…J. D. Salinger died January 27th, at 91. He is, of course, the author of Catcher in the Rye, a book that simply put should be read by everyone in their late teens. Here is a sampling of the critical work we have on Salinger:
- With Love and Squalor: 14 Writers Respond to the Work of J.D. Salinger Edited by Kip Kotzen and Thomas Beller
- Catcher in the Rye: New Essays Edited by J.P. Steed
- In Cold Fear: Catcher in the Rye Censorship Controversies and Postwar American Character by Pamela Hunt Steinle
- J.D. Salinger Revisited by Warren French
- J.D. Salinger Edited by Harold Bloom
The Guardian has published a “round-up” of online commentary and reactions to the man’s death…