{"title":"Kevin Brockmeier","description":"Kevin Brockmeier is the author of The Truth About Celia and a children's book, City of Names. He has published stories in The Georgia Review, The Carolina Quarterly,  and McSweeney's,  and his story \"Space\" from Things That Fall from the Sky has been selected for The Best American Short Stories. He has received the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Award, an Italo Calvino Short Fiction Award, a James Michener-Paul Engle Fellowship, two O'Henry Awards (one, a first prize), and most recently, a NEA grant. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.","products":[{"product_id":"things-that-fall-from-the-sky-paperback","title":"Things that Fall from the Sky - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWeaving together loss and anxiety with fantastic elements and literary sleight-of-hand, Kevin Brockmeier's richly imagined \u003cb\u003eThings That Fall from the Sky\u003c\/b\u003e views the nagging realities of the world through a hopeful lens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the deftly told \"These Hands,\" a man named Lewis recounts his time babysitting a young girl and his inconsolable sense of loss after she is wrenched away. In \"Apples,\" a boy comes to terms with the complex world of adults, his first pangs of love, and the bizarre death of his Bible coach. \"The Jesus Stories\" examines a people trying to accelerate the Second Coming by telling the story of Christ in every possible way. And in the O. Henry Award winning \"The Ceiling,\" a man's marriage begins to disintegrate after the sky starts slowly descending. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAchingly beautiful and deceptively simple, \u003cb\u003eThings That Fall from the Sky\u003c\/b\u003e defies gravity as one of the most original story collections seen in recent years.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together loss and anxiety with fantastic elements and literary sleight-of-hand, Kevin Brockmeier's richly imagined Things That Fall from the Sky views the nagging realities of the world through a hopeful lens. \u003cbr\u003eIn the deftly told \"These Hands,\" a man named Lewis recounts his time babysitting a young girl and his inconsolable sense of loss after she is wrenched away. In \"Apples,\" a boy comes to terms with the complex world of adults, his first pangs of love, and the bizarre death of his Bible coach. \"The Jesus Stories\" examines a people trying to accelerate the Second Coming by telling the story of Christ in every possible way. And in the O. Henry Award winning \"The Ceiling,\" a man's marriage begins to disintegrate after the sky starts slowly descending. \u003cbr\u003eAchingly beautiful and deceptively simple, Things That Fall from the Sky defies gravity as one of the most original story collections seen in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104476893407,"sku":"9780375727696","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/DLBcCMzZ59780375727696.webp?v=1781108394"},{"product_id":"the-illumination-paperback","title":"The Illumination - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR, \u003ci\u003e The Seattle Times, The Kansas City Star, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia City Paper\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if our pain was the most beautiful thing about us?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt 8:17 on a Friday night, the Illumination begins. Every wound begins to shine, every bruise to glow and shimmer. And in the aftermath of a fatal car accident, a journal of love notes, written by a husband to his wife, passes into the keeping of Carol Ann Page, and from there through the hands of five other people--a photojournalist, a schoolchild, a missionary, a writer, and a street vendor. As their stories unfold, we come to understand how intricately and brilliantly they are connected, in all their human injury and experience. With the artistry and imagination that have become his trademark, Kevin Brockmeier reveals a world that only he could imagine, casting his gaze on the wounds we bear and the light that radiates from us all.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104492392671,"sku":"9780307387776","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/P0VzkDqCpL9780307387776.webp?v=1781108430"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/kevin-brockmeier.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}