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Film, VideoMajor Jackson with Ron Charles Major Jackson, the prizewinning author of "Razzle Dazzle: New & Selected Poems" and host of "The Slowdown," talks with Washington Post book critic Ron Charles about his work.
- Contributor: Jackson, Major - Charles, Ron
- Date: 2024-02-15
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: The Parts That Can't Be Made to Fit: Linda Gregerson Poetry is our way to contend with the unthinkable, the unknowable. In her seventh poetry collection, "Canopy" - her first in over a decade - award-winning poet Linda Gregerson speaks of our humanitarian and ecological crises with beauty and conviction. Moderated by Ron Charles.
- Contributor: Charles, Ron - Gregerson, Linda
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, VideoYaa Gyasi: National Book Festival 2021 Yaa Gyasi, author of "Transcendent Kingdom" (Knopf), discusses the relationship between science and religion, her writing and research methods, as well as the ways she draws upon personal connections, especially her connection to the church, with Washington Post book critic Ron Charles. Bonus content: Drawing on Yaa Gyasi's references to Ghanaian culture and literature, Chief of the Library's African and Middle Eastern Division Lanisa...
- Contributor: Charles, Ron - Burton, Levar - Kitchiner, Lanisa - Gyasi, Yaa
- Date: 2021-09-17
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Film, VideoTéa Obreht: National Book Festival 2020 With "Inland" (Random House), Téa Obreht, the bestselling author of "The Tiger's Wife," returns in what Entertainment Weekly called "a bracingly epic and imaginatively mythic journey across the American West." Interview by Ron Charles, fiction critic of The Washington Post.
- Contributor: Charles, Ron - Obreht, Téa
- Date: 2020-09-26
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Film, VideoPoetry Ancestors: How Invention Meets Influence As part of our National Book Festival Presents series for June, "Connecting the World With Words," American Book Award winner Kimiko Hahn and fellow award-winning poet Rajiv Mohabir talk about invention and influence across borders, and how poetry serves as a model for our moment, with Washington Post Book World critic Ron Charles.
- Contributor: Charles, Ron - Hahn, Kimiko - Mohabir, Rajiv
- Date: 2020-06-25
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Film, VideoLife of a Poet: Willie Perdomo Washington Post book critic Ron Charles spoke with poet Willie Perdomo about his career and the major events that have shaped his work.
- Contributor: Charles, Ron - Perdomo, Willie
- Date: 2020-03-10
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Film, VideoLife of a Poet: Reginald Dwayne Betts Acclaimed poet Reginald Dwayne Betts discusses his life, career and art with Ron Charles, book critic at The Washington Post.
- Contributor: Charles, Ron - Betts, Reginald Dwayne
- Date: 2019-11-20
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Film, VideoLife of a Poet: Carmen Giménez Smith Poet Carmen Giménez Smith discussed her art and career with Ron Charles, book critic at the Washington Post.
- Contributor: Charles, Ron - Giménez Smith, Carmen
- Date: 2019-09-11
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Film, VideoLife of a Poet: Diane Seuss Diane Seuss discusses her poetry with Ron Charles, editor of the Washington Post's Book World.
- Contributor: Seuss, Diane - Charles, Ron
- Date: 2019-05-14
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Film, VideoLife of a Poet: Ross Gay Poet Ross Gay discussed his work with Ron Charles, book critic at the Washington Post.
- Contributor: Charles, Ron - Gay, Ross
- Date: 2019-02-06
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Film, VideoLife of a Poet: Ada Limón Poet Ada Limón discussed her work with Ron Charles, book critic at the Washington Post.
- Contributor: Limón, Ada - Charles, Ron
- Date: 2019-01-30
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Film, VideoLife of a Poet: Marilyn Chin Poet Marilyn Chin joins Ron Charles an in-depth discussion of the writer's career and the major events that have shaped her work. Readings from Chin's are interspersed throughout the conversation.
- Contributor: Charles, Ron - Chin, Marilyn
- Date: 2018-10-01