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J.D. Salinger Must Be Laughin' His Ass Off: A New Review of an Old Classic2 comments

Eugene C Scott wrote 19 hours ago: Holden Caulfield Eugene’s note: One of the things “the Catcher in the Rye” is famous for is it … more →

Tags: authenticity, Art, Eugene C. Scott, Literature, Living Spiritually, Books, The Catcher in the Rye, Book Reviews

Summer Resolutions

Erin wrote 3 days ago: “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things … more →

Tags: Personal, summer, Resolutions, The Great Gatsby, f. scott fitzgerald, Nick Carraway, Books, Tina Fey, Ian McEwan

Capital Comments: Senate colleauges applaud Matt Houde

Sunapee News wrote 3 days ago: From State Senator Bob Odell In the State Senate your age or length of service are not measures of t … more →

Tags: Capital Comments, Commerce, New Hampshire, Politics & Public Policy, State Government, Bob Odell, Matt Houde, N.H. Senate, New Hampshire legislature

30 Day Book Challenge: Day Seventeen - Shortest Book You've Read

carvedbytheshadows wrote 4 days ago: Hi I’m not quite sure what is the shortest book I’ve read.  Like I said on Day Sixteen, … more →

Tags: 30 Day Book Challenge, Depression, Books, Shortest Book, The Catcher in the Rye, A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf, Classic Books, Mrs. Dalloway

6 Trailers For A Happy Memorial Day Weekend1 comment

Lisa Marie Bowman wrote 6 days ago: Hi there! To all of our readers in the USA, Happy Memorial Day Weekend! To all of our readers elsewh … more →

Tags: film, The Daily Grindhouse, antonio margheriti, black snake, Blood and Black Lace, Captain America, Coming Attractions, David Warbeck, Exploitation

Article: Overrated Books

particularkev wrote 6 days ago: The following link is to an article about 10 overrated books. First on the list is ‘The Catche … more →

Tags: Books - General, eBooks: General, salinger j. d., The Catcher in the Rye, Books, List, book, agree, eBook

Unfortunately, there are books that will never be made into movies...

btchakir wrote 1 week ago: Posting earlier about the film version of Kerouac‘s “On The Road” at Cannes got me … more →

Tags: Word from Bill, Art, Theatre and Art, Arts, Education, Opinion, film, Legal, Books 2

Too much pizza. Too much beer.

Doug Bruns wrote 1 week ago: I wrote this a month ago, saved it as a draft, thinking it best not to post it, for reasons which wi … more →

Tags: Books, writing, memoir, Writers, Joyce Maynard

QUOTES OF THE DAY 35

irelandblogger wrote 1 week ago: www.irelandblogger.com IDEAS Shaw’s Corner. Home of George Bernard Shaw from 1906 to 1950 (Pho … more →

Tags: People, Creativity, Marriage, Books, George Bernard Shaw, Culture, Ideas!, William Ewart Gladstone, Shaw

Top Ten Fiction Novels

Behind Blue Skies wrote 1 week ago: The Writer’s Top Ten Fiction Novels 1. “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller 2. “The B … more →

Tags: aside, Top Ten, Catch-22, Joseph Heller, the bell jar, Sylvia Plath, The Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, f. scott fitzgerald

The Catcher in the Rye

bitprolix wrote 1 week ago: One of the best reads for me. Written about six decades before, It is astonishingly apposite even in … more →

Tags: The Catcher in the Rye, Novel

The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger

emma may wrote 1 week ago: If fitting-in and getting-on are the signs of a functional and successful individual, Holden Caulfie … more →

Tags: Literature, Modern Fiction, bildungroman, Fiction, American Fiction, The Catcher in the Rye, Coming of Age

reading list

Robyn wrote 1 week ago: Our Summer Reading Pop-Up Book shop is tomorrow! In light of the event, we wanted to provide you wit … more →

Tags: Fitzgerald, Wilde, J. R. R. Tolkien, Sons and Lovers Used Books, Summer Reading, Summer Reading Pop-Up Book Shop, revolver, Hemingway, Harper Lee

COYOACÁN MOVIE THEATER

Ferry Boat Films wrote 2 weeks ago: She daydreamed she was driving along the PCH, cruising in a black M3, electro bumping through the se … more →

Tags: blogs, Ferry Boat Films, ferryboatfilms.com, DANNY FERRY, Screenwriter, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Parker Posey

The Five Greatest Artists of My Lifetime

Ace Backwords wrote 2 weeks ago:   These are the five greatest artists in my lifetime (and this is just my opinion so don’ … more →

Tags: Backwords from Ace, artistic geniuses, Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, John Lennon, R. Cumb

J. D. Salinger's noble opposition

The Longest Chapter wrote 2 weeks ago: A few years ago, in a local used/rare bookshop, I came upon the original Signet paperback edition of … more →

Tags: Classics, First Editions, Good Books, New Books, Battle of the Bulge, Biography, Books, catcher in the rye (salinger), Holden Caulfield

Novelists now expected to write two books per year—and then some.

Colleen Smith wrote 2 weeks ago: Publishers now expect novelists to churn out not one novel per year, but two. And in between, some d … more →

Tags: Friday Jones Publishing, Glass Halo, Only Wild Plums, Novels, Writers, Publishing, New York Times, Digital, Books

God Bless the New Friends6 comments

terrymarotta wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ve felt weirdly sad over the last few days and was about to offer some new droopy tale or ot … more →

Tags: writing, Why We Write, franny & zooey, Agape

therealwadelazz wrote 2 weeks ago: The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy … more →

Tags: Home, Quotes, Art, Happy, happiness, Joy, Solid, liquid


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