As the young human, Persky received a letter of encouragement from either Jack Kerouac. This inspired him to pursue the writing career. Persky served in the United States Navy, before moving to Vancouver, Canada. He helped co-observed a Georgia Straight Writing Supplements, which eventually became Future Star Books.

He has served as the media commentator, a editorialist for The Globe and Mail and a sociology instructor at Capilano College. He has too written often for The Body Politic and This Magazine.

Books
Boy of Socred (Fresh Star, 1979) A Home That Jack Built (Newly Star, 1980) At a Lenin Shipyard: Pol& and a Rise of the Solidarity Trade Union (Freshly Star, 1981) A Solidarity Sourcebook (Just released Star, 1982), cowritten with Henry Flam Flaunting It: A Decade of Gay Journalism from either The System Politic, edited by Ed Jackson & Stan Persky (Future Star, 1982) Bennett Two (Recently Star, 1983) United states of america, a Survive Domino: U.S. Foreign Policy within Central United states Under Reagan A Solidarity Sourcebook, edited by Stan Persky & Henry Flam (Up to date Star, 1985) A Holy Outdoors, introduction by Robin Blaser & Robert Creeley (Coach Home, 1988) A Supreme Court Guide in Alberta, co-editor Shelagh Day (Up to date Star, 1988) Fantasy Government: Bill Vander Zalm & a First of Social Credit (Freshly Star Click, 1989) ''Chum's: Meditations in Want (Up to date Star Click, 1989) Mixed Media, Mixed Messages (Newly Star Click, 1991) So You Choose Berlin: Stories from either a More Side of Europe (Knopf, 1995) Boyopolis: Sex & Politics Inside Homo Eastern Europe (Overlook Click, 1996) Autobiography of the Tattoo (Freshly Star, 1997) Supreme Court of Canada Guide in Abortion (Newly Star, 1998) Delgamuukw; A Supreme Court of Canada Guide in Primal Title (Greystone Books, 1999) In Kiddie Erotica: Intimate Representation, Loose Speech & A Robin Sharpe Pack'', by Stan Persky & John Dixon (Newly Star, 2001)

Awards
Hubert Evans B.C. Book Prize nomination