Over the years, I've quoted Ron Charles, the distinguished former Washington Post "Book World" reviewer, many times in posts on this blog.
The bad news, as I presume most of you already know, is that last month, the Post discontinued "Book World" (along with the entire sports section and other parts of the newspaper). That's actually the second time the paper has done that in this century; talk about cancel culture! (I fear there will be no third resurrection, however.)
Here is the New York Times' account of a Feb. 22 gathering at Politics & Prose held to celebrate Book World's legacy and mourn its discontinuation.
The good news is that Ron Charles is now on Substack. Like most other writers on that site, he offers a good deal of content for free, but I signed up as a paid subscriber to get the full experience, and highly recommend his work.
More good news: As a paid subscriber, I can issue free one-month subscriptions to five recipients. Because I want to give dibs to current BookMen, I'll put the relevant sign-up info into my next weekly missive.
Here's a sample Substack column, "Do I Still Matter?," that I hope will pique your interest.
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