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).
Cinefile: “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me”
It’s Oscar time. Stan Persky goes to the movies and sees Oscar Isaac in a grim folk song film by the Coen brothers.
Read MoreDirty Laundry
Stan Persky on a sex biography of Gore Vidal.
Read MoreCliffhanger
Stan Persky checks out a new book that asks, “Should we read in the digital age?”
Read MoreWhat the duck?! Redux
Stan Persky presses the TV power button to discover some dead ducks.
Read MoreRe-re-reading Gore Vidal: A First Anniversary Requiem
It’s the month of the first anniversary of the death of writer Gore Vidal. Stan Persky remembers.
Read MoreWhy Did Alt Lit Cross the Road?
Tao Lin’s new novel, “Taipei,” reviewed by Stan Persky from a rocking chair.
Read MoreThe Judith Butler Footnote: On Post-Gay and the 20th Anniversary of Xtra West
Feminist theorist Judith Butler delivers a post-gay commencement address in Montreal.
Read MoreIt’s the End of the Semester… as we know it
Stan Persky looks at the 2012-13 teaching season. Everything from “real education” to MOOCs and the Virtual U.
Read MoreIraq in the Mirror of Media: 10 Years Later
The U.S.-led war in Iraq marks its tenth anniversary. How does what the media said about it then stand up today? Dooney’s takes The Orwell Test.
Read MoreLanguage and Silence, or, Just Shut the Fook Up
Tim Parks travels to the end of his mind in search of a little peace and quiet.
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