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.

The Ghost Variations
The Brief History of the Dead

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The Ghost Variations
The Brief History of the Dead

2024 Middle and High School Collections

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PRH Education High School Collections

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PRH Education Translanguaging Collections

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