Michael Krasny

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<p>Michael Krasny, Ph.D., is a scholar and professor of English and American literature, an award-winning broadcast journalist, and the author of two acclaimed books, <em>Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life</em> and <em>Spiritual Envy: An Agnostic’s Quest</em>. He released a twenty-four-lecture series in two volumes called <em>Masterpieces of Short Fiction</em> for The Teaching Company, which is also available in audio and DVD format. Since 1993 he has been the host of <em>Forum with Michael Krasny</em>, a news and public affairs interview program produced at KQED Radio, the National Public Radio affiliate in San Francisco, California. The program is the most-listened-to locally produced public radio program in the United States, and the number one program in its morning time slot in the San Francisco Bay Area market. <em>Forum</em> can also be heard on SiriusXM, Comcast, iTunes, and across the internet.</p>