Born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Brockmeier received his MFA from the Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1997. His stories have been featured in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Crazyhorse, and The Georgia Review. He is the recipient of an O. Henry Award, the Nelson Algren Award, and a National Endowment of the Arts grant.
this was a really good short story, i didn't expect to like it so much comsidering it was for class. i was more interested by the failing marriage rather than the ceiling aspect of it - so interesting!