Can you even imagine newly released JD Salinger novels?!?! For me this will be the biggest thing to happen in literature since... well since JD Salinger

Cmon man, give us a few of his stories or books!!! I ain’t getting any younger.

RIP and long live J. D. Salinger (January 1, 1919 - January 27, 2010), aged 91 You will always be remembered as a legend.

It is one of the things I've always loved about Salinger....his unwillingness to allow literature to become nothing more than a vehicle for a movie script. I like reading writers work. I feel like I"m having a direct conversation or relationship with them. It's their words and images we share. It is sacred, and I'm glad he has a no movie clause on his work. Not all books should be run through the hollywood machine.

What the heck why does this not have 1 million views?

It's 4 years later. I wonder how much closer we are to possible publication of more of his works.

Great interview - thank you. I know he wanted a pure relationship between his work and his readers, which is why he resisted any sort of adaptation of his work, and perhaps also why he didn’t want to become a public figure himself lest readers latch onto his persona the same way they latch onto the characters he created. I know he found the trappings and obligations of being a published writer to be both burdensome and soul-dirtying, since the publisher would make him do certain things in order to sell the “product”. But most other writers, even those who feel the same way Salinger did about that process, feel like that is the price one pays in order to get one’s work in the hands of readers. The essential point of writing is to communicate, after all, and even his son says that Salinger enjoyed having his work read by people and the relationship he then forges with them. By denying his readers that he didn’t really hold up his end of that relationship - and it also forgets that the only reason he could afford to be so “pure” is that he evidently made enough money from sales of Catcher in the Rye to support himself and his family the rest of his life. (And it also means, ironically, that the bulk of his work from the second half of his life will be presented in an impure way - it has to be edited and prepared by others for publication in forms that he may not have intended.) The question that remains for me about Salinger is how much of both his work and his attitude toward it was shaped by his experience in the military. My father was one year older than Salinger and was a paratrooper in the European theater in WWII; I don’t know much beyond that since he died when I was six, but even my older siblings didn’t know much more than that; at a recent reunion I was shocked to discover that two of my siblings didn’t even know he was in the war. Apparently it’s very common for veterans of that war to be silent about their experiences and to create these kind of idealized relationships with people and their own legacies that seem to transcend day-to-day societal transactions. Perhaps, then, this is all working out exactly the way he wanted it: to be a posthumous author. In order for his work to have the perfect relationship with its readers the author itself must be gone. That makes sense the more I think about it.

It's Captain America. I saw Matt Salinger as a child watching Captain America, I must've watched the dozens of times over

I enjoyed this interview so much. I’m grateful to Penguin books and I’m especially grateful to Mathew Salinger. J. D. Salinger’s art has had an enormous influence on my life and I’m always looking to learn more about it and it’s creator. I always think of him as a sweet guy who came home from the war to write beautiful love stories. I consider the Glass family to be among the best literary inventions of the 20th century. I identified with Holden Caulfield so strongly that it was nearly life threatening, and I felt that reading Frannie and Zooey was the cure to that life threatening condition. I love that Mathew recognizes the value and uniqueness of his father’s legacy. Thank you, thank you!

To this day I will never understand how people calling themselves fans would show up at this man's house and how scary that must have been. Especially when some of the crazies had used his book to murder people. I can't imagine how he must have felt about that while trying to keep his kids safe growing up. This man gave us some great books and in my opinion, doesn't owe us anymore. If they want to release the books they can but people shouldn't be demanding it. Jd salinger doesn't owe us anything.

I am so looking forward to reading these books when they come out. I love the Glass family.

when they will be released, it will be my second enlightenment

I read Salinger's works with continued interest and love every January and some parts of them occasionally when I need to meet his characters again.

I love how Erica Wagner comes across like a character in a Christopher Guest mockumentary.

I absolutely love j.d salinger.

i once wrote a fan letter to jd salinger when i was 11 and was ill.....only one i ever wrote/sent to anyone...was very moved by the catcher in rye..... hope u release more of his work soon! we implore u matt, please release his later works soon! bless u !

I'm so ready for the new books. They're supposed to be released over the next decade, according to the Salinger estate.

What a humble man. Lovely interview!

I wish they would have dealt more with Revenge of the Nerds.

He is so right about not having art work of any kind being made about his books. Anytime I read a book that has a movie attached, I see the actors. I love it when I read a book and you can go into their world and see the characters in your mind of what you think they are instead of the actor that plays them.

Just watched this whole thing after rewatching Cap 1990. Very interesting guy!

