J. D. Salinger

Riddick, Salinger, The Ultimate Life out in theaters this weekend

September 17, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Fans of J.D. Salinger should consider heading to theaters this weekend to check out new release Salinger, a documentary that examines the life the famed author led after completing Catcher in the Rye and going into seclusion.

Salinger left five unseen manuscripts to be published after his death

September 17, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Haruki Murakami

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

What Salinger Taught Me

August 14, 2013

Times Square: then and now

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

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Authors on the legacy of J.D. Salinger

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

We talk with two novelists, Jonathan Safran Foer and Frank Portman, about J.D. Salinger’s legacy and how it inspired them.

Etelvina Maldonado

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

For our Global Hit today, we want to tell you about a woman who died this week, unknown to many here in the U.S. Etelvina Maldonado was 75. Even in her home of Colombia, Etelvina Maldonado was not a household name.

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