Ron Charles (critic) explained

Ron Charles (born 1962 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a book critic at The Washington Post.[1] His awards include the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award Nona Balakian Citation[2] for book reviews,[3] and 1st Place for A&E Coverage from the Society for Features Journalism in 2011.[4] He was one of three jurors for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.[5]

Charles grew up in Town and Country, Missouri, and graduated from Principia College and Washington University in St. Louis before getting a job as a teacher at John Burroughs School.[6] After a student's parent offhandedly suggested he try making a living as a book reviewer, Charles sent his first book review to The Christian Science Monitor, which eventually hired him. He spent seven years as the Monitors book review editor and staff critic.

In 2005, he was hired by the Washington Post. Sometime after August 2010, with his review of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom,[7] Charles began a series of video book reviews for Post called "The Totally Hip Video Book Review".[8] 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.[9]

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  1. News: Ron Charles. February 1, 2022. Washington Post.
  2. Web site: Ron Charles Wins NBCC Nona Balakian Citation . https://web.archive.org/web/20090416130805/http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/ron_charles_wins_nbcc_nona_balakian_citation/ . 2009-04-16 . dead . National Book Critics Circle. September 12, 2012.
  3. Web site: Ron Charles's NBCC Acceptance Speech in NYC . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/7g0aiTpzVX8 . 2021-12-15 . live. March 3, 2009 . . September 12, 2012.
  4. Web site: Excellence-in-Features Writing . Society for Features Journalism . September 12, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120811054122/http://featuresjournalism.org/contests-2/excellence-in-features-writing/ . August 11, 2012 .
  5. Web site: The 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners . pulitzer.org . May 8, 2014.
  6. News: Johnson . Julia M. . Homegrown: Ron Charles . 1 February 2022 . Town&Style . 7 October 2019.
  7. News: Video review of Freedom . https://web.archive.org/web/20190630093426/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/08/30/VI2010083003847.html . 2019-06-30 . dead . August 30, 2010 . September 12, 2012 . Washington Post . Ron Charles.
  8. Web site: For Your Consideration: Ron Charles, Video Book Reviewer . Dan Ozzi . . Feb 14, 2011 . September 12, 2012.
  9. News: Videos by Ron Charles: Totally Hip Video Book Reviewer series . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106035936/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/09/22/VI2010092201878.html . 2014-01-06 . dead . . September 12, 2012 . September 22, 2010.

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