Letters: Sep. 22, 1961

The Loneliest Art

Sir:

The world stewing over H-bomb developments ; Berlin gate crashers newsworthy; Castro trigger-happy again; Carla making history; and TIME [Sept. 15] comes up with a literary bug for a cover story. Zooey!

CARLOS PEREIRA

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Sir:

Bravo Skow and crew!

AL GILDZEN

Kent State University ('65)

Kent, Ohio

Sir:

The Salinger story is your best work on an artist since your Marian Anderson piece.

My only regret is that Skow passed a negative judgment on Salinger's desire for privacy. Some writers run for public office, others enjoy the social whirl, others...

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