J D Salinger

Easy Reader: Ernest Hemingway Writes Good Letters Home and Elsewhere, 1907-22

David Finkle | Posted 03.06.2012

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David Finkle

A large segment of the letters -- the first written when he was not quite 8 -- are juvenilia and could be the sentiments of any young whippersnapper. Yet there are occasional hints at what would become the acclaimed Hemingway mode of between-hard-covers expression.

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Salinger Taught Her To Be Trashy

The Paris Review | Jillian Lauren | Posted 05.25.2011

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But it wasn't until age fourteen that I met Seymour Glass and fell in love. I read Nine Stories and read it again and found that it left me suffering ...

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Salinger-Signed 'The Catcher in the Rye' Up For Auction

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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That rarity, which makes the auction so exciting, also makes it merit scrutiny. And a thing or two about the auction of "The Catcher in the Rye" seem ...

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Salinger's Toliet For Sale:

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's a hard-to-believe EBay listing: a toilet "PERSONALLY OWNED & USED" by J.D. Salinger. ...

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John David California's Novel Attempt to Best J. D. Salinger: Read It and Weep

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Finkle

What's missing is the effortless character charisma Salinger provided. It does no damage to the 1951 bestseller. The Catcher in the Rye continues to stand on its own, unassailed.

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Catching J.D. Salinger

Pat York | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pat York

In 1966, on the set of one of my photo shoots, a mature man approached me and started up a conversation, asking me about my accent, and my likes and dislikes. He then introduced himself as J.D. Salinger.

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J. D. Salinger Remembered With Gratitude and Suspicion

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Finkle

The only book my mother ever forbade me to read was The Catcher in the Rye. Perhaps if she'd used reverse psychology, I wouldn't have become an avid Salinger fan.

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JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote a post about JD ...

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Mourning J. D. Salinger: An Appreciation From a Glass Family Junkie

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lesley M. M. Blume

As a sixteen-year-old, I felt that Holden Caulfield's suspicions and black humor and irreverence would inevitably position me as the sort of adult artist I someday hoped to become.

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At Home in the World: An Affair with J. D. Salinger Reveals a Sad, Angry, Predatory Man

Jules Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jules Siegel

Joyce Maynard's dazzling memoir, At Home in the World, reveals the details of her nine-month affair with J. D. Salinger when she was 18 years old.

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Salinger Is Dead. Happy Now?

Frank Portman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frank Portman

That's the sort of message you get when you've written a book whose narrator hates "The Catcher in the Rye" and the author of "The Catcher in the Rye" dies.

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J. D. Salinger Dead: 'Catcher in the Rye' Author Dies At 91

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — So what about the safe? The death this week of J.D. Salinger ends one of literature's most mysterious lives and intensifies one of it...

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J.D. Salinger Reviews: The New York Review Of Books On The Legendary Author

The New York Review of Books | Posted 05.25.2011

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J.D. Salinger's death has struck a chord around the world as those who grew up with the legendary author reflect on the end of an era. What has been s...

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J.D. Salinger (1919-2010): His Legacy Isn't 'Catcher in the Rye'. It's His Glass Family Stories

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

The Glass kids are at the center of Franny and Zooey, the one Salinger book I can re-read every year. With the exception of a short story, it's the last fiction Salinger has published -- and we're talking 1961 here.

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Loss of J.D. Salinger Echoes Through Young Authors' Souls

Dwayne Raymond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dwayne Raymond

Salinger has left the building and the literary world is all the emptier for it.

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Hollywood Eager to Finally F*ck Up Catcher in the Rye

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Borowitz

Just hours after author J.D. Salinger passed away at his New Hampshire home on Wednesday, Hollywood studios were salivating at the chance to finally ruin his masterpiece, Catcher in the Rye.

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Judge's Review: Salinger Spinoff a `Dismal' Book

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Federal appeals court judges had plenty of questions Thursday about a Swedish author's so-far unsuccessful attempt to publish a book ...

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60 Years Later Blocked: Judge Says No To Salinger Spinoff

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A Swedish author whose new book was promoted as a sequel to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" cannot publish it in the United ...

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Holden Caulfield at 60? No Way, Says J. D. Salinger

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Finkle

Salinger might be better off taking the view of James M. Cain, the author of several hot 1940s chart items. Cain, asked once how he felt about what Hollywood had done to his books, said, "Hollywood hasn't done anything to my books. There they all are, up on the shelf."

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I Am Holden Caulfield

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Wolff

The best client you could have if you are an intellectual property lawyer is JD Salinger. The second best is JK Rowling.

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J.D. Salinger's Teaching Advice

Nicolaus Mills | Posted 11.17.2011

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Nicolaus Mills

UVA literature professor Mark Edmundson wants students to have the pleasure and excitement of immersing themselves in a book before engaging in a skeptical dialogue about it.

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Right or Wrong: J.D. Salinger Wants Holden to Stay "Forever Young"

Susan Weissman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Susan Weissman

This isn't about J.D. Salinger's right to legally block the publication of a Catcher in the Rye sequel, but about love and reading Catcher in the Rye for the very first of many times.

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Third Screen: J. D. Salinger Sues

Vickie Karp | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vickie Karp

When does an iconic image, a shared artistic experience, or a germane public idea shift shape from private and protected to public and open to fair use?

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