9/1/13 —  TALKING ABOUT BOOKS WITH THE WASHINGTON POST‘S RON CHARLES

Next time you feel overwhelmed by the number of books on your to-read list, think of Ron Charles, the fiction editor at the Washington Post. Charles and his colleagues at the newspaper get 150 books a day to choose from, with a lot  careers depending on their decisions. I chatted with Ron recently about his job and how he approaches it.  Here is the transcript of our phone conversation, edited and condensed.