Charles baxter interview questions

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Short fiction by Charles Baxter published in The Atlantic:

"Flood Show"
June, 1995.

"Fenstad's Mother"
September, 1988.

"Horace and Margaret's Fifty-Second"}
July, 1983.

Baxter is the author of three previous collections of stories, Harmony of the World,Through the Safety Net, and Relative Strangers; two novels, First Light and Shadow Play; and a book of poetry, Imaginary Paintings. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation.

Baxter resides in Ann Arbor with his wife and son.

Baxter recently spoke with Atlantic Unbound's Ryan Nally.

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