Faith Middleton Show: J.D. Salinger

Will Hochman, who teaches at Southern Connecticut State University, is one of these walking encyclopedias of all things J.D. Salinger.

Mr. Salinger, of course, wrote the iconic Catcher in the Rye, and other books, then stopped communicating with the outside world in 1965.  As with any famous recluse, absence creates a sensation of interest and for him the long cat and mouse game began.

Will Hochman has co-authored Letters to J.D. Salinger, featuring many of the people, some famous, who wrote to the author in response to his work.  Hochman is author of the textbook, Critical Companion to J.D. Salinger.