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J.D. Salinger Revealed

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Wed 9/25/13 Noon & 7PM If you wanted to catch a glimpse of the author J.D. Salinger while he was alive, your best bet was probably to hang out by the post office in Windsor, Vermont. The reclusive author spent most of his life avoiding publicity in small town New England, but did have to get his mail occasionally.

Our guest Shane Salerno spent 9 years trying to understand what drove J.D. Salinger into hiding, and he's just released a book and a documentary about Salinger’s life.

Post your comments or questions about Salinger’s life and work below, or email vermontedition@vpr.net .

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
Sage Van Wing was a Vermont Edition producer.
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