From everything I’ve read about JD Salinger, he always believed he was the smartest guy in the room, very self aware of his own special talent. I feel when he wrote Catcher in the Rye, which seemingly is autobiographical. He was turned off by the million of readers who all identify themselves as Holden Caulfield. I think that turned him off along with so many seeking his counsel for answers. It was too much BS to deal with, after all he was the real Holden. The rest were phonies.

what an insightful and delightful conversation to watch!

We salute you, Sir.

Publish the books, c'mon Cap!!!

i am really looking forward to seeing more of his writing possibly in the future, i love his work

God Bless You, Captain America, Most Honorable Sir!

and yet at that very moment, while watching this video, his father's life story movie "rebel in the rye" is on TV , isn't it incredible

What a wonderful interview this is.

I have a VHS tape of his called Manhunt For Claude Dallas 1986

Interesting interview. Loved most of his father's work and this was nice to hear. BTW, I just caught one of Matt's old movies on here "Deadly Deception". He also played Captain America I think.

This is incredible!

Not only did he written some controversial works, but he gave birth to Captain America. Now that’s legendary

fascinating that all the 'Catcher' movies out there ALL come from the point of view of some kid demanding that his interpretation is the real one, and that they themselves are living Holden's life. That the work inspired madness in some is tragic, but the idea that all the attempts to describe the work on film come from that singular standpoint of mistaking oneself for the character in the book, that to me is interesting. Woody Allen's attempt in New York Stories is the exception to the rule as much of his work proves to this day.

What an interview! 🇧🇷

As long has they publish something during my lifetime.. its a deal for me.. I still have some miles to run..

im high as hell bruh i thought that was Gordon Ramsay on the thumbnail

“If somebody knows quite a lot about those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they’re really stupid or not”.. by those things Holden meant theater and plays and literature... I read this line and paused. And came here.

Daughter has an interesting memoir

There's one question I've always wanted to ask J.D. Salinger. Why was she in the rye?

"Excuse me. Can you stop the car? I'm a little sick." (Goes outside. Pretends to cough for awhile. then runs off to steal the car.) BEST CAPTAIN AMERICA EVER.

i think JD salinger did love his readers and admire his editors but i think he also know his editors and readers wanted a steam of novel after novel from him for years. and anyone who know JD salinger as a writer know he prefered the short stories and medium size stories because they more to the point in than novels are. maybe there are novels in his new books (and i hope there are like anyone else :) but i bet the most of it is short stories and salinger just didnt wanted to see people criticize him for not writing enough novels. in short he wanted to write what he wanted to write when he feel like to. it feel so great to get more books of him in maybe 2026

It's sort of like it's forbidden to make an image of G-d because it's limiting. He wanted the same on his writing- for it to remain a spiritual thing that cannot be formed into a specific image picture

Have anyone read The Inverted Forest?

Also to promote his newly published works I bet

Quelle belle entrevue ! Catcher in the rye has been such an important work for me. I can identify as a writer. Thank you for this wonderful interview.

He looks like his dad...

Seems like a decent chap Matt. Pair of them appear to have dug those jackets from the bottom of a sale bin though

How much ya want to bet there will be no more Salinger books released? This is just the estate diverting the fans after his death. Though the son seems like a nice enuf guy.

she words things so bizarrely

The trend of his published writings was towards inaccessibility (see Hapworth). I hope this trend didn't continue for 50 years.

Seems like a very nice man

One of my greatest fears is that we will not see any of his unpublished stuff before I die!

Matt Salinger ( Captain America)!!! Great actor.

Joyce Maynard wrote of her brief life with Salinger and was by unfairly crucified by the literary press. Read her book. There are many truths.

I’m struggling to find a way that this does not sound insensitive. There is probably no way to ask this question without seeming to care more about books than a family and their feelings. But here Matt says the wants to get the books out within three to six years. From the time of this interview? Because it’s now been eleven years since his father’s passing. So we’ll see new books between 2022 and 2025?

Well, I've read about writers describing America a person. Vladimir Nabokov wrote America as a 14 year old girl who lost innocence. Selinger as a 17 old boy. Both two youngster of different writers have one thing in common. Both broken and hurt. They are one of those Pourri avant de mouir. As a young independent country in "O Brave New World " "With such a wonderful people in it" America was totally screwed from their youth.

J.D. liked em young

The thing I do not understand. HE said his father did not want any publicity, didn't want to be famous..sow why publish then, why did he just keep his work to himself?

