Re: my Catcher site in magazine article


Subject: Re: my Catcher site in magazine article
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 13 2001 - 21:05:46 GMT


Congrats, Suzanne...sounds like you're doing a project there worthy of
notice...

Jim

Suzanne Morine wrote:
>
> Hi, I am way behind in my list reading, so I haven't been saying much lately.
>
> If you get Entertainment Weekly magazine, you might like to turn to page
> 176 of the Nov 16th edition and see the one paragraph article about my site.
>
> Suzanne
>
> Oh hell, here's the text of the article:
> 'The Catcher' on the Web
>
> "It's been cherished by countless sensitive teens as a mirror of their own
> youthful detachment -- and condemned by several libraries as being unfit
> for young readers. Certainly, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye has
> lost none of its poignant power since its publication 50 years ago. And in
> the years since, the book has found several homes on the Web, including
> this oft-visited unofficial site run by Denver-based software engineer
> Suzanne Morine (geocities.com/exploring_citr). She explains in the site's
> FAQ how she turned the world of prep-schooler Holden Caulfield into a
> hypertexty encyclopedia of '50s pop culture: "I had been thinking that it
> would be funny to have a list of all of the characters in the book." This
> grew into a massive index of phrases and movie stars (by her count, phony
> is mentioned 37 times; Peter Lorre, once). Morine then posted maps and
> photos tracing Holden's New York City wanderings -- the ice rink, the
> benches in Grand Central Station -- to create something akin to a Catcher
> movie. But, as Holden says, "If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies."
> As for the famously reclusive Salinger himself -- well, it looks like we'll
> never know." -- Glenn Gaslin
>
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