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Sunshine/Noir: Writing From San Diego & Tijuana
A collection of works from the San Diego Writers Collective, a group of San Diego writers and artists. Emerging writers from San Diego and Tijuana are featured in these collected works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
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220 pages, Paperback
First published May 30, 2005
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Jim Miller
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Jim Miller is a native San Diegan and a graduate of the MFA program at San Diego State University. In addition to his MFA in Fiction, Miller has a Ph.D. in American Culture Studies from Bowling Green State University. He is a founding member of the San Diego Writers Collective and a co-founder of San Diego City Works Press. Miller teaches English and Labor Studies at San Diego City College where he was the founding director of the San Diego City College Literary Center and the San Diego City College International Book Fair from 2006-2008.
Miller is the author of Flash and Drift, both novels. He is also co-author of the radical history of San Diego Under the Perfect Sun: The San Diego Tourists Never See (with Mike Davis and Kelly Mayhew) and a cultural studies book on working class sports fandom, Better to Reign in Hell: Inside the Raiders Fan Empire (with Kelly Mayhew). Miller is also the editor of Sunshine/Noir: Writing from San Diego and Tijuana and Democracy in Education; Education for Democracy: An Oral History of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 1931. He has published poetry, fiction, and non-fiction in a wide range of journals and other publications.
As a young man, Miller was a bouncer, a factory worker, a warehouseman, and a laborer in his late father’s home repair business. A proud union member, Jim serves on the executive board of AFT Local 1931 and does political action work.
Jim Miller lives in downtown San Diego with his wife, Kelly Mayhew, and their son, Walt.
Jim Miller is a native San Diegan and a graduate of the MFA program at San Diego State University. In addition to his MFA in Fiction, Miller has a Ph.D. in American Culture Studies from Bowling Green State University. He is a founding member of the San Diego Writers Collective and a co-founder of San Diego City Works Press. Miller teaches English and Labor Studies at San Diego City College where he was the founding director of the San Diego City College Literary Center and the San Diego City College International Book Fair from 2006-2008.
Miller is the author of Flash and Drift, both novels. He is also co-author of the radical history of San Diego Under the Perfect Sun: The San Diego Tourists Never See (with Mike Davis and Kelly Mayhew) and a cultural studies book on working class sports fandom, Better to Reign in Hell: Inside the Raiders Fan Empire (with Kelly Mayhew). Miller is also the editor of Sunshine/Noir: Writing from San Diego and Tijuana and Democracy in Education; Education for Democracy: An Oral History of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 1931. He has published poetry, fiction, and non-fiction in a wide range of journals and other publications.
As a young man, Miller was a bouncer, a factory worker, a warehouseman, and a laborer in his late father’s home repair business. A proud union member, Jim serves on the executive board of AFT Local 1931 and does political action work.
Jim Miller lives in downtown San Diego with his wife, Kelly Mayhew, and their son, Walt.
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February 1, 2017
A really great collection of poetry, short stories, and essays that describe border-crossing, gentrification, xenophobia, activism and life in San Diego and Tijuana.
July 31, 2009
Some essays are good, some are just so so.
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December 6, 2018Rating: 3 1/2
A bit hit or miss. The left-wing politics is too heavy-handed for my liking. But a good mix of poetry, stories, and essays.
Notable:
"jahi: the revisit" - D. Zenani Mzube
"Anza Borrego" - Lance Newman
"Things to Do During Time of War (2003)" - Harold Jaffe
"Bull's Blood" - Jimmy Santiago Baca
"The Jumping-Off Place" - Ed James
"One or Two Things I Know About Kathy Acker" - Mel Freilicher
A bit hit or miss. The left-wing politics is too heavy-handed for my liking. But a good mix of poetry, stories, and essays.
Notable:
"jahi: the revisit" - D. Zenani Mzube
"Anza Borrego" - Lance Newman
"Things to Do During Time of War (2003)" - Harold Jaffe
"Bull's Blood" - Jimmy Santiago Baca
"The Jumping-Off Place" - Ed James
"One or Two Things I Know About Kathy Acker" - Mel Freilicher
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews