R.I.P J.D Salinger- Thanks for Making 9th Grade Literature Class Badass

By Odemaris Byrd Sadly, J.D Salinger died Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at the age of 91. It’s amazing that Salinger’s only novel, The Catcher and the Rye, published in 1951, has stood the test of time despite its controversial content and narrator. Salinger lived a good portion of his life as a hermit and …