Joel Whitney is an American author and journalist best known for writing Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World's Best Writers, published by OR Books.
He co-founded Guernica: A Magazine of Art & Politics, earning the prestigious 2017 PEN/Nora Magid Award for magazine editing.
Finks received widespread critical acclaim, described as "riveting" by Kirkus and "ingeniously researched" by Pankaj Mishra in The Guardian.
Whitney's essays have appeared in notable publications including Dissent, Salon, The New York Times, The New Republic, and The Paris Review, with several recognized as Notable Essays in Best American Essays.
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