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Letters to the editor are presented in response to articles from previous issues including "It's the New Economy, Stupid," by John Cavanagh and Robin Broad from the December 17, 2012 issue on hydraulic fracking; "Fracking Our Food Supply," by Elizabeth Royte from the December 17, 2012 issue on environmental protection in the U.S.; and "The Master's Servants," by Leo Robson from the November 12, 2012 issue on the author Henry James.

The article is an appreciation of J. D. Salinger, an American author who died in 2010. The central focus of the article is on Salinger's meager output of books that included "Nine Stories," and "The Catcher in the Rye." Among other issues the author considers the effect of the success of "The Catcher in the Rye."