J. D. Salinger

JD Salinger asked publishers to remove references to his Jewish heritage, letters reveal

"Second-rate reviewers would probably find the information just provocative enough to use and misuse over and over again," wrote Salinger. "So, please, let’s be careful.”

A January 28, 2010 photo shows a copies of "The Catcher in the Rye" by author J.D. Salinger at a bookstore in Washington, DC.
First-edition cover of ''The Catcher in the Rye'' (1951) by the American author J. D. Salinger, Jacket design by Michael Mitchell

J. D. Salinger’s books going digital, unpublished works to be released