Critically acclaimed, award-winning fiction writer Kevin Brockmeier read this week from his latest novel, "The Illumination," as part of the MSU Robert Holland Visiting Writers Series. The novel is receiving rave reviews nationwide, with Granta magazine calling Brockmeier one of the best young American novelists. The Little Rock, Ark. native's fiction has been translated into 16 languages and received honors including three O. Henry Awards, Borders Original Voices Award and PEN USA awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a National Endowment of the Arts grant.