Ron Charles
I write about books, authors, and literary culture. Formerly a book critic at The Washington Post.
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Can You Dig It?
The Tuesday Review
(Random House)
No one is likely to ask Daniel Mason, “Is Country People really about you?”
His effervescent new novel is about Miles Krzelewski, a perpetual graduate student who’s done little with his life but start an...
Are We There Yet?
(Avalon Travel; Lahardan Books; Princeton University Press; Lonely Planet)
Looking back, I suppose the signs were obvious. For months, my wife’s attention has been captured by another man. Night after night, I found her in bed with Rick St...
There Goes the Neighborhood
The Tuesday Review
(One World)
Sly maneuvers run through The Fervent Whites right from the title.
The story takes place in 1982 in the Hudson Valley, in a hamlet called Fervent, which might suggest enthusiasm or fanaticism. All the neigh...
The Country Jefferson Really Wanted
Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ron Charles)
The U.S. Semiquincentennial — July 4, 2026 — happens to fall on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s death. It’s safe to say that our understanding of this country is no...
Andrew Sean Greer Under the Tuscan Fun
The Tuesday Review
(Doubleday)
In 2018, hours after Andrew Sean Greer won a Pulitzer Prize for Less, I got him on the phone in Italy and asked if he was surprised.
“Oh, come on,” he shot back. “Everyone was surprised!”
True.
Not that w...
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