Fractured Innocence and the Sacred in the Ordinary Nine Stories (1953) occupies a strange, shimmering space between postwar disillusionment and spiritual yearning. Across these nine short stories, Salinger stages encounters between damaged adults and children who appear, at first glance, untouched by corruption. Yet innocence here is never merely sentimental; it is fragile, unstable, and … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
The New Renaissance Mindset 