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J.D. Salinger Dies; musings on teaching The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger is of course noteworthy in this space because The Catcher in the Rye ranks as one of the great boarding school books of all time. Salinger’s protagonist, Holden Caufield, presents a mid-twentieth century picture of teenage angst and cynicism. Often taught as Holden losing innocence and becoming disillusioned, I find the book much [...]
Read MoreMindful of a Liberal Education
Editor’s Note: Every once in a while someone sends you a piece to read, out-of-blue, that makes you wonder how have we forgotten this, or, how did we drift away from our foundation. We’ve come across such a piece that we like so much that we’re publishing it in it’s entirely. Gordon E. Bondurant, Interim [...]
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