Both a photographic essay and critical text, Reconstructing a Public Sphere is New York–based artist John Miller's (born 1954) most autobiographical work to date, in which he uses Microsoft Powerpoint to ponder the civic history of Battery Park through a personal narrative of his experience of 9/11.

Illustrating three to four spreads from each scrapbook, and including two essays: Patterns and Scraps by Alex Kitnick and Glue and Cum by Richard Hawkins.