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when i was about sixteen a YA author visiting my school told me to read “raise high the roof beam, carpenters” and i’ve only just now gone and done it after finding this hardcover by accident and getting drawn in by the opening paragraphs. you were right, david; thanks for that. am i the last person on the planet to find out that salinger is really funny?
— Jul 23, 2026 10:09AM
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anfal
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buddy glass you’re so funny i hope you never go bald
— Jul 21, 2026 12:17AM
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Zachary Scott
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“Hurrah. The nose is over. I’m going to bed”
Geppetto ass sentences
— Jul 18, 2026 10:05AM
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“If I push for Selectiveness with a description, I’ll quit cold again before I start”
now it’s impossible to know if that’s what Salinger was thinking while writing this piece but personally i would count that as a key to making peace with his writing here, and a very valuable piece of advice for myself, as i tend to procrastinate a lot as I write my own stuff…
— Jul 17, 2026 07:55AM
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now it’s impossible to know if that’s what Salinger was thinking while writing this piece but personally i would count that as a key to making peace with his writing here, and a very valuable piece of advice for myself, as i tend to procrastinate a lot as I write my own stuff…















