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Indeed, great ethical question marks surround the matter of whether “Laura” ought to have been published at all. Nabokov’s last wish was that it be burnt should he die before its completion, a worst-case scenario that came to pass in 1977 when the complications of fever took him in Switzerland. The literary world at once divided in two: the “publish” camp happy to get their hands on whatever they could from the man they considered a genius, and their “perish” antagonists...
...Salinger had a general destination in mind: he wanted to be a writer. In the fall of 1939, he signed up for a writing class at Columbia University taught by Whit Burnett, founder and editor of Story, a highly regarded, little magazine that had been the first place to publish William Saroyan, Joseph Heller and Carson McCullers. Burnett quickly took notice of his talented pupil and made sure that his magazine would be the first place to publish Salinger. In its March-April 1940 issue, Story carried "The Young Folks," a brief, acidic vignette of college students at a party...
Salinger's marriage to Douglas was also over by 1967, though they continued to live near one another so they could share in the upbringing of their two children, Margaret, who would publish a not entirely flattering memoir about her father in 2000, and Matthew, who became an actor and producer. Salinger would remain a recluse, but he was never inclined to be a hermit. Within a few years of his divorce, he enticed another young woman to join him in exile. In April 1972, the New York Times Magazine published what would be a much-discussed article, "An Eighteen...
...improvement would be for the administration to publish weekly documents that help us understand how our pockets are affected by the latest tides sweeping the markets. An up-to-date depository and a glossary of simple financial terms for the average person would do wonders for financial literacy and financial responsibility in an age where the urge for rampant spending so often overcomes common sense...
This notice, which was spotted on the door of the Lampoon’s castle, announced that our favorite semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine is in violation of a city ordinance that requires property owners to remove snow and ice from their sidewalks promptly after a snowfall...