No Pets Allowed, Not Even Bananafish

A friendly reader passes along word that Ursinus College is paying tribute to former student J.D. Salinger with a scholarship in his name “designed for creative writers with distinctive voices and unusual perspectives—but not necessarily the best grades.” As an added perk, the recipient gets Salinger’s old dorm room. Applicants are advised to include lots of David Copperfield crap in their personal essays, but should probably refrain from calling the administrators a bunch of goddam phonies.

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