birthdays

J.D. Salinger at 100

January 2, 2019 admin 0

For the 100th anniversary of J.D. Salinger’s birth, the deliciously trenchant Ron Charles leaves behind all the silliness you might associate with his on-the-nose but super funny “Totally Hip Video Book Reviews” and gets back to his roots of brilliant observation. From hisWashington Post piece on the anniversary of the birth of Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger:   Tuesday is J.D. Salinger’s 100th birthday, but Holden Caulfield is still 17. The iconic teenager of “The […]

On Her Birthday: Author Shirley Jackson Remembered As A Witch

December 14, 2018 admin 0

Shirley Jackson, best known as the author of The Lottery, a short story, and the novel The Haunting of Hill House, was born on this day in 1916. According to an article put together by The New Indian Express, “much like her mystery-filled stories, Jackson’s life had an eerie quality to it, too.” If that makes you wonder just how eerie, the article doesn’t disappoint. Filled with facts culled from the 2016 biography  Shirley Jackson: […]