Alexander Genis (born February 11, 1953) is a Russian–American writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic.

Genis, an American citizen, resides in the New York City area.

[2] After graduating from the Latvian State University in Riga, he immigrated to the USA in 1977 at the age of 24.

[3][4] Genis is a columnist and a contributing writer for the main liberal Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and used to be the host of the TV show Alexander Genis.

Letters from America, shown on Russian TV channel "Culture".