Michael Krasny, Host and Senior Editor, KQED's "Forum"; Professor of English, SFSU; Author, Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life

Krasny talks books, teaches literature, and for more than 65,000 people in the Bay Area he is the one to whom they tune their radio dials. Though he once dreamed of being a novelist, Krasny discovered that reality is often more exciting than fiction. Krasny delves into his life on and off the microphone.

Location: Veterans Memorial Hall, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
Time: 6 p.m. check-in, 6:30 p.m. program, 7:30 p.m. book signing
Cost: $12 members, $18 non-members, $7 students (with valid ID)
Also know: Underwriter: The Bernard Osher Foundation. Bookseller: Lafayette Bookstore

For tickets go to http://www.commonwealthclub.org or call 415-597-6705