Talk:Glass family

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Somewhere in the critical work J.D. Salinger: A Study of the Short Fiction by John Wenke, it mentions that one of the stories is from a magazine other than the New Yorker.

Unfortunately, I can't locate the reference.

I'm thinking it might have been "Down at the Dinghy", and that its original publication was in Collier's. But this is a guess. drone5 20:24, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

A poor guess, evidently.

I've now read that the only one of the Nine Stories not to have previously appeared in the New Yorker is "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period." I suppose I should have guessed. It stands out from the others as being primarily a source of humor.

Which is not to say the other stories aren't humorous; only that "Blue Period" isn't as laden with hidden meanings as are most of the Nine Stories. It is the only one which ends with something more like a joke than a koan.

Originally published in World Review, May 1952, if I can trust some of the references I've found on the web. drone5 22:56, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Down at the Dinghy was also not published in the New Yorker.

[edit] Expansion

I am considering expanding this article to take in the scope of the whole Salinger Glass saga. I don't think that just having the family names here does any justice to the subject. I hope to bring more things to light, so people who want to learn something about the Glasses have a better picture. If anyone has any comments or opinions on the matter, I would love to hear them. jordan 17:57, 29 June 2006 (UTC)