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The Professor was a Spy: Norman Holmes Pearson in the American Century

February 17, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Free

Norman Holmes Pearson might have looked like the tweedy Yale professor he was, but he was one of the most consequential figures in twentieth-century American literature; an architect of the Cold War collaboration between academia and cultural diplomacy; and a high-ranking spy in the OSS and one of the shapers of the CIA.

In this talk (drawn from his new book CODE NAME PURITAN: NORMAN HOLMES PEARSON AT THE NEXUS OF POETRY, ESPIONAGE, AND AMERICAN POWER), Greg Barnhisel will give an overview of Pearson’s unique career as a spymaster, cultural diplomat, and literary fixer, and reflect on whether the unlikely combination that Pearson represented might have been a secret weapon for the U.S. in the Cold War. Book signing to follow. Magic City Books will be onsite selling copies.

Details

Date:
February 17
Time:
7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Organizer

Oklahoma Center for the Humanities
Phone
918-631-4419
Email
humanities@utulsa.edu
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Venue

101 E. Archer
101 E. Archer St.
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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