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).
"Arcadia" and "Art"
In these excerpts from The Short Version, Stan Persky examines "Arcadia" and "Art"
Read MoreMean Streets of Havana
Stan Persky on the mean streets of Havana
Read MoreWoody Allen
Part six of Stan Persky’s Short Version. This is about Woody Allen
Read MorePaul Alexander
The latest installment of Stan Persky’s The Short Version: Paul Alexander.
Read MoreAfter Lorca
Stan Persky offers us the fourth part of his ongoing series. This one is about the poet Jack Spicer, and is titled, as is one of Spicer’s books, After Lorca
Read MoreTHE COLANDER
Stan Persky offers a tribute to the late Mordecai Richler by way of a review of Barney’s Version
Read MoreOf African Descent
The Third of Stan Persky’s serial we’re running under the working title of The Short Version,
Read MoreAdolescence
The second of our serialization of Stan Persky’s The Short Version. (The first can be found in the probe section of the archives).
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