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Kevin John Brockmeier is an American writer of fantasy and literary fiction. His short stories have been printed in numerous publications and he has published two collections of stories, two children's novels, and two fantasy novels. Brockmeier, who was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, is a graduate of Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School and Southwest Missouri State University . He taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he received his MFA in 1997, and lives in Little Rock.

Brockmeier has won three O. Henry Prizes, the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction, Italo Calvino Short Fiction Award and several and the Booker Worthen Literary Prize and the Porter Fund Literary Prize. Wikipedia  

✵ 6. December 1972
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Works

The View from the Seventh Layer
The Brief History of the Dead
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Kevin Brockmeier Quotes

“There are times in your life when, despite the steel weight of your memories and the sadness that seems to lie at your feet like a shadow, you suddenly and strangely feel perfectly okay.”

Kevin Brockmeier book The View from the Seventh Layer

Source: The View from the Seventh Layer

Life , Lie , Sadness , Feeling

“Dreaming was easier than screaming, and screaming was easier than worrying, and worrying was easier than crying, which was what she knew she would be reduced to if she didn’t keep a hard eye on herself.”

Kevin Brockmeier book The Brief History of the Dead

Source: The Brief History of the Dead

Dreams , Cry

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