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Our Supporters
Brunch With Charles Baxter
September 14, 2003 @ Canal Club
Presented in association with Jan Eliasberg
Program:
- Caroline Goodall read Silent Movie from A Relative Stranger (W.W. Norton 1990).
- William Schallert read The Cliff from Harmony of the World (Vintage 1997).
- Adam Arkin read Gryphon from Through the Safety Net (Penguin Viking 1985).
- Catherine Dent read Chapter 18 from Feast of Love (Pantheon 2000).
- Charles Baxter read an excerpt from his new book Saul and Patsy (Pantheon 2003).
Produced and directed by Cedering Fox