Literary editor of The Nation, and television critic for New York Magazine JOHN LEONARD (also, former Fresh Air book critic). His new book is a collection of essays, "Smoke and Mirrors: Violence, Television, and other American Cultures." (The New Press)Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews J.D. Salinger's last known writing, a short story that appeared in The New Yorker magazine, June 19, 1965. It's about to be republished in book form. 12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPYOn today's Fresh air -- a political biography of John Wayne. . . Pulitzer-Prize winning writer GARRY WILLS and author of "Lincoln At Gettysburg" has a new book which looks at the relationship between politics and popular culture. . . That and more coming up on Fresh Air.

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