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).

Sonnet About Orpheus (Where)

By Stan Persky / 2019 May 20
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Singing the Lord’s song in a strange land.

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Trump Prose Poem, a.k.a. Potus Takes a Snooze

By Stan Persky / 2019 April 14
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POTUS takes a snooze.

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Guardians of the Truth? Notes on MSM

By Stan Persky / 2019 March 26
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Stan Persky checks out the “guardians of the truth,” and puts in a good word for mainstream media (MSM). It’s “breaking news.”

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This Year’s Question

By Stan Persky / 2019 February 25
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Can Democracy Work? asks James Miller. It’s not only this year’s question, it’s a question for the ages, from ancient Athens to the Trumpian present.

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In the Land of Oz

By Stan Persky / 2018 December 28
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Amos Oz, 1939-2018. Reading “A Tale of Love and Darkness.”

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MeMeMe! … and It

By Stan Persky / 2018 October 20
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Stan Persky tries to get through the day… a day all about, well, Stan Persky.

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McCain’s Meme

By Stan Persky / 2018 September 2
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The message from John McCain’s funeral.

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Dear Old Golden Rule Days

By Stan Persky / 2018 August 11
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Sheldon Goldfarb’s history of student life at UBC takes us back to school.

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Philip Roth (1933-2018): Indelible

By Stan Persky / 2018 May 23
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Remembering Philip Roth and his indelible novel, “The Human Stain.”

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Ageing G-r-r-acefully

By Stan Persky / 2018 May 18
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I’m mad as hell and…

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