BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESENTS
“HOLDEN CAULFIED: WAR HERO”
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY KENNETH SLAWENSKI
THE TENTH ANNUAL
CENTER FOR WORLD WAR II STUDIES
CONFLICT RESOULTION FORUM
THURSDAY APRIL 12, 2012—7-9 PM
WARNER STUDENT LIFE CENTER
NAVESINK ROOMS I and II
(Free parking in Lot 6 or 7)
Admission: $10.00 community, $5.00
students
Free for Brookdale Students
TO PRE-REGISTER CALL (732) 224-2315
Few
people know of J. D. Salinger’s combat experience during World War II, but in
many ways Salinger’s experiences during D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, and
then working in Army intelligence in occupied Germany helped shape Salinger the
writer and had a huge impact on his most famous character—Holden Caulfied. Kenneth Slawenski author of
the national best seller J.D. Salinger: A Life will address this aspect
of Salinger (and Holden’s) psyche. There will also be a panel discussion of
combat veterans who are writers featuring Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation poet
(2011 New Jersey Poet’s Prize winner) and author of Smoke Signals and Sam’s Place
Charles H. Johnson and former Brookdale student and author of The Song Each Bullet Sings: The Story of
Operation Iraqi Freedom Through the Eyes of One Marine, Matthew Craw.
For more information contact
Marc David Bonagura, Associate Professor of English, Brookdale Community
College (732)224-1985 or
Praise
for J.D. Salinger: A Life—“The reclusive Salinger...seems to have
found that ideal reader in...Kenneth Slawenski author of a new life of Salinger
that is earnest, sympathetic and perceptive.” — The New York Times
“Sympathetic and insightful…Slawenski
has written a terrific literary biography, one that jolts the reader into
realizing why Catcher connects with
readers 60 years after its publication” — USA Today
"Slawenski has greatly fleshed out and pinned down an elusive story with
precision and grace." — Chicago Sun-Times
demons and the literary legacy that was his most unselfish gift." — People
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