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6 days ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Ron Charles
‘Sleep,’ by Honor Jones, is a hypnotic debut (washingtonpost.com) ‘Sleep,’ by Honor Jones, is a hypnotic debut By Ron Charles 2025050813174000 One of the most scarring novels I've ever read is Miriam Toews's "Women Talking" (2019).
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6 days ago | 
pressherald.com | Ron Charles
Despite his rococo buffoonery, Donald Trump has been a slippery character for novelists to hit. Writing satire about the self-satirized president so often ends up extruding something intolerably mealy, like twice-ground beef. Even the finest writers — including Booker winners Howard Jacobson and Salman Rushdie – have seen their spears glance off the great whale’s gilded blubber.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Ron Charles
Carl Hiaasen is back and as ridiculous as ever (washingtonpost.com) Carl Hiaasen is back and as ridiculous as ever By Ron Charles 2025050113004500 Despite his rococo buffoonery, Donald Trump has been a slippery character for novelists to hit. Writing satire about the self-satirized president so often ends up extruding something intolerably mealy, like twice-ground beef.
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3 weeks ago | 
unionleader.com | Ron Charles
”Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus,” By Elaine Pagels. Publisher: Doubleday. 320 pages. $30.
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3 weeks ago | 
infobae.com | Ron Charles
Suena como una reunión de estrategia con el equipo de campaña: “¿Quién dice la gente que soy yo?”Los miembros del equipo empiezan a lanzar respuestas basadas en las últimas encuestas: “Unos dicen que eres Juan el Bautista; otros, Elías; y otros, Jeremías, o uno de los profetas”. Pero cuando Jesús los presiona para conocer su propia opinión, Simón Pedro da en el clavo: “Tú eres el Cristo, el Hijo del Dios viviente”. Ahí lo tienen: resuelto. Bueno, no.
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4 weeks ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Ron Charles
Elaine Pagels sifts through history in search of Jesus (washingtonpost.com) Elaine Pagels sifts through history in search of Jesus By Ron Charles 2025041516301300 It sounds like a strategy meeting with the campaign team: "Whom do men say that I am?" Staff members start tossing out responses from the latest polling: "Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets." But when Jesus presses them for their own thoughts, Simon Peter nails it:...
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Ron Charles
In ‘Sky Daddy,’ a woman searches for a most unusual soulmate (washingtonpost.com) In ‘Sky Daddy,’ a woman searches for a most unusual soulmate By Ron Charles 2025040914000000 Confronted with Freud's condescending question "What does a woman want?," Kate Folk might sigh, "What have you got?" Folk's debut story collection, "Out There" (2022), disrupted a quiet night with unnerving tales about the persistence of desire in a grotesque world.
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1 month ago | 
theunion.com | Ron Charles
Miners MTB has been busy traveling throughout Northern California, bringing that Miners grit and determination with back to back weekend races. As the Granite Bay Grinder was canceled due to weather, the race was rescheduled for March 22 at the popular Six Sigma Ranch in Lake County, CA for the Six Sigma Shred. A beautiful weekend brought out all the Redwood / Repack teams from around Nor Cal for an energetic competition.
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1 month ago | 
irishnews.com | Ron Charles
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Ron Charles
In John Kenney’s comic novel, an obituary writer’s joke goes wrong (washingtonpost.com) In John Kenney’s comic novel, an obituary writer’s joke goes wrong By Ron Charles 2025040117365700 In 2019, Robert S. Mueller III delivered exceedingly fastidious responses to Congress about his report on Russian interference in the presidential election. Two days later, writing in the New Yorker, John Kenney imagined Mueller as a restaurant waiter: Diner 1: Hi there.
