Shane Harris

The book that really hit me as a high school student was Franny and Zoe by J.D. Salinger, which I read the summer of my junior year. I was at this kind of like nerd camp where you go and live on a college campus for six weeks and take classes because that was something that overachievers thought was a fun thing to do with their summer.

The book that really hit me as a high school student was Franny and Zoe by J.D. Salinger, which I read the summer of my junior year. I was at this kind of like nerd camp where you go and live on a college campus for six weeks and take classes because that was something that overachievers thought was a fun thing to do with their summer.

The book that really hit me as a high school student was Franny and Zoe by J.D. Salinger, which I read the summer of my junior year. I was at this kind of like nerd camp where you go and live on a college campus for six weeks and take classes because that was something that overachievers thought was a fun thing to do with their summer.

And it was in a course on postmodernism, and we read Franny and Zoe.

And it was in a course on postmodernism, and we read Franny and Zoe.

And it was in a course on postmodernism, and we read Franny and Zoe.

It did sort of like open my eyes to a whole different way of thinking about spirituality that was not, at least it seemed to me when I read it, was not rooted in the kind of faith traditions that I grew up in, like church and, you know, especially growing up in the South, that really I did not take to, that felt kind of almost alien to me, even though the communities that I lived in

It did sort of like open my eyes to a whole different way of thinking about spirituality that was not, at least it seemed to me when I read it, was not rooted in the kind of faith traditions that I grew up in, like church and, you know, especially growing up in the South, that really I did not take to, that felt kind of almost alien to me, even though the communities that I lived in

It did sort of like open my eyes to a whole different way of thinking about spirituality that was not, at least it seemed to me when I read it, was not rooted in the kind of faith traditions that I grew up in, like church and, you know, especially growing up in the South, that really I did not take to, that felt kind of almost alien to me, even though the communities that I lived in

and people practiced those religions. There was something almost like it was saying, this is a doorway onto something that people might call spirituality without it having to be religion. And I think I was really interested in that as a proposition when I was that age. And the story kind of launched my inquiry into that.

and people practiced those religions. There was something almost like it was saying, this is a doorway onto something that people might call spirituality without it having to be religion. And I think I was really interested in that as a proposition when I was that age. And the story kind of launched my inquiry into that.

and people practiced those religions. There was something almost like it was saying, this is a doorway onto something that people might call spirituality without it having to be religion. And I think I was really interested in that as a proposition when I was that age. And the story kind of launched my inquiry into that.

I was very intrigued by the ideas of Eastern philosophy and particularly Zen Buddhism that come through in that story. And also the character of Franny as this person who is sort of like on the verge of and going through a breakdown. It was something that seemed kind of like literarily romantic about that and compelling as a character. But it was more the themes about Eastern philosophy and

I was very intrigued by the ideas of Eastern philosophy and particularly Zen Buddhism that come through in that story. And also the character of Franny as this person who is sort of like on the verge of and going through a breakdown. It was something that seemed kind of like literarily romantic about that and compelling as a character. But it was more the themes about Eastern philosophy and

I was very intrigued by the ideas of Eastern philosophy and particularly Zen Buddhism that come through in that story. And also the character of Franny as this person who is sort of like on the verge of and going through a breakdown. It was something that seemed kind of like literarily romantic about that and compelling as a character. But it was more the themes about Eastern philosophy and

but not in the context of faith, more in the context of sort of practice. Like there's a scene, kind of the dominant scene in Franny, because Franny and Zoe is really two stories, where she's reciting this prayer, and it's almost like in the way of kind of like a mantra that she keeps reciting it over and over and over again. And I'd never been exposed to anything like that.

but not in the context of faith, more in the context of sort of practice. Like there's a scene, kind of the dominant scene in Franny, because Franny and Zoe is really two stories, where she's reciting this prayer, and it's almost like in the way of kind of like a mantra that she keeps reciting it over and over and over again. And I'd never been exposed to anything like that.

but not in the context of faith, more in the context of sort of practice. Like there's a scene, kind of the dominant scene in Franny, because Franny and Zoe is really two stories, where she's reciting this prayer, and it's almost like in the way of kind of like a mantra that she keeps reciting it over and over and over again. And I'd never been exposed to anything like that.

Being a teenager, it's an especially great time to read books, but also to sort of discover them on their own. I mean, Salinger is kind of this perfect example of, you know, generations of high schoolers read Catcher in the Rye. And I actually came to Catcher in the Rye later in my reading through Salinger. I started with Franny and Zoe, then went to nine stories.

Being a teenager, it's an especially great time to read books, but also to sort of discover them on their own. I mean, Salinger is kind of this perfect example of, you know, generations of high schoolers read Catcher in the Rye. And I actually came to Catcher in the Rye later in my reading through Salinger. I started with Franny and Zoe, then went to nine stories.