1.0Chattering Mindhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/chatteringmindChattering Mindhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/chatteringmind/author/chatteringmindStruggling to Re-read Salinger - Chattering Mindrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="m4AxxxhDUu"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/chatteringmind/2006/10/struggling-to-re-read-salinger.html">Struggling to Re-read Salinger</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/chatteringmind/2006/10/struggling-to-re-read-salinger.html/embed#?secret=m4AxxxhDUu" width="600" height="338" title="“Struggling to Re-read Salinger” — Chattering Mind" data-secret="m4AxxxhDUu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Oh, why did I start? It feels to me like he’s an old boyfriend I need to look in on occasionally. There he hides, up in New Hampshire, around 87 years old by now, eating meticulously, studying homeopathy, reading The New York Times perhaps, and no doubt hating The New Yorker. J.D. Salinger was in…