Today is J.D. Salinger’s 100th birthday, but Holden Caulfield is still 17. The iconic teenager of The Catcher in the Rye will forever be a symbol of our youthful alienation. Although a few ...

Artist Anne Zahalka credits Holden Caulfield, the fictional character in The Catcher in the Rye, for changing the way she approached her art. While working in New York in the early 1980s ...

This article previously appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. It was ...

Find out more at the Young Reporter website. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger depicts a few days in the life of 17-year-old Holden Caulfield after he gets kicked out of his prestigious ...