Issues for the week of September 8, 2022 - Public Seminar

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Curated Essays for the

Week of September 8

Previous Weeks

Peace Now

Part 1: A Just War?

James Carroll

Author

Mikhail Gorbachev

Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young
Fashion Meets Philosophy

The Philosophy of Ripped Jeans

Jack Condie, Nicholas Dagher, Gwenda-lin Grewal, Noah Kupper and Quinn Mason

Why Are We Afraid of Flounces and Frills?

Gwenda-lin Grewal

Onassis Lecturer in Ancient Greek Thought and Language, New School for Social Research
Public Space

Reimagining Nature—The High Line Experiment

Yasmin Arquiza

Environmental journalist
Poetry

Excerpt from “A Rising Tide Lifts all Boats: Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects”

Dwight A. McBride

President of The New School

Multi-Verse Episode 4: Gregory Kan and the Mysterious Human Brain

Evangeline Riddiford Graham

Host and producer of Multi-Verse and instructor in Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism at The New School