Carrie Rickey / TruthdigSep 8, 2017
Danny Strong’s biopic of the renowned novelist veers between the intriguing and the inert. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Richard Schickel / TruthdigSep 10, 2013
A new documentary wants to find some hidden wound that "explains" the novelist's reclusivity, but I don't think there is one. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Mr. Fish / TruthdigJun 24, 2011
Only when I first started reading what other people had written did I begin to realize that possessing the ability to write shouldn’t automatically demand that a person become a writer.When it comes to the creative arts, the only profession that seems capable of purging its weaklings is sports. Why is this? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 29, 2010
Time magazine fancifully describes author J.D. Salinger, who died Wednesday at age 91, as "the hermit crab of American letters." That's because after achieving literary fame with his 1951 (and only) novel, "The Catcher in the Rye," Salinger wasn't too keen on being in the public eye. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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