Feb. 27, 1996

Release No. 312 Contact: Rick Denison 207-786-6330 (office) 207-998-4837 (home)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Author Baxter to Read From His Works

LEWISTON, Maine -- Award-winning author Charles Baxter will read selections from his short stories and poetry (Thursday) March 7 at 8 p.m. in Chase Hall Lounge at Bates College.

The public is invited to attend at no charge.

A member of the faculty at Wayne State University in Detroit, Baxter has won several Pushcart Prizes and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Several of his stories have been selected for the annual anthology "Best American Short Stories."

His collections include "Harmony of the World" and "Relative Strangers." Baxter's visit to Bates is sponsored by the college's English department.

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