Charles Baxter

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Charles Baxter


Born
in Minneapolis, The United States
May 13, 1947

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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories


Charles Baxter was born in Minneapolis and graduated from Macalester College, in Saint Paul. After completing graduate work in English at the State University of New York at Buffalo, he taught for several years at Wayne State University in Detroit. In 1989, he moved to the Department of English at the University of Michigan--Ann Arbor and its MFA program. He now teaches at the University of Minnesota.

Baxter is the author of 4 novels, 4 collections of short stories, 3 collections of poems, a collection of essays on fiction and is the editor of other works. His works of fiction include Believers , The Feast of Love (nominated for the National Book Award), Saul and Patsy , and Through the Safety Net . He lives in Minneapolis.

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Average rating: 3.66 · 35,638 ratings · 4,112 reviews · 94 distinct works • Similar authors
The Feast of Love
3.69 avg rating — 9,819 ratings — published 2000 — 50 editions
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Blood Test: A Comedy
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Burning Down the House: Ess...
4.13 avg rating — 1,456 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions
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The Art of Subtext: Beyond ...
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There's Something I Want Yo...
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The Soul Thief
2.93 avg rating — 1,611 ratings — published 2007 — 17 editions
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Saul and Patsy
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Gryphon: New and Selected S...
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The Sun Collective
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Believers: A novella and st...
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“When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.”
― Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
tags: destiny, discovery, fiction, mystery, overdetermination, perfection, plot, writing
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“Forget art. Put your trust in ice cream.”
― Charles Baxter, The Feast of Love
tags: art, humor, ice-cream
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“In truth, there are only two realities: the one for people who are in love or love each other, and the one for people who are standing outside all that.”
― Charles Baxter, The Feast of Love
tags: love, reality
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