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Kevin Clouther

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Kevin Clouther (he/him) is the author of the story collections Maximum Speed (Cornerstone) and We Were Flying to Chicago (Catapult). His stories have appeared in Gettysburg Review, Joyland, New Orleans Review, Ruminate, and StoryQuarterly, among other journals. He holds degrees from the University of Virginia and Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is the recipient of the Richard Yates Fiction Award and Gell Residency Award. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha Writer’s Workshop, where he directs the MFA in Writing. He lives with his wife and two children in Omaha.

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Largehearted Boy Playlist

In his own words, here is Kevin Clouther’s Book Notes music playlist for his collection Maximum Speed:

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Last Night at the Lobster

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