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I finished reading The Catcher in the Rye, the next book on my list this summer. I read the book for the first time a few years ago, and I’ve been itching to read it again, especially after Salinger died a few months ago. I didn’t read the novel when I was a teenager. It [...]

No, I’m not going to try to eulogize him — there are many others more qualified and eloquent than I who will do that. But I couldn’t let the man’s passing go without a post and a few words. I’ve said before that Salinger is an influence on my work. I suppose that’s a trite [...]