There were stories in newspapers; the AP ran it on the wire. There was a television story about me getting that photograph. Over the years I’ve thought about that picture quite a bit. It was a big deal.

SHARON STEEL: In a letter to Michael Mitchell dated August 31, 1979, Salinger starts updating Mitchell on Matthew, who is a sophomore in college, and Peggy, who is married and living in Boston. He had to deal with “two shitty literary kids” who took a photo of his face outside of the post office, which ran in a “news magazine.” “Piss on ’em all,” Salinger gripes.