J. D. Salinger’s Letters On Display for the First Time
As a tribute to J. D. Salinger, The Morgan Museum and Library will be exhibiting ten letters written by the author for the first time. The Museum had previously restricted access to these letters, in respect of the author’s desire for privacy. The ten letters will be displayed over the course of two exhibitions in the McKim Building: four from March 16-April 11, 2010 and six from April 13-May 9, 2010.
The letters featured in the exhibitions were written by J. D. Salinger to Michael Mitchell, who designed the dust jacket for The Catcher in the Rye. The span forty years of correspondence and reveal many sides of Salinger, who was well-known for keeping his personal life very private.
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Dust jacket of the first edition of the novel (1951). Photography, Graham Haber, 2010.
J. D. Salinger’s Letters On Display for the First Time originally appeared on About.com New York City Travel on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 10:11:44.
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