Michael Krasny

3 weeks ago | sebastopoltimes.com | Michael Krasny |Laura Hagar Rush

Sebastopol City Council goal-setting session is Tuesday, April 1, 1 pm to 5 pm, at the Sebastopol Youth Annex, followed by a brief council meeting. Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival: Online StreamingTuesday, April 1 to April 9, on your computerDid you miss the live event over the weekend? You can still see the films in the comfort of your own home during the streaming portion of the Festival. Take your pick of dozens of exciting documentaries from around the world. Learn more and get tickets.

Dec 17, 2024 | momentmag.com | Michael Krasny

In the late 1960s, protests at San Francisco State and UC Berkeley helped usher in ethnic studies and a mandate for more Black faculty members. But before the void got filled, a white Jewish professor stepped in to teach a course in Black Literature—to a class of majority Black students. In 1970, as a young, new ABD (all but dissertation) English professor at San Francisco State, I was asked by the department’s then chair and vice chair to teach a course in Black literature.

Dec 4, 2024 | momentmag.com | Michael Krasny

The Last DekrepitzerBy Howard LangerCresheim Press, 262 pp. I confess the first thing that grabbed me about Howard Langer’s debut novel was the homophone “decrepit” embedded in the title. The Dekrepitzers, it turns out, are a fictional Hasidic sect wiped out by the Nazis, except for their dynastic lone survivor Rebbe Shmuel Meir Lichtbencher, the novel’s protagonist, who is captured by the Russians and forced to serve in the Russian army for three years.

Aug 13, 2023 | podcasts.apple.com | Michael Krasny

The migration to eCommerce took a massive leap forward during the COVID pandemic. Few benefited as much as Amazon and Walmart. To get a handle on this phenomenon, we met with Jason Del Rey who chronicled the rise, challenges and impact of these two behemoths on global retail. Drawing from the reporting for his recent book, Winner Sells All: Amazon, Walmart and the Battle for our Wallets, Jason Del Rey is uniquely qualified to comment.