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).
War and Peaceniks
Stan Persky tells us what he thinks about the WTC attacks, the war in Afghanistan, and the media’s response to both.
Read MoreTEACHING IS EASY
Giddy about the end of term, our two trouble-making pedagogues offer a synopsis of how to get to class
Read MoreTEACHING IS EASY
Knighton and Persky, trouble-making instructors at North Vancouver’s Capilano College, offer a synopsis of the first chapter of a book outlining their revolutionary pedagogic methods
Read MoreROLAND BARTHES
Stan Persky’s fourteenth entry in The Short Version is about the French writer, Roland Barthes
Read MoreBROWSING YOURSELF
Stan Persky begins a relevant argument with Internet Search Engines
Read More"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
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