Stan Persky
Stan Persky taught philosophy at Capilano University in N. Vancouver, B.C. He received the 2010 B.C. Lieutenant-Governor's Award for Literary Excellence. His most recent books are Reading the 21st Century: Books of the Decade, 2000-2009 (McGill-Queen's, 2011), Post-Communist Stories: About Cities, Politics, Desires (Cormorant, 2014), and Letter from Berlin: Essays 2015-2016 (Dooney's, 2017).
Everytime Stephen Harper Says the Word “Change” . . .
Everything you need to know in order to cast an intelligent, intelligible ballot.
Feasting with Oscar: from De Profundis to Post-Queer
On the centenary of the publication of De Profundis, a meditation on Oscar Wilde.
No Landslide in Germany
German conservatives were expected to win last’s week election in a landslide. Didn’t happen? Why not? All is explained… a little Nachtmusik, maestro.
Teaching the Controversy
Evolution or intelligent design? How to solve America’s cultural wars while watching the old ball-game.
Gods, Ghosts, Aliens, Angels and Elvis
Don’t know the first thing about philosophy? But you’re interested in questions about the nature of reality and knowledge. Where to go? Here’s the first chapter of an introduction to philosophy that gets you started on figuring out What It All Means. Well, at least, some of what it means.
Gods, Ghosts, Aliens, Angels and Elvis (part 2)
Here’s the rest of what you always wanted to know about philosophy, but were too shy to ask.
New York Poems
Here’s the deal: Intrepid Traveler goes on 5, 6 day jaunt to “see New York.” What he sees are dead boxers, Grecian urns, boddhisatvas, unicorns, crucifixions, absent towers, armies of ghosts. New York as messages and mortality. Hmm, not your average package tour.
In Neverland
“All children, except one, grow up,” is the way J.M. Barrie began The Adventures of Peter Pan a century ago. One child, who thinks he is the exception, was last week tried as an adult and acquitted of child molestation.
The Week That Wasn’t
Now that it’s temporarily all over, you want to know What It All Means. We dutifully explain.
About Robert Creeley (1926-2005)
Poet Robert Creeley, who died last week at age 78, is the subject of Stan Persky’s reflections on poetry.