Novelist Charles Baxter read some of his work in the Second Writers series of the semester last Thursday. The event was held at Eben Holden at 7 PM. Baxter is currently an adjunct professor of English at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor after working at Wayne State University, Detroit, for several years.
Baxter has published four novels and an equal number of short story books along with three poetry collections and a collection of essays on fiction, and is the editor of a collection of essays concerning memory. Baxter's novel The Feast of Love was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Baxter, on a book tour, read a chapter from his new novel, Sa