"Rebel in the Rye" explores J.D. Salinger's career and meditation practice. — -- J.D. Salinger’s controversial novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” is considered by many to be an American ...

Like all of us who read "The Catcher in the Rye," and like many of us who teach the novel, I was saddened by the death of J.D. Salinger. But I also have been saddened by the eulogies about this ...

MANY OF US find it hard to separate the pleasures of “The Catcher in the Rye” from memories of the peevish delight it gave us as teenagers. From the first page, where narrator Holden Caulfield ...

I just finished reading "The Catcher In The Rye." This is notable in part because I rarely read books anymore. (No time--too much iPhone.) It's also notable because this is the third time I've ...

There are two kinds of reactions I’ve gotten when I tell people I’m reading “The Catcher in the Rye.” The first is a total non-reaction, where they have no idea what I’m talking about — evidently ...

Excerpts Here is the opening of J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye,” narrated by Holden Caulfield, a tormented prep-school flunk-out who is headed for mental collapse. If you really ...