Persky, Stan

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another fine collection of essays from the author of Buddy's
Take Me There!

Autobiography of a Tattoo
Stan Persky
Manufacturer: New Star Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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stories/essays on the pursuit of homosexual desire

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another fine collection of essays from the author of Buddy's.......2001-06-02

Persky is a very underrated writer in Canada. Partially, this is due to his chosen writing form--essays (although he began as a poet). Essay writing is still considered a dry, academic form in North America but Persky draws upon the more pleasurable personal/philosophical essay tradition of Montaigne and Roland Barthes. He is very open and insightful about his homosexual desires, but it would be a shame if his readership was limited to only those who share his sexual preference(s). Here's hoping that he begins to receive the wider attention he deserves and that he helps revive the essay tradition in North America.

Take Me There!.......2000-07-15

A fascinating hybrid of a philosophical meditation on love and a diary of Berlin summers, Persky's book breaks so many rules to thrilling effect that he should be enshrined as Chief Literary Outlaw. Persky is so fearless in investigating the basis for his feelings about his work, his obsession with a young rent-boy in Berlin and his friends that he virtually dares the reader to become exasperated with his waffling about reaching any premature conclusions. The miracle of his writing (and thought process) is that he keeps us fully engaged in his conversation with himself until exasperation turns into affection and complicity. Persky's love of teaching (he is a professor of philosophy in Vancouver, BC) is clear here both explicitly (he talks about his concern for his students at length) and implicitly (the entire book becomes an example of a unique teaching style). Persky, who is proudly over 60, takes pains to make sure we know that his own libido is exuberantly healthy (bravo!). If he had anything to do with approving the fabulous cover art for the book, he certainly insured that the libido of every reader will be sent into overdrive every time the eye catches the cover.

Delgamuukw: The Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Aboriginal Title (David Suzuki Foundation Series)

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Delgamuukw: The Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Aboriginal Title (David Suzuki Foundation Series)

Manufacturer: David Suzuki Foundation
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Binding: Paperback

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Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Abortion

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Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Abortion
Stan Persky
Manufacturer: New Star Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0919573851

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Lives of the French symbolist poets
Stan Persky
Manufacturer: White Rabbit Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006EN05M

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The Short Version: An ABC Book
Stan Persky
Manufacturer: New Star Books
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Binding: Paperback

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philosophy hope in a jar daily moisturizer

ASIN: 1554200164
Release Date: 2005-08-04

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In a volume inspired by Czeslaw Milosz, Stan Persky appropriates the format of the alphabet book as a springboard for musings both personal and philosophical.

The Short Version -- which, at 300-plus pages is the author's longest book -- is a literal ABC: Persky covers only topics that begin with those three letters, though he can't resist tweaking the format to include such subjects as Richard Rorty ("Contingency") and Jack Spicer ("After Lorca"). Subjects range from his travels across Eastern Europe and Asia, to reflections on writers of today. Unafraid to topple sacred cows or singlehandedly resuscitate those in undeserved obscurity, the author provides a road map to a public intellectual's mind. Persky's cosmopolitan perspective encompasses Woody Allen's films, Roland Barthes's theories of identity, and Italo Calvino's creation of Mr Palomar. Along the way he covers such matters as the art of teaching as practiced by Persky, his foray into northern British Columbia, and memories of long-ago Gestalt sessions with David Berg.

Eccentric, engaging, and ultimately inspiring, Persky's alphabet pushes the boundaries of creative nonfiction and the conventions of autobiography. This is uniquely compelling reading courtesy of one of the country's best minds.

Son of Socred: Has Bill Bennett's government gotten B.C. moving again?

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Son of Socred: Has Bill Bennett's government gotten B.C. moving again?
Stan Persky
Manufacturer: New Star Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Boyopolis: Sex and Politics in Gay Eastern Europe

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Slow book about fast changing region!

Boyopolis: Sex and Politics in Gay Eastern Europe
Stan Persky
Manufacturer: Overlook Hardcover
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Binding: Hardcover

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Slow book about fast changing region!.......1997-07-30

I was dissapointed after being tantalized by the title. I fully expected much more anecdotal evidence that a gay lifestyle exists in Eastern Europe...instead it reinforced the sterotype of a bleak and gray people. Which is not true, Eastern Europe is fascinating and quite gay. Maybe someone will do this subject justice next time around

The house (convention centre, stadium, rapid transit system, etc.) that Jack built: Mayor Jack Volrich and Vancouver politics

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The house (convention centre, stadium, rapid transit system, etc.) that Jack built: Mayor Jack Volrich and Vancouver politics
Stan Persky
Manufacturer: New Star Books
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Binding: Paperback

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Buddy's: Meditations on Desire
Stan Persky
Manufacturer: New Star Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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Buddy's is a gay bar in Vancouver's West End that opened in the spring of 1982 and closed in the summer of 1988. It was the starting point for this unusually frank and engaging portrait of gay life and gay culture in the late eighties. Shifting effortlessly between autobiography, fiction, and criticism, Buddy's is in turn shocking, erotic, witty, and moving, a study of life in a time of plague.

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Topic Sentence: A Writer's Education
Stan Persky
Manufacturer: New Star Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1554200288
Release Date: 2007-04-30

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