Our Poetry Editor, Irene Willis, will be away from her office until March. There will be a new Poetry Monday at that time.
On the Subject’s Relation to Knowledge, III with Paola Mieli at Apres-Coup
SEMINAR: On the Subject’s Relation to Knowledge, III with Paola Mieli Friday, February 7, 2020 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm The School of Visual Arts 136 West 21st Street, New York, NY
Returning to Freud and Lacan, this seminar will reflect on the function that knowledge and belief play in the subject’s relation to the world. Denial, disavowal, foreclusion—and their subjective and collective implications—will be explored, as well as the differences between unconscious and Continue reading On the Subject’s Relation to Knowledge, III with Paola Mieli at Apres-Coup
The Myth of Chosenness
Click Here to Read: The Myth of Chosenness: My father told me a story about God and the Jews when I was a child growing up in Queens. It took me decades to understand what he was trying to tell me By Alter Yisrael Shimon Feuerman on the Tablet website on January 28, 2019.
Old Jerusalem, Jewish boy reads Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall Image: Peter van der Sluijs. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Person Place Thing at NYPSI with Randy Cohen, Sarah Boxer, and Jill Sobule
Join us for a Special Event sponsored by the Friends of the Brill Library
Person Place Thing at NYPSI with Randy Cohen, Sarah Boxer, and Jill Sobule
e Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 7:00 pm The Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium 247 East 82nd Street, NYC
Randy Cohen Sarah Boxer Jill Sobule
Person Place Thing is an interview show based on this idea: people are particularly engaging when they speak not directly about themselves but about something they care about. Guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing that are important to them. The result? Surprising stories from great speakers. Continue reading Person Place Thing at NYPSI with Randy Cohen, Sarah Boxer, and Jill Sobule
