tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post4474678257109064405..comments2023-11-05T05:01:58.563-05:00Comments on Ward Six: SalingerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-62817181684775297422010-02-01T08:25:42.600-05:002010-02-01T08:25:42.600-05:00That we will, or won't.That we will, or won't.Steven317https://www.blogger.com/profile/16441330827061627361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-73933436425766968982010-01-30T19:29:55.881-05:002010-01-30T19:29:55.881-05:00Here's hoping that his writing desk contains t...Here's hoping that his writing desk contains treasures of beautifully written prose that will put "Catcher in the Rye" to shame.GFS3https://www.blogger.com/profile/15759347763430390352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-69875945409226060112010-01-29T09:32:59.332-05:002010-01-29T09:32:59.332-05:00John and Rhian, sounds like you need a road trip t...John and Rhian, sounds like you need a road trip to Cornish, NH. Let me know when you land! Ha ha.Hopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-32610023154677115312010-01-28T23:44:09.424-05:002010-01-28T23:44:09.424-05:00First Erich Segal, and then Robert B. Parker, and ...First Erich Segal, and then Robert B. Parker, and now J.D. Salinger. They come in threes!<br /><br />He captured the kid voice better than anyone. And 5 Red Pandas, I totally hear you re: dialogue -- that story, "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes," is probably one of the best examples.AltSunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091271275548692502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-48331614801996930742010-01-28T14:55:08.864-05:002010-01-28T14:55:08.864-05:00Somehow I didn't think it would happen this wa...Somehow I didn't think it would happen this way. I thought he would give in and publish first. Or something. <br /><br />I'm DYING to know what he's been up to these past decades.rmellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133206908895131438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-36804578816229375832010-01-28T14:22:18.207-05:002010-01-28T14:22:18.207-05:00I'm still a fan as well. He was a flawed write...I'm still a fan as well. He was a flawed writer, and certainly a flawed person, but he could definitely write. I loved his dialogue the most. <br /><br />I've had a long history with Salinger as a reader first. Then I taught Catcher for two years to 10th graders in Harlem. What a trip! Some dug it, some didn't care, but the book always generated discussion, which wasn't always easy. My teaching copy is marked up and post-it noted to near tatters. I really worked that book! I also taught some of the short stories and didn't realize how truly strange they are until I tried teaching them. <br /><br />I'm actually reading a silly, but fun, Lawrence Block book- Burglar in the Rye- which involves a bookseller/burglar who is asked to steal back a famous reclusive author's letters so that they won't go to auction. The timing is amazing, but also just evidence of Salinger's cultural reach and endurance. <br /><br />I'm curious whether he actually wrote some good books or whether they were just self-indulgent exercises. His children have some difficult decisions ahead of them and I don't envy them. <br /><br />R.I.P. Mr. Salinger. Here's one librarian saddened by your passing.5 Red Pandashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625556395114591952noreply@blogger.com