{"product_id":"finks-how-the-c-i-a-tricked-the-worlds-best-writers-paperback","title":"Finks: How the C.I.A. Tricked the World's Best Writers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoel Whitney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the CIA, in its Cold War infancy, reached as far as one literary magazine--and went on to shape American literature as we know it? In \u003ci\u003eFinks\u003c\/i\u003e, Joel Whitney details the CIA's intimate ties to the arts, and delves into the murky history of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen news broke that the CIA had colluded with literary magazines to produce cultural propaganda throughout the Cold War, a debate began that has never been resolved. The story continues to unfold, with the reputations of some of America's best-loved literary figures--including Peter Matthiessen, George Plimpton, and Richard Wright--tarnished as their work for the intelligence agency has come to light. Finks is a tale of two CIAs, and how they blurred the line between propaganda and literature. One CIA created literary magazines that promoted American and European writers and cultural freedom, while the other toppled governments, using assassination and censorship as political tools. Defenders of the \"cultural\" CIA argue that it should have been lauded for boosting interest in the arts and freedom of thought, but the two CIAs had the same undercover goals, and shared many of the same methods: deception, subterfuge and intimidation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinks\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how the good-versus-bad CIA is a false divide, and that the cultural Cold Warriors again and again used anti-Communism as a lever to spy relentlessly on leftists, and indeed writers of all political inclinations, and thereby pushed U.S. democracy a little closer to the Soviet model of the surveillance state.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOEL WHITNEY's\u003c\/b\u003e writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. His essays have twice been designated as Notable in \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and he received a 2017 PEN\/Nora Magid Award for Editing for his work on \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, which he co-founded. For his poetry, which has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAgni\u003c\/i\u003e, he is a recipient of the Discovery Prize awarded by the 92nd Street Y and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn, where he is at work on a novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45677007306854,"sku":"9781944869526","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WXhZWHBzdUI1UE5lOVFaTU1Va2JjQT09.webp?v=1780246224","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/finks-how-the-c-i-a-tricked-the-worlds-best-writers-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}