With love and squalor : 14 writers respond to the work of J.D. Salinger / edited by Kip Kotzen and Thomas Beller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kotzen, Kip.

Beller, Thomas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010--Criticism and interpretation.

Salinger, J. D.

Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010.

Criticism and interpretation.

Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010--Parodies, imitations, etc.

Genre:

Parodies, imitations, etc.

Parodies (Literature)

Physical Description:

ix, 194 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Broadway Books, [2001]

Summary:

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of "The Catcher in the Rye" comes an engaging commentary on the work of J.D. Salinger by the best and brightest new voices in contemporary fiction. NPR radio coverage.

Contents:

Good-bye, Holden Caulfield. I mean it. Go! Good-bye! / Walter Kirn

The peppy girls of Friendswood, Texas / René Steinke

Salinger and sobs / Charles d'Ambrosio

Salinger's daughter: whining bitch (or "How I became the voice of youth") / Emma Forrest

The importance of wax and olives / Aleksander Hemon

The trouble with Franny / Lucinda Rosenfeld

Franny and Amy / Amy Sohn

The boy that had created the disturbance : reflections on minor characters in life and The Catcher in the Rye / John McNally

Normal people / Karen E. Bender

The Salinger weather / Thomas Beller

An unexamined life / Benjamin Anastas

Holden schmolden / Aimee Bender

The yips / Joel Stein

Holden Caulfield : a love story / Jane Mendelsohn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-194).

ISBN:

076790799X

OCLC:

47023493