Tag: j d salinger

  • Salinger Revisited: A Perfect Day for Bananafish

    This was the first story I ever taught, in a class on Zen Buddhism I took as an undergrad (everybody in the class taught some topic for half an hour). It’s been twenty-six years, at least, so I don’t really remember the details although I think I only assigned the middle section, the interaction between Seymour…

  • Salinger revisited: The Catcher in the Rye

    I stopped reading Salinger over twenty years ago because I found myself being overly influenced by  is voice. I’ve decided that I’ve developed a sufficiently strong voice of my own as a writer that I can allow myself a chance to re-read Salinger. My plan is to read the published books from Catcher to Raise High the…