Re: Salinger and children's literature

It really opened my one brown eye, lemme tell ya...

Jim

PS On a related note, anyone watch South Park tonight? The TPS episode?

Cecilia Baader wrote:

> --- James Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Here's an Oh My God definition of "Uncle Wiggly"
> >
> > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=uncle+wiggly
>
> So THAT'S what that's called. Good god. The things I learn on this list.
>
> On a more G-rated note, I had my hands on Uncle Wiggly this summer, but I
> didn't have enough money on me, so I had to put him back.
>
> That is, this old guy sets up a card table on 7th Avenue every weekend and
> sells used books. Most of the time, he's got titles like 'The Virgin and
> the Millionaire' or 'Lawyers With Moral Problems' or 'Heroes and Bad Guys
> with Guns.' Okay, so those aren't really the titles, but you get the
> idea.
>
> Anyway, he had an old copy of Uncle Wiggly. I picked it up and looked it
> over. The book was made of cheap paper stock -- more of a comic book than
> anything else -- and had a picture of a grinning rabbit on the cover. He
> looked like the happiest damn rabbit in the world. I think he had a
> basket with carrots in it or something.
>
> The old guy says to me, "That's an old children's book, you know."
>
> I smiled. "I know."
>
> I had no cash on me, so I put it back. The next weekend, I stopped by his
> card table again, but Uncle Wiggly was gone.
>
> Best,
> Cecilia.
>
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