Matt Salinger Leads Father’s Work Toward Modernity
Matt Salinger is responsible for protecting his father's legacy. As part of this work, J. D. Salinger's books will now be available as eBooks. Learn more.
June 7-10, 2018 – Gwendolyn Brooks, Other Writers’ & Poets’ Birthdays
Welcome to the June 7-10 edition of Bidwell Hollow. It's the birthday of poet Gwendolyn Brooks. This edition also recognizes the birthdays of Saul Bellow, Patricia Cornwell, and Maurice Sendak. Lola Ridge's "Potpourri" is this edition's poem. If you have
March 29, 2018 – Elizabeth Hand, Other Writers’ & Poets’ Birthdays
Today is Thursday, March 29, 2018. It's the birthday of writers Elizabeth Hand, Judith Guest, and Alec Wilkinson. And "The King and I" made its Broadway debut today in 1951. Our poem for today is by Wallace Stevens. It's titled,
Writers’ & Poets’ Birthdays & Other Literary History – January 1, 2018
The Call of the Open Which yet joined not scent to hue, Crown the pale year weak and new; When the night is left behind In the deep east, dun and blind, And the blue noon is over us, And the multitudinous Billows murmur at our feet, Where