Wednesday, May 4 2011
For this once-infatuated reader, J.D. Salinger’s works now seem like so much pretentious talk
Thursday, February 11 2010
Why I Dislike ‘Rye’: Not be-Holden to Salinger’s ‘Catcher’
'Catcher in the Rye' is a great novel, but it’s not good. When you're more Ferris Bueller than Holden Caulfield, it's hard to relate to his alienation -- no matter how much teachers want you to.
Friday, February 5 2010
J.D. Salinger’s Seymour, a Eulogy
Seymour is the presence you are sure you encountered before the door shut and he was gone; in this way, Seymour (not Holden) becomes the emblem for Salinger himself.

































