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SUMMARY:Comparative Literature Luncheon: Cedric R. Tolliver
DESCRIPTION:\nThe Comparative Literature Luncheon presents Cedric R. Tol
liver (University of Oklahoma)\, on &ldquo\;Breaking Barriers\, Tearing
Down Walls: \;The \;Cold War Racial Progress Narrative in the Au
tobiographical Writing of Carl Rowan.&rdquo\;\n\nCedric R. Tolliver is t
he M. H. Abrams Fellow at the National Humanities Center and associate p
rofessor of English at the University of Oklahoma\, where he works at th
e intersection of Africana literary and culture studies and literary his
tory. His book\, Of Vagabonds and Fellow Travelers: African Diaspora Lit
erary Culture and the Cultural Cold War (University of Michigan Press 20
19)\, was a 2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. He is currently at w
ork on a second book manuscript\, tentatively titled Spook(ed) that cons
iders the relationship of African American travel writing and spy thrill
ers to the national security state apparatus.\n\nFor more details: https
://events.la.psu.edu/event/cmlit-luncheon-032023/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Comparative
Literature Luncheon presents Cedric R. Tolliver (University of Oklahoma
), on “Breaking Barriers, Tearing Down Walls: The Cold W
ar Racial Progress Narrative in the Autobiographical Writing of Carl Row
an.”
Cedric R. Tolliver is the M. H. Abrams Fellow at the Na
tional Humanities Center and associate professor of English at the Unive
rsity of Oklahoma, where he works at the intersection of Africana litera
ry and culture studies and literary history. His book, Of Vagabonds a
nd Fellow Travelers: African Diaspora Literary Culture and the Cultural
Cold War (University of Michigan Press 2019), was a 2020 CHOICE Outs
tanding Academic Title. He is currently at work on a second book manuscr
ipt, tentatively titled Spook(ed) that considers the relationship
of African American travel writing and spy thrillers to the national se
curity state apparatus.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event
/cmlit-luncheon-032023/
URL:https://complit.la.psu.edu/news-events/comp-lit-luncheon-series
LOCATION:102 Kern Building
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