaman offers an invitation vi. vii. viii. A Prayer for the Unflummoxed Beaver ix. in which the cartographer travels lengths and breadths Place Name: Me-No-Sen-You-No-Come x. in which the cartographer asks for directions xi. A Ghazal for the Tethered Goats Roads xii. in which the rastaman begins to feel uncomfortable xiii. xiv. Place Name: Swamp For the Croaking Lizards Place Name: Wait-A-Bit xv. xvi. in which every song is singing Zion xvii. Place Name: Shotover Place Name: Corn Puss Gap xviii. xix. xx. in which the cartographer tells off the rastaman Place Name: Half Way Tree Place Name: Edinburgh Castle Hymn to the Birds xxi. Filop Plays the Role of Papa Ghede (2010) Distance When Considering the Long, Long Journey of 28,000 Rubber Ducks xxii. xxiii. xxiv. in which the cartographer attends Reggae SumfestThe Blood Cloths Place Name: Bloody Bay For Pat Saunders, West Indian Literature Critic, after her Dream xxv. In Praise of Maps My Mother’s Atlas of Dolls Place Name: Flog Man Place Name: Try See What River Mumma Knows xxvi. in which the rastaman gives a sermon xxvii. in which the rastaman says a benediction Notes

'The verse movement here, the interplay of sound values in inner rhyme and consonantal pairing, in fact the whole lyrical movement of the text, I find exemplary.'Peter Riley, Fortnightly Review