Curated OER
Catcher in the Rye: Chapters 18-20 Venn Diagram
Well into Catcher in the Rye, when things are looking bleak and your readers may be needing some levity, read the picture book The Perfect Square by Michael Hall. Then use the Venn diagram included to compare how Holden Caulfield and the...
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: J. D. Salinger
Good biography on Salinger. Includes quotes and selected bibliography.
Other
J.d. Salinger: Home Page
Resource with essays/bibliography/biography on Salinger with links to help students do classwork on Salinger.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: The Catcher in the Rye
This encyclopedia article provides a summary of J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye. The plot, themes, and characters of the book are given an overview. There is also a paragraph about the controversy surrounding the story and...
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Jerome David Salinger
Provides a short biography on the author J.D. Salinger.
New York Times
New York Times: Books: j.d. Salinger Speaks
This site from the New York Times contains an article written about an interview with J.D. Salinger on his silence.