Noted fiction writer Charles Baxter will read from his work on Monday, September 13, at 7 p.m. in the Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, on Grand Valley's Grand Rapids Campus, 401 W. Fulton St. The public is invited free of charge.
Baxter is the author of "Saul and Patsy," published in 2003 by Pantheon. His previous novel, "The Feast of Love" (Vintage), was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has published two other novels, "First Light" and "Shadow Play," and four books of stories.
Baxter has also published essays on fiction collected in "Burning Down the House," edited or co-edited three books of essays, and edited "Best New American Voices 2001" (Harcourt). He has received the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Prix St. Valentine in France, and the Catalan Booksellers Association Award for book of the year in Spain. Born in Minneapolis, Baxter earned his doctorate degree at the State University of New York-Buffalo in 1974, and taught for many years at the University of Michigan. He now lives in Minneapolis and is currently the Edelstein-Keller Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Minnesota.
Baxter's work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Harpers. His fiction has been widely anthologized and translated into ten languages.
The reading by Baxter is this years first event in Grand Valleys Writers Series. Upcoming events include:
- October 15, 7 p.m., GVSU Eberhard Center Poetry Night featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning poets Rita Dove and Charles Wright;
- October 27, 7 p.m. nonfiction writer Amy Benson, author of the prize-winning "The Sparkling-Eyed Boy," about growing up in Michigan;
- April 5, 2005, 7 p.m., GVSU Alumni House Fiction writer Debra Marquart.
For more information, contact Patricia Clark, professor of writing, at 331-3199 or [email protected].
