Articles
The 1940 Census: A New Way to Gawk at Celebrities
When the National Archives and Records Administration unveiled data from the 1940 Census on Monday, amateur genealogists flocked. The overwhelming amount of...
J.D. Salinger's One-Sentence Note to Maid On Sale for $50,000
"People never notice anything," says Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. We're betting they'll notice this. It's a one-sentence note,...
J.D. Salinger
"Don't ever tell anybody anything." So says holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye, the 1951 novel that became holy writ for generations of disaffected...
J.D. Salinger: "Keep Your Hands Off My Legacy"
J.D. Salinger may have hated visitors, but he sure loved lawyers. The famously reclusive author fended off all attempts by others to adapt his writings,...
J.D. Salinger.
Take the little paperbacks down from the shelf, and you can hold the collected works of J.D. Salinger--one novel, three volumes of stories--in the palm of one...
Photo Essays
Phonies! Movies Inspired by J.D. Salinger
While Salinger refused to sell the movie rights to his work, his stories and characters have inspired generations of filmmakers
Time.com Specials
Top 10 Famous Toilets
We spend an estimated year and a half of our lives on the toilet, yet the humble seat rarely receives its due. The recent sale of John Lennon's toilet for...
Top 10 Most Reclusive Celebrities
Famously shy author J.D. Salinger has been thrust into the spotlight after filing a lawsuit to block the publication of an unauthorized sequel to his classic...
