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    WIKIPEDIA:J. D. Salinger
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    -ETEXT: Read J.D. Salinger’s first short story to feature Holden Caufield. (Walker Caplan, December 22, 2021, LitHub)
    -PROFILE: J. D. Salinger in Retreat… (Helen Dudar, June 1979, Writer's Bloc)
    -ESSAY: “Predatory Men With a Taste for Teenagers” Joyce Maynard on the Chilling Parallels Between Woody Allen and J.D. Salinger: The novelist, who had a relationship with Salinger when she was 18 and he was 53, on the Allen v. Farrow documentary—and what happens when women tell the truth (Joyce Maynard, APRIL 1, 2021, Vanity Fair)
    -ESSAY: On the Role of Zen Buddhism in the Stories of J.D. Salinger (Avram Alpert, April 7, 2021, Lit Hub)
    -REVIEW ESSAY: The Paradox of Holden Caulfield: Re-examining The Catcher in the Rye (Chris Beck, 11/25/20, Splice Today)
    -REVIEW ESSAY: Revisiting 'The Catcher in the Rye': Holden Caulfield is still lost. Can he be found? (Jon Weisman, 1/14/23, Slayed by Voices)
    -ESSAY: Hagiography of a Narcissist: On J. D. Salinger’s “Hapworth 16, 1924” (Grace Byron, June 18, 2024, Los Angeles Review of Books)
    -ESSAY: J.D. Salinger and the Wounds of War: On trauma, literature, and the long shadows of WWII (James R. Benn, 9/24/24, CrimeReads)
    -ESSAY: Do It for the Fat Lady: Spiritual Crisis and Comic Mercy in ‘Franny and Zooey’: J.D. Salinger’s Quiet Classic Still Speaks. Who’s Listening? (Joel J Miller, May 10, 2025, Miller's Book Review)
    -ESSAY: Caulfield versus Copperfield: The literature a society reads shapes it—for the worse, in J. D. Salinger’s case. (Robert Whaples, June 2, 2025, Modern Age)
    -INTERVIEW: Growing up with my dad, the reclusive writer of Catcher in the Rye: JD Salinger’s classic novel about teenage alienation didn’t always make life easy for his son, Matt. He talks about who could play Holden Caulfield on the big screen (Melissa Denes, July 11 2026, Times uk)
    -ESSAY: Holden Caulfield: the original incel: His grand delusions have become the norm (Poppy Sowerby, Jul 15 2026, UnHerd)
    -ESSAY: The First Reviews of The Catcher in the Rye (Book Marks, July 16, 2026)
    -ESSAY: A Smart Sisterly Sidekick: What Phoebe Represents to Holden Caulfield: Janet Phillips on the Iconic Little Sister in J.D. Salinger’s Seminal Coming-of-Age Tale (Janet Phillips, July 16, 2026, LitHub)
    -ESSAY: ‘I felt Holden was talking to me alone’: The Catcher in the Rye at 75: JD Salinger’s wry, subversive classic inspired novelist Joseph O’Connor to be a writer. He reflects on why this story of a disaffected teenager remains as fresh and transgressive as ever (Joseph O'Connor, 16 Jul 2026, The Guardian)
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