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Sam J. Miller

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Sam J. Miller is a writer and a community organizer. His work has appeared in literary journals such as The Minnesota Review, Fiction International, Fourteen Hills, Permafrost, and Pindeldyboz. He is the recipient of a 2008 Literary Fellowship and Residency from the Bronx Writers Center. Visit him at www.samjmiller.com, facebook.com/samjmiller, and/or drop him a line at samjmiller79@yahoo.com.
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Sam J. Miller’s 25-Word Reviews #2

  • Sam J. Miller
  • November 3, 2009
Paranormal Activity (movie, dir. Oren Peli, 2009) Above-average scary. Neat pacing. Best with a full house in big cities. Overheard: “This is dumb good,” “We’re gonna have to get the…
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Sam J. Miller’s 25-Word Movie Reviews #1

  • Sam J. Miller
  • September 25, 2009
Let the Right One In (the movie) (Tomas Alfredson, 2008) Somehow makes vampires feel fresh. Fascinating aesthetic: colorless cinematography, minimal dialogue, affectless acting. Touching, scary, tender. An astonishing little girl.…
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Sex, Death, Facebook

  • Sam J. Miller
  • September 4, 2009
I do not know this boy. He’s a friend of a Facebook friend—some girl I hated in high school, and friended so I could see how wrong her life had…
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