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).
Letter from Berlin: The Refugee Referendum
In Germany, voters go to the polls to assess Angela Merkel’s refugee policy.
Keeping the Peace: A Site C Memoir
A Site C dam memoir.
Letter from Berlin: What Did You Do in the Cold War, Daddy?
Eyes on the Spies. Revisiting the Cold War with Steven Spielberg and John le Carre.
Ghomeshi’s Day in Court
Former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi had his day in court. Here’s what happened.
Forever Old
It’s Oscar season. Paolo Sorrentino’s “Youth” isn’t nominated for Best Picture, but it’s as interesting as anything else on view.
The Young and the Restless, and Laura Kipnis
“Feminist students protest feminist prof for writing about feminism”: the Laura Kipnis story.
Letter from Berlin: Quo Vadis, Greece?
Questions about Greece that maybe even the Delphic oracle can’t answer.
Charlie Hebdo, PEN, Ondaatje
The writers’ organization , PEN, is giving an award to Charlie Hebdo magazine. Six prominent writers are protesting. What’s at stake?
Letter from Berlin: Syriza and the Minotaur
Of fiscal gods and monster debts: the Greek crisis.