she didn't say specifically that it had been published, but i got the impression that it had been. or poosibly circulated illegally at a seminar or something she attended. i don't think it was the result of a dig through jd's trash though. it had to have been published in some manner...matt On Sun, 26 Oct 1997 20:01:14 +0000 randyr@mailhub.jaxnet.com (randy royal) wrote: >yes, people have that hole mentaility of "oh, it's been banned! i'm >going to read it and be *naughty*!" allen ginsberg's howl comes to >mind... > >> it seems that any book that gets widely banned sticks around for >quite >> awhile. so maybe catcher will be around as long as tom sawyer... > >> also, one of my english profs made mention to a story that jd wrote >last >> year or about that time and said it was about a sailor. anyone know >> anything more? >did he say if it was published? i'm sure jd wrote thousands of >stories, all waiting for the reincarnation of max brod to come along >and posthumonuosly publish them. sighhh. > >randy