{"id":11882,"date":"2010-01-28T15:45:13","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T15:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2010\/01\/28\/the-reclusive-j-d-salinger-dies-at-91\/"},"modified":"2010-01-28T15:45:13","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T15:45:13","slug":"the-reclusive-j-d-salinger-dies-at-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2010\/01\/28\/the-reclusive-j-d-salinger-dies-at-91\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reclusive J. D. Salinger Dies at 91"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.a\/6a010535ce1cf6970c01287722da04970c-pi\" style=\"FLOAT: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SalingerTime\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a010535ce1cf6970c01287722da04970c \" src=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.a\/6a010535ce1cf6970c01287722da04970c-320wi\" style=\"MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/29\/books\/29salinger.html\"><font face=\"Georgia\">Here.<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><font face=\"Georgia\">We who are obscure ought to be grateful for it.&#0160; It is wonderful to be able to walk down the street and<\/font> <font face=\"Georgia\">be taken for an average schmuck.&#0160; A lttle recognition from a few high-quality individuals is all one needs.&#0160; Fame&#0160;can be a curse.&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;The unhinged Mark David Chapman, animated by Holden Caulfield&#39;s animus against phoniness, decided that John Lennon was a phony, and so had to be shot.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><font face=\"Georgia\">The mad pursuit of empty celebrity by so many in our society shows their and its spiritual vacuity.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><font face=\"Georgia\"><\/font>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><font face=\"Georgia\"><\/font>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><font face=\"Georgia\">UPDATE (1\/30\/10):&#0160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/firstthoughts\/2010\/01\/28\/the-uncertain-legacy-of-j-d-salinger\/\">Apparently<\/a>, today&#39;s teens cannot relate to Holden Caulfield.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here. We who are obscure ought to be grateful for it.&#0160; It is wonderful to be able to walk down the street and be taken for an average schmuck.&#0160; A lttle recognition from a few high-quality individuals is all one needs.&#0160; Fame&#0160;can be a curse.&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;The unhinged Mark David Chapman, animated by Holden Caulfield&#39;s animus against &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2010\/01\/28\/the-reclusive-j-d-salinger-dies-at-91\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Reclusive J. D. Salinger Dies at 91&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literary-matters","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}