Why I Teach "The Catcher in the Rye" - Calvin McMillin

In this episode, Calvin McMillin reads his essay Why I Teach The Catcher in the Rye. Calvin is the author of the short story collection The Sushi Bar at the Edge of Forever and the editor of Frank Chin’s The Confessions of a Number One Son. His fiction has appeared in Santa Cruz Noir, Hawai‘i Review, and Asian Pulp, and his film criticism has been published by Bright Wall /Dark Room, Far East Films, and LoveHKFilm. Calvin earned a doctorate in literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz and lives in Honolulu, where he has taught courses in American literature, Asian American literature, and detective fiction.