Yesterday, Howard Zinn. Today, J.D. Salinger. The famed author of Catcher in the Rye, which achieved both literary and commercial success, and inspired an entire generation of misunderstood, rebellious young anti-hero books and movies, was born on January 1, 1919, making him eight months younger, to the day, than my father, who was born on May 1, 1918. I’m not sure what that means, if anything, but still I was struck by the symmetry of dates. I love things like that. I think they’re cool. I know, I’m a geek. Or is it nerd?
You can read more about J.D. Salinger’s life and career here.
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