Charles Baxter

Charles Baxter is the author of the novels The Feast of Love (nominated for the National Book Award), The Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play, and First Light, and the story collections Believers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net, and Harmony of the World. He lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the M.F.A. Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

Books Authored

Image of Blood Test: A Comedy
Author(s):
Charles Baxter
Genre(s):
Dark Humor, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Social & Family Issues

Blood Test: A Comedy

October 14, 2024
Reviewed by: 
John M. Clum

“Blood Test may offer a dark view of aspects of middle America, but it is consistently amusing and is an expression of its author’s deep fascination with and love

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Image of Gryphon: New and Selected Stories
Author(s):
Charles Baxter
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction

Gryphon: New and Selected Stories

January 9, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Vinton Rafe McCabe

Collections of short stories can be a complete joy to read, as they represent something like a Whitman Sampler of character, narrative, and locale.

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