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).
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No! It’s an Ex-Superhero Actor Looking for Artistic Redemption!
It’s Oscar time, and Dooney’s goes to the movies in search of a Best Picture.
For Interpretation: Susan Sontag
On the tenth annivarsary of her death, Daniel Schreiber’s biography revisits the life of Susan Sontag.
Letter from Berlin: History, Cont’d.
Reflections on the shootings in Paris, and the Continuation, not the End, of History.
Ukraine: Here’s Facebooking at You, Kid
A little Facebook music please: transcript of a social media conversation about current events.
Love in Venice
What to read on the way to Venice.
On the Margaret Wente Annual Anti-University Column
This year, Margaret Wente thinks professors aren’t working enough. The underworked Stan Persky checks it out.
Crisis in Ukraine: it’s hard to tell the players, even with a scorecard, and a bunch of hyperlinks.
Stan Persky tries to sort out the strands in the Ukrainian web.
Is It a Beauty? Is It Great?
It’s Oscar season. Dooney’s goes to the movies to see Paolo Sorrentino’s “Great Beauty.”
Orwell’s Nightmare: 75 Years Later
Seventy-five years after its publication, Stan Persky takes note of George Orwell’s “Homage to Catalonia,” and its anniversary.