Ron Charles (critic)
Ron Charles (born 1962 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a book critic at The Washington Post. His awards include the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award Nona Balakian Citation[1] for book reviews,[2] and 1st Place for A&E Coverage from the Society for Features Journalism in 2011.[3] He was one of three jurors for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.[4]
Before joining the Post in 2005, Charles was the book review editor and staff critic for seven years at The Christian Science Monitor.[1]
Sometime after August 2010, with his review of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom,[5] Charles began a series of video book reviews for The Washington Post called "The Totally Hip Video Book Review".[6] In the series, Charles, sometimes featuring his wife, high school English teacher Dawn Charles, hams it up with sight gags and intentionally bad jokes. It is a satirical look at current books in the news and the art of book reviewing.[7]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b "Ron Charles Wins NBCC Nona Balakian Citation". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ^ Ron Charles's "NBCC Acceptance Speech in NYC". YouTube. March 3, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Excellence-in-Features Writing". Society for Features Journalism. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ^ "The 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners". pulitzer.org. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- ^ Ron Charles (August 30, 2010). "Video review of Freedom". Washington Post. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ^ Dan Ozzi (Feb 14, 2011). "For Your Consideration: Ron Charles, Video Book Reviewer". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ^ "Videos by Ron Charles: Totally Hip Video Book Reviewer series". The Washington Post. September 22, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
External links
- Ron Charles, articles at The Washington Post
- "Totally Hip Video Book Reviewer", videos at The Washington Post
- Ron Charles, at Twitter
- Interview with Ron Charles, by Bookslut, 10/2009
- Interview with Ron Charles on PBS NewsHour, 12/28/2011
- Appearances on C-SPAN