What's Old Is New

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0:40 Brief preview of upcoming WOIN-related books

• A Man of Parts by David Lodge - September 15, 2011
• Chango’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes by William Kennedy - September 29, 2011
• Louisa and the Country Bachelor by Anna Maclean - October 4, 2011
• Little Women and Men by Lauren Baratz-Logsted - November 8, 2011
• The Shakespeare Guide to Italy by Richard Paul Roe - November 8, 2011

2:10 We begin our Catcher in the Rye discussion with remembrances and Jen is sarcastic

5:00 Nicole remembers relating to Holden as a high school freshman

5:50 We look at Holden and Catcher in the Rye as adults

10:00 Jen tells a story (does this ever not happen?)

12:00 Is Holden emotionally immature, mentally ill, or just a teenager?

15:30 Jen hates everyone in the book, just because she saw them through Holden’s eyes. Nicole is a little more open-minded.

17:55 Why has The Catcher in the Rye become a classic?

21:20 The Catcher in the Rye keeps its place in our canon!

22:40 We go off-topic about The Lord of the Flies - at least it isn’t Jane Eyre or Frankenstein this time!

23:30 Final thoughts

25:45 Nicole has one more book preview for us:

• The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz - November

26:20 Wrap-up

26:50 Quick preview of our next Classics Rip in November

27:25 Bye for real!