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A Forgotten Salinger Story Neither Adds to nor Detracts from the Author's Legacy

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews J.D. Salinger's last known writing, a short story that appeared in The New Yorker magazine, June 19, 1965. It's about to be republished in book form.

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Other segments from the episode on March 4, 1997

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 4, 1997: Interview with Gary Willis; Interview with John Leonard; Review of of J.D. Salinger's short story "Hapworth 16, 1924."
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Reframing John Wayne as a Political Idol

Pulitzer-Prize winning writer Garry Wills has published books on Nixon, Reagan and Kennedy, as well as a critical profile of Ross Perot. His latest book is a look at the relationship between politics and popular culture via celebrity, "John Wayne's America: the Politics of Celebrity."

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The Changing Landscape of Modern Television

Literary editor of The Nation and television critic for New York Magazine John Leonard (and former Fresh Air book critic). His new book is a collection of essays, "Smoke and Mirrors: Violence, Television, and other American Cultures."

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Book Review: Short Story collections

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews two new short story collections: The Winter Without Milk by Jane Avrich, and The Laws of Evening by Mary Yukari Waters.

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Sam Shepard Reads His Fiction

Segment of a reading by playwright and actor Sam Shepard. It took place at the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center in New York on October 6, 1994. Shepard has a new short story collection called "Cruising Paradise."

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