In case you missed it: Ron Charles

Two weeks ago, Washington Post fiction editor Ron Charles braved the weather for a charming and insightful chat about the world of literary criticism, getting this semester’s Conversations@ Efroymson Series off on the right snowshoe.

For those who missed it, here’s our new friend Ron explaining why the novel will never die, in spite of the perpetual evolution of technology.

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When it was time for some Q and A, the lit critic (and former finalist for Hatchet Job of the Year) disputed a peer’s assertion that negative reviews have no place in the industry.

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I suppose you get a pass for missing this one, but don’t skip the next Conversations@ event: a reading from alums Matt Yeager and Mike Meginnis, two successful young writers who owe Butler a debt (hopefully of gratitude, but maybe money–at least they’ve figured out a way to make a living out of stringing words together). See you at the E-Fro at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20.