Jim Miller will read from his recent publications including his poetry collection, Into the Bardo, which has been described as “full of wonder and wisdom.”

Jim Miller is the author of the novels Last Days in Ocean Beach, Flash, and Drift, and the poetry collection Into the Bardo. He is also co-author of a 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, Sunshine/Noir II: Writing from San Diego and Tijuana, and Sunshine/Noir III: Writing from San Diego and Tijuana (with Kelly Mayhew) He has published poetry, fiction, and non-fiction in a wide range of journals and other publications, and has a weekly column in the Words and Deeds, a monthly column in the San Diego Union-Tribune's "Community Voices Project," and previously wrote for the San Diego Free Press and the OB Rag. Miller teaches English, Humanities and Labor Studies at San Diego City College.