Two of my favorite authors died within the last 24 hours. Howard Zinn, the historian and author of A People’s History of the United States, died of a heart attack last night at age 87. I love Howard because he had the guts to tell the “untold” histories of unheard Americans, like Native Americans, Black Americans, Women, and Vietnam Vets.
J.D. Salinger just died too, at age 91. While I love Catcher in the Rye, Nine Stories, and Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters, and Seymour: an Introduction, my favorite book of all time is still Franny and Zooey. Whenever I’m not feeling like myself, I can just pick up a copy of Franny and Zooey, and then I start to feel like me again. . . you know what I mean?
These guys are both great. I’m really going to miss them!
Rachel
