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November 17, 2020

Holden Caulfield, Superspreader

by Jesse Pearson
September 17, 2019

J.D. Salinger’s Spider-Man

by Kristopher Michael Wood
May 14, 2018

If Some of Literature’s Most Complicated Male Characters Were Just Reasonable People Instead

by Astrid Johnson-Krause
February 13, 2018

If Literature’s “Complicated Men” Were On Tinder

by Sarah Chevallier
September 15, 2009

In Case My New Young-Adult Novel Doesn’t Sell, Here Are My Backup Ideas

by Claire Zulkey
January 9, 2007

Holden Caulfield Gives the Commencement Speech to a High School

by Andrew Tan
August 30, 2006

Original Title Suggestions by J.D. Salinger’s Publisher That Could Have Been Deleterious to the Success of His Magnum Opus

by Eric Feezell

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A Parent’s Typical Day, as Envisioned by My Child’s Preschool

by Ruyi Wen
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How to Hate a Jew Like a Jew

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Incredible Rooms I Would Have in My Mansion if I Were Rich!

by Alex Baia
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