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J.D. SALINGER AND BEYOND
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
If you want to know the truth about J.D. Salinger,
good luck. To this day we know more about his fictional character
Holden Caulfield than we do about the man who created him. In this
hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, literary life after
Salinger's masterpiece. Also, the Salinger legacy in American culture,
from the movie "Igby Goes Down" to the assassination of
John Lennon. Also, writer Charles Baxter takes on childhood.
SEGMENT 1:
Editor Chris Kubica talks about his project,
"Letters to JD Salinger." Since Salinger has withdrawn
from public life, Kubica asked dozens of authors to sound off
to Salinger by writing him letters - even if Salinger will never
read them. Also, John Wenke traces the cultural influence
of "The Catcher in the Rye" on American culture from
film to high profile crime. Wenke teaches at Salisbury University.
SEGMENT 2:
Writer Charles Baxter understand the inner
world of teenagers. He shares a tale of teen angst from his upcoming
novel, "Saul and Patsy."
SEGMENT 3:
Margaret Salinger talks about her childhood
in the woods of New Hampshire with her father, JD Salinger. She
tells Anne Strainchamps that the author of "The Catcher in
the Rye" might write with empathy about children, but he
made a cold, distant father. And, host of A Prairie Home Companion,
Garrison Keillor, recalls his coming of age in the novel,
"Lake Woebegon: Summer of 1956." Steve Paulson speaks
with him.
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 02-11-03-A.
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Books:
- Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Summer 1956
Penguin USA
- Chris Kubica & Will Hochman, ed. Letters
to JD Salinger University of Wisconsin Press
- Margaret Salinger, Dream Catcher Washington
Square Press
- John Wenke, JD Salinger: A Study of the
Short Fiction Twayne Publishing
Music:
- -Comin' Thro' the Rye/ arr. Dmitri Shostakovich/
Robert DeCormier
Singers and Orchestra/ Arabesque Recordings
- - Who Wrote Holden Caulfield/ Green Day
- -What's the Frequency Kenneth (Karaoke Version)/
CD available
from the magazine "Total Guitar"
- - Smells Like Teen Spirit/ Tori Amos/ Crucify/
Atlantic
- Smells Like Teen Spirit/ The Bad Plus/ The Bad Plus/ Fresh
Sound New Talent
- -A Go Go/ John Scofield/ A Go Go/ Verve
- -Abra Cadaver/ Gideon Freudmann/ Adobe Dog
House/ Gadfly Records
Distribution dates:
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be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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