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S1E8 | Questionable Behavior (with Dorothy Parker, Stockard Channing, Anna Sale, Alexia Arthurs, Helga Davis, Blair Fuller, John Guare, Idra Novey, Elena Wilkinson, Jeff Gleaves)

The Paris Review

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A Harper's Party

J.D. Salinger was invited to a party at the home of his stepfather's family. The author recalls meeting him for the first time and being surprised by his elegance. "I felt some shyness shaking all the hands, particularly Salinger's," he writes.

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