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).
CHANGING THEIR SPOTS
Stan Persky reviews a new book on post-war American fiction
Read More(MY) BERLIN
The Short Version arrives in Berlin
Read MoreDIASPORISM: SPEAKING AS A BAD JEW
Stan Persky has an interesting take on the question of Jewish identity
Read MoreTHE BEGINNING OF THE SHORT VERSION: AN ABC’S BOOK
Stan Persky refiles the first three parts of The Short Version and introduces a fourth. The first three are in the archive for comparison.
Read MoreSPINOZA’S LENS
Stan Persky examines a new book that suggests that the radical edge of Enlightment philosophy has shaped modernity more than we recognize
Read MoreEUROPA: FORTUYN AND MEN’S EYES
Stan Persky examines what was at stake in the recent assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, and suggests that Fortuyn was more interesting and less reactionary than the international media made him appear
Read MoreNOW SHOWING AT A MOVIE THEATRE NEAR YOU
Stan Persky reviews film-maker Hanif Kureishi’s newly-minted book of essays
Read MoreEUROPA: THE DARK SIDE OF OO-LA-LA
From Berlin, Stan Persky files on the French Presidential election
Read MoreJOHN BERGER
Stan Persky is back on line with an entry on John Berger
Read MoreBERLIN AND THE ANGEL OF HISTORY
Stan Persky reviews David Clay Large’s recent English-language history of Berlin
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