Off mike; a memoir of talk radio and literary life

Off mike; a memoir of talk radio and literary life.

Krasny, Michael.

Stanford U. Press

2008

317 pages

$24.95

Hardcover

PN1991

Krasny, the lauded host of Bay Area public radio station KQED's Forum program who first interviewed Gore Vidal in 1976 and has since talked with countless more literary figures, offers a combined autobiography on his own failed drive to be a writer in the tradition of Saul Bellow and reflection on memorable interviews. His short essays on interviewees including T.C. Boyle, Maya Angelou, Isabelle Allende, and Philip Roth examine each subject's life and work simultaneously, offering a critical perspective along with conversational narratives.

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