'Salinger' book and film are a new page in author's story
For the first two years that he pursued a film and book biography of J.D. Salinger, Shane Salerno could measure progress by how quickly someone slammed the door in his face.
It typically happened the moment he said the word “Salinger” to friends of the notoriously press-shy author. “They loved him and wanted to protect him,” Salerno says.
“Usually, they slammed before I got to my last name. But over time, I was able to say my whole name before they said no.”
After nine years of coaxing and digging, though, Salerno managed more than 100 interviews with Salinger’s friends, war buddies and zealous fans, all of whom form the fulcrum of Salinger, a biography and accompanying documentary about the author of “The Catcher in the Rye.” The book hits shelves Sept. 3, followed three days later by the film.
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Newton’s notebook pages
Oh, if only you could be given a day to leaf through Newton’s notebooks. Oh wait … you CAN flip through Newton’s old notebooks, thanks to the Cambridge Digital Library! They are all online.
My favorite: “The eleven points for enquiry”, an epic to-do list of things that Newton (or one of his assistants) wanted to figure out.
Just one question, Isaac: Why are you poking that enormous eyeball with the end of a stick?
Bonus: If Newton’s notes aren’t enough for you, might I suggest Cambridge’s collection of correspondence between Charles Darwin and Joseph Dalton Hooker?
This makes me think we have to hang on to summer even tighter. Stay, summer, won’t you?
