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).
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The Da Vinci Code has sold 10 million copies, spawned a minor industry of counter-books and websites, and Harrison Ford is suiting up for the Hollywood blockbuster version. Stan Persky reads it.
Read MoreBaruch ata Adonai, Bones, Books, Bowering
Some recent passages from Stan Persky’s forthcoming ABC book, The Short Version.
Read MoreLetter from Berlin: The Most Boring Subject in Europe
Stan Persky gets drowsy discovering what Europeans are least interested in.
Read MoreLife Was A Cabaret, My Dear
Stan Persky reviews a biography about a Berlin neighbour.
Read MoreLetter from Berlin: D-Day and Long After
Stan Persky as The Spy Who Came in from the Sunshine.
Read MoreO Muse, I Sing the Wrath of Spielberg
Stan Persky goes to the movies and sees the face that launched a thousand digitalized ships. Er, Brad Pitt’s face and most of the rest of him.
Read MoreThe Dooney’s Team Election Complete Guide to the 2004 Canada-Tobago Election
Stan Persky files an election report from Berlin
Read MoreBetween Porn and a Soft Place
Stan Persky goes to the movies and reads the book, but still wonders if an "adult" video might not be better.
Read MoreMonkey Think, Monkey Do?
Do Animals Think? asks psychologist Clive Wynne. Stan Persky checks out the answer.
Read MoreSmoking Guns
Stan Persky reads Richard Clarke’s Against All Enemies
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