The Young Folks
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"The Young Folks" was J. D. Salinger
's first published story, published in Whit Burnett's Story
magazine in the March–April 1940.
The story satirizes the selfish concerns of a pair of young adults at a party and the festering shallowness of their lives. Burnett was the teacher of short story writing at Columbia where Salinger took his course. Salinger himself was 21 at the time of its publication.
J. D. Salinger
Jerome David Salinger was an American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as his reclusive nature. His last original published work was in 1965; he gave his last interview in 1980....
's first published story, published in Whit Burnett's Story
Story (magazine)
Story was a magazine founded in 1931 by journalist-editor Whit Burnett and his first wife, Martha Foley, in Vienna, Austria. Showcasing short stories by new authors, 67 copies of the debut issue were mimeographed in Vienna, and two years later, Story moved to New York City where Burnett and Foley...
magazine in the March–April 1940.
The story satirizes the selfish concerns of a pair of young adults at a party and the festering shallowness of their lives. Burnett was the teacher of short story writing at Columbia where Salinger took his course. Salinger himself was 21 at the time of its publication.