my heart is mourning the loss of j.d salinger

it's been a bit since i last unloaded my thoughts here but the author i've always cited as my favorite passed away on january 28th, 2010. here is what people magazine had to say.
" J.D. Salinger, whose iconic novel Catcher in the Rye is considered a cultural high point of the middle 20th century, died Wednesday. He was 91.

The reclusive author died of natural causes at his home in Cornish, N.H., his son said in a statement released by Salinger’s literary representative. The Manhattan-born and raised Salinger had lived for more than 50 years in self-imposed isolation in New England.

Jerome David Salinger earned his lofty reputation with his 1951 novel about iconoclastic teenager Holden Caulfield. The writer also became something of a legend for, among many things, turning down decades’ worth of requests from Hollywood to turn his most famous work into a movie.

Besides Catcher, Salinger also wrote the collection Nine Stories and two compilations, each with two long stories about the fictional Glass family. They were Franny and Zooey and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. " - people magazine

all of my college years were spent with a ratty and tattered copy of franny and zooey in my purse. it was the book that i felt defined me at that time. anyone who knew me then would tell you how much i loved Salinger and all of his work. Especially the first love of my literary life. Brent Nichols. r.i.p salinger. and thank you for the gifts you left us through your work.