RIP J.D. Salinger

January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010

Remember when we all first became hipsters because Catcher in the Rye was assigned in ninth grade English class?

A summer later, I went to a family thing on Cape Cod. My cousins and I found a used book sale in the basement of the Chatham Public Library. My oldest cousin pointed out a beat up, twenty-year-old copy of Nine Stories, which I bought for $0.50. That book meant a lot to me that summer.

Hats off to you, sir.