J.D. Salinger (1919-2010)

J.D. Salinger (1919-2010)

“There is a marvelous peace in not publishing,” J.D. Salinger told The New York Times in 1974. “Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.”

Farewell.

The New Yorker has made his stories available. Good on them.