Ima drop this in the offering plate for TD Jakes

Things I Have Withheld by poet and novellist kei miller is the best essay collection I read this year. The sheer scope – discrimination, love, carnival, family dynamics – is breathtaking. Miller finds words for the unsayable in this profound, provocative, intensely moving work.

At BuzzFeed Books, a round-up of 2021’s best books, including three of ours: kei miller’s THINGS I HAVE WITHHELD, Rabih Alameddine’s THE WRONG END OF THE TELESCOPE, and Viet Thanh Nguyen’s THE COMMITTED!

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The books we couldn't put down this year include:
🌠 Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
🍃 Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
💃 The Archer by Shruti Swamy
📓 Three Girls from Bronzeville by Dawn Turner
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5pm est, a celebration of kei miller’s exquisite collection of essays, Things I Have Withheld. Xavier Livermon will be in conversation with Kei.

Registration via crowdcast

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Congratulations kei miller! #BGPrize2021

So pleased for the wonderous kei miller – whose provactive and lyrical essay collection THINGS I HAVE WITHHELD has been shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize #BGPrize2021 Cheltenham Festivals

Huge congratulations Kei!

I ain’t even lying. This is me. I haven’t been on Twitter for a hot minute 😩😩

The only thing I wonder about is during Facebook outages such as this is: 🤔 how many ppl bout to get fired??

Happening now at Facebook HQ

I know we’re all tired of being on Zoom, but some important Zoom etiquette reminders:
- everyone wants to see your cat
- don’t just say “my cat is here,” hold your cat up to the camera so we can see it
- when your cat is on camera, either say “cat” or type “cat” in the chat

Kaya Days is a novel beautifully written by Carl de Souza and wonderfully translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman. Join me tomorrow night as I talk to both these guys.

“I know how to tell stories, but how does one begin to tell silence?” kei miller considers the family stories we do not tell. lithub.com/what-is-reveal…

'Much of the work in Things That I Have Withheld examines risks—risks in speaking, risks in remaining silent.' A review from Chicago Review of Books for kei miller's THINGS I HAVE WITHHELD: bit.ly/3AACzUg

Three things that moved us about #ThingsIHaveWithheld by kei miller:

1️⃣ How he explores his personal reality
2️⃣ How he unpacks his own struggles with racism and homophobia
3️⃣ How he shares hard truths with an eloquent touch

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'A spirited collection from a significant voice of both fiction and nonfiction.' #kirkus review for kei miller ow.ly/1far50FXrqv Grove Atlantic

TUES 9/14 @ 6pm ET: kei miller in convo w/ Maisy Card for THINGS I HAVE WITHHELD! Get tix: loyaltybookstores.com/withheld

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Congratulations to kei miller for being longlisted for the #BGPrize2021 with Things I Have Withheld #nonfiction #longlist #KeiMiller #essays #lyrical Canongate