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Stan PerskyStan Persky (born 1941 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Canadian writer, media commentator and sociology instructor. As a young man, Persky received a letter of encouragement from Jack Kerouac. This inspired him to pursue a writing career. Persky served in the United States Navy, before moving to Vancouver, Canada. He helped co-found the Georgia Straight Writing Supplements, which eventually became New Star Books. He has served as a media commentator, a columnist for The Globe and Mail and a sociology instructor at Capilano College. He has also written frequently for The Body Politic and This Magazine. Books - Son of Socred (New Star, 1979)
- The House That Jack Built (New Star, 1980)
- At the Lenin Shipyard: Poland and the Rise of the Solidarity Trade Union (New Star, 1981)
- The Solidarity Sourcebook (New Star, 1982), cowritten with Henry Flam
- Flaunting It: A Decade of Gay Journalism from The Body Politic, edited by Ed Jackson and Stan Persky (New Star, 1982)
- Bennett II (New Star, 1983)
- America, the Last Domino: U.S. Foreign Policy in Central America Under Reagan
- The Solidarity Sourcebook, edited by Stan Persky and Henry Flam (New Star, 1985)
- The Holy Forest, introduction by Robin Blaser and Robert Creeley (Coach House, 1988)
- The Supreme Court Decision on Alberta, co-editor Shelagh Day (New Star, 1988)
- Fantasy Government: Bill Vander Zalm and the Future of Social Credit (New Star Press, 1989)
- Buddy's: Meditations on Desire (New Star Press, 1989)
- Mixed Media, Mixed Messages (New Star Press, 1991)
- Then We Take Berlin: Stories from the Other Side of Europe (Knopf, 1995)
- Boyopolis: Sex And Politics In Gay Eastern Europe (Overlook Press, 1996)
- Autobiography of a Tattoo (New Star, 1997)
- Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Abortion (New Star, 1998)
- Delgamuukw; The Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Aboriginal Title (Greystone Books, 1999)
- On Kiddie Porn: Sexual Representation, Free Speech And The Robin Sharpe Case, by Stan Persky and John Dixon (New Star, 2001)
Awards - Hubert Evans B.C. Book Prize nomination
Persky, Stan Persky, Stan Persky, Stan
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