Born: 05/13/1947   Minneapolis , MN
Parents: John T. and Mary B. Baxter
Spouse: Martha Ann Hauser
Children: Daniel
Address(es):
Permanent :
Room207 Lind Hall 0613A
207 Church Street SE
Minneapolis , MN 55455
Contact Information:
Website : http://www.charlesbaxter.com/
Email : [email protected]
Phone : 612-625-3744

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	There's Something I Want You to Do : Stories - Bravery -- Loyalty -- Chastity -- Charity -- Forbearance -- Lust -- Sloth -- Avarice -- Gluttony -- Vanity -- Coda.	Fiction , Short Stories	Adult	New York : Pantheon Books	2015
	First Light : A Novel - Charles Baxter takes us backward through the lives of Hugh and Dorsey Welch, a brother and sister born and raised in a small Michigan town. We meet them as adults.	Fiction , Michigan	Adult	New York : Vintage Books	2012
	Gryphon : new and selected stories	Short Stories	Adult	New York : Pantheon Books	2011
	The Soul Thief - A graduate student's complicated relationships lead to a disturbing case of identity theft, which ultimately leads the man to wonder if he really is who he thinks he is.	Fiction , Poetry	Adult	New York : Pantheon Books	2008
	The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot - Winner of the 2008 Minnesota Book Award for General Non-Fiction	Non Fiction	Adult	Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press	2007
	Saul and Patsy - Michigan Notable Book 2004	Fiction , Poetry	Adult	New York : Pantheon Books	2003
	The Feast of Love - Nominated for the National Book Award and film version came out in 2007 starring Morgan Freeman, Fred Ward, and Greg Kinnear.	Fiction , Michigan , Poetry	Adult	New York : Pantheon Books	2000
	Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction - American fiction -- History and criticism	Non Fiction	Adult	Saint Paul, MN : Graywolf Press	1997
	Believers : a Novella and stories - A collection of eight stories	Fiction , Short Stories	Adult	New York : Pantheon Books	1997
	Shadow play : a novel - published as a Norton paperback in 2001.	Fiction , Michigan , Poetry	Adult	New York : W.W. Norton	1993
	Imaginary Paintings and Other Poems	Poetry	Adult	Latham, NY : Paris Review Editions	1990
	A Relative Stranger: Stories	Short Stories	Adult	New York : W.W. Norton	1990
	Contemporary Michigan Poetry: Poems From the Third Coast - Included in Anthology	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI: Wayne State University	1988
	First Light	Fiction , Michigan	Adult	New York : Viking/Penguin Books	1987
	Through the Safety Net: Stories	Michigan , Short Stories	Adult	New York : Viking/Penguin Books	1985
	Harmony of the World: Stories - Winner of the Associated Writing Programs Award.	Short Stories	Adult	University of Missouri Press	1984
	The South Dakota Guidebook	Poetry	Adult	[New York] New Rivers Press; [distributed by Serendipity Books, Berkeley, Calif.]	1974
	Cameleon - Drawings by Mary E. Miner.	Poetry	Adult	New York, New Rivers Press	1970

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