Ron Charles

Fiction editorWashington, D.C.

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Former Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens reiterates his doubts about Shakespeare’s identity.

  • Apr 6, 2014

REVIEW | An American academic travels to Auschwitz to confront the Holocaust — and his past.

  • Apr 5, 2014

Tribute at the Folger Library on April 7 will bring together writers and the Irish Ambassador

  • Apr 4, 2014

The fabled outlaw was shot to death 132 years ago today.

  • Apr 3, 2014

“We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves” explores chimp-human relations

  • Apr 2, 2014

The novel features the Hungarian Gold Train that carried a trove of stolen goods worth millions of dollars.

  • Apr 1, 2014

The promise of no more false hope from critics.

  • Apr 1, 2014

Folger Library to throw free birthday bash for the Bard on April 6.

  • Mar 31, 2014

California writer Nenia Campbell has reviewed more than 1,500 books in the last 12 months.

  • Mar 28, 2014

Washington Post book reviewer — and pornography expert — Carolyn See recalls when ‘the government went nuts.’

  • Mar 27, 2014

The Washington native is honored once again for “A Constellation of Vital Phenomena.“

  • Mar 26, 2014

BOOK REVIEW | Who killed a cross-dressing young woman in San Francisco in 1876?

  • Mar 25, 2014

New commemorative coin is best for people who invest in good books.

  • Mar 25, 2014

Art projects guaranteed to help you Portland-actualize.

  • Mar 25, 2014

Event on March 27 will raise money for writing programs for D.C. kids.

  • Mar 24, 2014

Critics who scoff at Christian fiction probably haven’t read it lately.

  • Mar 21, 2014

Group to hold its second public meeting on March 21 at GW.

  • Mar 20, 2014

Gary Schanbacher’s “Crossing Purgatory” wins Spur Award.

  • Mar 19, 2014

A boy grows up in the dawn of Hollywood.

  • Mar 18, 2014

California poet Amy Glynn has won the 2014 Spur Award for poetry.

  • Mar 18, 2014
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About Ron
Ron Charles is the fiction editor of The Washington Post. For a dozen years, he enjoyed teaching American literature and critical theory in the Midwest, but finally switched to journalism when he realized that if he graded one more paper, he'd go crazy. Before moving to DC, he edited the books section of the Christian Science Monitor in Boston. His wife is an English teacher and the cinematographer of their satirical series, "The Totally Hip Video Book Review."
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