Thanks, Interbane. I enjoyed your comments. You provided a very enjoyable read: one of the best responses to my initial post. I can't think of anything to add at this stage---and so I will just go and have my breakfast.-Ron in Tasmania

Preamble: Since there are so many questions raised and issues discussed concerning people’s basic assumptions about life, about their philosophy, about their religious beliefs, indeed, about their very approach to reality and the way their society goes about organizing things, it seemed like a usefu...

The questions you raise, DWill, your comments, go to one of the hearts of the issues that remain on the death of this 20th century writer. I will make one or two more comments from the many pieces I have written over the years which contain references to Salinger---and then I will move over to other...

Thanks for ther welcoming notes and thanks, too, for the reference to my bipolar disorder(BPD) Interbane. I have written extensively about my BPD at internet sites and you can google RonPrice BPD , if you want to follow up your interest. The story is long, as stories tend to be by the time one is in...

WITHDRAWAL AND RETURN Many writers, artists, poets, people in the world of culture and the arts, go into seclusion after their early successes. In a radio program today, Arts Today, two such writers were mentioned: J.D. Salinger and Thomas Pynchon. Others go into seclusion later in their careers. It...

Some thoughts-Ron Price, Tasmania --------------------- Unlike Salinger whose social and publishing history ceased at the height of his career, I publish extensively on the internet in the evening of my life. I have never achieved the heights of literary prominence neither Salinger’s heights nor any...

1. EMPLOYMENT-SOCIAL-ROLE POSITIONS: 1943-2015 2009-2015-Retired and on an old-age pension 1999-2009-Writer & author, poet & publisher; journalist and retired teacher & tutor, lecturer & adult educator--living in George Town Tasmania Australia 2002-2005-Program Presenter City Park Ra...