Talks
On Truth (and Lies) in Homecoming
- 4:30PM
In conjunction with BASETRACK Live
Hosted by Simon Critchley
With Phil Klay and Nancy Sherman
Co-presented by BAM and the Onassis Cultural Center NY
Part of the Hellenic Humanities Program
Phil Klay, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and author of Redeployment—short listed for the National Book Award for fiction—and Nancy Sherman, philosopher and author of The Untold War, join Simon Critchley to explore the notion of nostos, the Greek word for homecoming, to better understand the psychological truths faced by servicemen and women returning from war today.
On Truth (and Lies) in Homecoming is part of the Hellenic Humanities Program co-presented with the Onassis Cultural Center New York.
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