Kevin Brockmeier, author portrait
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Kevin Brockmeier

KEVIN BROCKMEIER is the author of the memoir A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip; the novels The Illumination, The Brief History of the Dead, and The Truth About Celia; the story collections The Ghost Variations, Things That Fall from the Sky and The View from the Seventh Layer; and the children’s novels City of Names and Grooves: A Kind of Mystery. His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He teaches frequently at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was raised.

Ghosts and Speculation
The Ghost Variations
A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip
The Illumination
The View From the Seventh Layer
The Brief History of the Dead
The Truth About Celia
Things that Fall from the Sky
These Hands

Books

Ghosts and Speculation
The Ghost Variations
A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip
The Illumination
The View From the Seventh Layer
The Brief History of the Dead
The Truth About Celia
Things that Fall from the Sky
These Hands

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