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Books: Then We Take Berlin by Stan Persky

Post published:April 30, 2010

Books: Then We Take Berlin by Stan Persky SUGGESTIVE READING / Postmodern genre-bender still sizzles Posted on xtra.ca, April 15, 2010 In each issue, a prominent literary Canadian recommends a queer-authored book. In this installment, non-fiction writer Daniel Gawthrop recommends Stan Persky’s Then We Take Berlin: Stories from the Other Side of Europe (Knopf Canada, 1995). Shortly after Then We Take Berlin’s release, a rather obtuse Globe…

Praise for Vanishing Halo

Post published:April 30, 2010

Vanishing Halo belongs on the required reading list for all environmental journalists and educators. Nothing like it has previously been written. It is thoroughly readable, clear, accessible to anyone and unparalleled in scope. —Canadian Forum Gawthrop’s Vanishing Halo is a nicely-written, informative account of a part of the slow-moving ecological disaster that will confront the next generation of humans….a remarkably sure-footed book. —Stan Persky, in the Vancouver Sun Reminds us that the more common and…

Burma’s generals go scot-free

epa02094578 Myanmar's military supremo Senior General Than Shwe reviews the troops during the 65th anniversary Armed Forces Day in the new capital city Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 March 2010. The Myanmar's junta chief implied that the military will play a pivotal political role in the country after this year's planned election, which most observers fear will be neither free nor fair. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Post published:October 30, 2007

COMMENT: Burma’s generals go scot-free Nonintervention lets the world’s worst dictatorship terrorize with impunity. By Daniel Gawthrop Published in the Georgia Straight on October 4, 2007 As September drew to a close, the world watched with increasing revulsion as protests led by Buddhist monks against the brutal dictatorship of Burma were violently crushed by the same military thugs the protests were aimed at. TV coverage of jubilant marches gave way to scenes of tear gas,…

Death of a Liberal Delusion

Post published:November 30, 2006

Review of Ian Burma’s Murder in Amsterdam, posted on thetyee.ca on November 2, 2006 Provocateur Theo van Gogh's murder wasn't the only ugly end in Amsterdam. By Daniel Gawthrop On November 2, 2004, Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was riding his bicycle to work on a cold and dreary autumn morning…

Flash and Burn Outlaws

Post published:October 30, 2006

Published in the Fall 2006 edition of the quarterly Vancouver Review, and posted on thetyee.ca on October 19, 2006 WRITERS FEST: South Asian gangster life the stuff of two new novels, one set in B.C. By Daniel Gawthrop What is it about British publishers and their obsession with street lingo? The hype surrounding…