remembering a recluse
J.D. Salinger, recluse, author of much--most notably The Catcher in the Rye-- died this week at age 91. All I keep thinking is that I wish I would have read Salinger in high school and maybe I would have appreciated it more/differently than I did when I read it in my early/mid twenties. Here are some links to interesting articles post and pre Salinger's death. New York Times, Salinger's NY S.J. Gilman's reflection on NPR A funny reflection on Salinger, which a friend, Bill Shein wrote back in 2004 here . This is the dialogue in the book which I most remember. Funny how some things stay with us for a long time. Holden: "You know that song, 'If a body catch a body comin' through the rye'?..." Phoebe: "It's 'If a body meet a body coming through the rye'!... It's a poem. By Robert Burns." Holden: "Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of littl...