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Catcher in the Rye

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The Tongue Goes

  • Melissa Hart
  • November 27, 2017
"In a nutshell," he said, "they're going to excise a dime-sized piece of your tongue and replace it with muscle and tendons from your left wrist."
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What to Read When the World Is Unreliable

  • The Rumpus
  • May 19, 2017
Instead of sorting through all the crazy news stories this weekend, we suggest taking a break with some unreliable narrators in a few far more worthwhile novels.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #76: Chris Tusa

  • Steven Petite
  • March 23, 2017
Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, Chris Tusa’s second novel, In the City of Falling Stars (Livingston Press, September 2016), tells a tale of paranoia and intrigue. Maurice Delahoussaye witnesses dead birds…
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Rebel in the Rye

  • Kyle Williams
  • July 18, 2016
At the New York Times, Cara Buckley gives a quick rundown of a new J.D. Salinger biopic directed by Danny Strong (remember that kid from Buffy?) and starring Nicholas Hoult (remember…
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The Rumpus Interview with Sean Wilsey

  • David Breithaupt
  • June 15, 2015
Sean Wilsey discusses his latest book of essays, More Curious, being David Foster Wallace’s neighbor, the healing power of the American road trip, and the difference between writing fiction and memoir.
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The Rumpus Interview with Thomas H. McNeely

  • Angela Pneuman
  • January 7, 2015
Thomas H. McNeely discusses coming of age in the 1970s, Houston's complicated racial history, and his new novel Ghost Horse.
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You Might Never Find Your Way Back: Shirley Jackson’s Hangsaman

  • Nicholas Rombes
  • July 12, 2013
There are other odd, improbable, tenuous connections, as if Hangsaman had a secret way of speaking to (or through) other artifacts beyond its time.
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What They’re Reading When They’re Not Playing Video Games

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • February 19, 2013
Teenagers aren’t exactly renowned for pouring out their feelings to the adults in their lives. “It makes me think that this is why The Catcher in the Rye is a…
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Was This Review Helpful? Amazon and the Search for an Unassailable Masterpiece

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  • May 8, 2009
One customer review of "The Catcher in the Rye" warns readers that it will make you “want to kill yourself." Another calls Holden Caulfield a “whiney, immature, angst ridden teenager who need[s] a smack in the head.”
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