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Topic: The Catcher in the Rye

A young man reading "The Catcher in the Rye" (Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Was Holden Caulfield performative?

Andi Zeisler
(AP)

Secrets of bin Laden's library

Mitch Horowitz
J.D. Salinger (AP)

Cornel Bonca - LA Review of Books
(AP/Amy Sancetta)

Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn - PolicyMic