Education
Bauer was educated at Amherst College, Wesleyan University and the University of North Carolina.
Bauer was educated at Amherst College, Wesleyan University and the University of North Carolina.
Born in Portland, Maine and raised in Auburn, he moved to New Brunswick in 1965 to accept a professorship at the University of New Brunswick. He was a professor at the University of New Brunswick until his retirement in 1994, teaching courses in William Shakespeare, Canadian literature, Maritime literature and creative writing. He published numerous collections of poetry, including Cornet Music for Plupy Shute (1968), Everett Coogler (1971), The Terrible Word (1978) and The Unsnarling String (1983), as well as a short story collection, Family Album (1979).