Publisher Description
A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip follows twelve-year-old Kevin Brockmeier over the course of a single school year as he sets out in search of himself: losing old friends and gaining new ones; happening into his first kiss; writing plays and stories; dressing as Dolly Parton for Halloween; and booby-trapping his lunch to deter a thief. With the same deep feeling and oddly dreamlike precision that are the hallmarks of his fiction, Brockmeier now explores the dream of his own past, recovering the person he used to be—the friends he had, the hopes he nurtured, the doubts he hid, the secrets he kept, the books he read … everything that was once his life.
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About Kevin Brockmeier
Kevin Brockmeier is the author of The Truth about Celia, Things That Fall from the Sky, and multiple
children’s novels. His stories have appeared in many publications, including the
New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Georgia Review,
The Best American Short Stories, The
Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, and
multiple editions of the O. Henry Prize Stories anthology. He is the recipient
of the Nelson Algren Award, Italo Calvino Short Fiction Award, James
Michener–Paul Engle Fellowship, three O. Henry Awards, and a National Endowment
for the Arts Fellowship. He has taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and lives
in Little Rock, Arkansas.
About Kirby Heyborne
Kirby Heyborne is a musician, actor, and professional narrator. Noted for his work in teen and juvenile audio, he has garnered over twenty Earphones Awards. His audiobook credits include Jesse Kellerman’s The Genius, Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother, and George R. R. Martin’s Selections from Dreamsongs.