Was Salinger a rapper ?

The real OG captain america ! Lol

He was a pro creative dad

"I have to ask but I dont really want to know." Yes you do. Yes you do want to know. Ultimate phony.

Captain America!

What a great interview. I wish the two faced each other as o had referred knee pain by the end! 😂

Research on Captain America led me here.

CAPTAIN AMERICA 1990

He was a man of principles. (J.D)

Nice to Know that the first Captain America is still alive.

Matt salinger captain america.

Yay... Captain America !!

I was surprised at how much I liked this guy

Wow Captain America! This is what you've been doing after becoming a grandpa!

I feel like religion will be a huge part of any new book and that will be a new experience one can hope to have the chance to read in some future , im happy that mr salinger takes care so much of his dads work he be proud

Hey it's Captain America!

The Captain America 1990's

Salinger knew everything would be compared to Catcher, he was reticent to publish anything that he didn't think could match it.

Boring interviw. He seem nice. Have anyone read The Inverted Forest?

I don't want to read anything JD didn't want published himself. What's next a Holden film. Keep the man a mystery. I don't think his son knows his father any better than JD readers

J Dilla

Hopefully this is not a way to slap a name on something to capitalize after someone's death. Harper Lee's mysterious 2nd novel, anyone?

Captain America 👍👍👍

I don't think ANYTHING new by JDS is ever going to be published. I mean, he died 11 years ago, and not even ONE new piece has been published. I think this nothing but JDS' last prank on the world.

Imagine what it would've been like to have JD Salinger himself read one of his own works to you. Honestly I really despise how the world misunderstood mistreated & stalked JD Salinger to cause/contribute to him wanting to or feeling like he needed to hide away from the limelight in order to have a life more on his terms

Oh man, just publish the damn stuff. If we're going to be all high and mighty of the pureness of the great artiste, why not consider the feelings of his audience. Also in being a recluse he succeeded in getting *more* attention not less.

JD Salinger was a serial abuser of teenage girls, so this interview mentioning his affinity for children (ick), or how secretive he was (ick) or the genderless-ness of his work (ick), or how spiritual he was (ick) was rough. Read Joyce Maynard's book, it details his abuse and grooming of herself in excruciating detail when he was in his mid fifties and very famous and she was 18, and more women have gone on record saying he did the same to them as teenagers. His own children were exposed to it too, they were often living with his teenage lover of the moment, so Matt here fully knew. You would think post-Me Too we would stop lionizing proven abusers.

IT'S 90S CAPTAIN AMERICA!

Matt played Captain America in a direct to video film thirty plus years ago. The film was not very good. That pretty much ended Matt's bid for stardom. Matt has become the George Lazenby or Klinton Spilsbury of Marvel films. It's not his fault. Thirty, forty fifty years ago-with the exceptions of the Superman films, the Hulk tv show, the Wonder Woman tv show-the studios had no idea how to go about doing live action superhero films. I'm not counting Batman 66 being that's a parody. Shazam was ok as far as Saturday Morning children shows.

Look, its captain america

I remember him when he took on the role of Captain America.

read the real history at www.ConstantineReport.com

I wish the interviewer would ask something about the memoirs of his daughter who did not see her father as a saint. I love Salinger's writing, but truth be told, he was abusive to his first wife, as well to Joyce Maynard.

Captain America

The Knockoff Captain America..............

sounds like the writing is bad or just crazy ramblings. Seems to be the reason nothing is released.

You seem nice. But my dad, and his dad both died (2002, and 2020 respectively) desperately hoping that they would’ve had a chance to read some of that stuff. Starting to think my son will be saying the same thing in 40 years.🖕so keep in mind generations are literally dying while you’re playing keep away with Leonardo DiCaprio 🙄

The biggest lie here is that Salinger cared so deeply about his readers. Bull. He walked out on them in '65, the last time he published, and slammed the door on them. And like him, many are gone now. And the question remains whether Salinger can connect with a contemporary generation of readers, many who never heard of him. I have my doubts. Frankly, Salinger botched it. Badly. And while I think his son suspects this and is attempting to make amends, I'm not convinced he's the guy to resurrect his father's career or vet the last 50 years of his father's secret output - whatever the hell that is. (Still, no one's saying anything, which feels like another dull and pointless PR game.) Obviously he needs to get some help with transcription and editing. But the doors need to start opening and Salinger Jr. needs to shake off the now overwhelming legacy of his father's miserly neuroticism. Nobody has the patience for it anymore.