Re: Salinger-related article in Sept/Oct 2002 BOOK magazine

In some ways, the paradox of Holden wanting to contact favorite
authors with Salinger's resistance to the very idea he artfully wrote
about may be part of the fuel that keeps the Salinger's myth alive in
our culture. Not only do literary references to Salinger pop up on
NPR or the NYTimes like clockwork, but we are also witnessing how the
media sucks up gossip from Salingerland. Thanks to Tim for alerting
us to the article in the subject header, but the piece was just too
clever and snotty, and not all that well informed. I thought about
how many times I've seen clever spins on Salinger's work in
slick-looking mags and I soak up every word. This one revealed
elements of Rakoff that I had a hard time respecting, though.

I'll be interested to hear what others think, will

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Received on Thu Aug 22 16:30:28 2002