Since his debut in 1951, Holden Caulfield — the funny, complex, wry protagonist of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye — has given voice to generations of teens caught between youth and ...

Dec. 21st 2013 4:00 PM — Ned Vizzini was a gifted young-adult novelist who tragically took his own life Friday at the age of 32. In 2011, he wrote this essay for The Daily Beast on 60 years of ...

Over the years, throughout high school, college and grad school, I would consistently re-read the story of Holden's 3-day trip to New York City, usually reading it around Christmas time.

From the first page, where narrator Holden Caulfield insists he won’t be sharing his “goddam autobiography or anything,” J.D. Salinger’s 1951 novel was and remains irresistibly irreverent.

As students tackle their summer reading lists, many will have their first encounter with Holden Caulfield. The swaggering, disaffected (and slightly more innocent) precursor to Bret Easton Ellis's ...

Since his debut in 1951, Holden Caulfield — the funny, complex, wry protagonist of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye — has given voice to generations of teens caught between youth and ...