Nicolaus Mills

1. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Nicolaus Mills

   ‘Hiroshima’ fallout now 80 years later (opens the original)

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   This year marks the 80th anniversary of John Hersey’s “Hiroshima,” his sympathetic story of six Japanese men and women who survived the first of the two atomic bombs America dropped on Japan during World War II. What still surprises me is the immediate interest in Hersey’s account, which first appeared in The New Yorker in August 1946, then months later as a book. The timing of the article and book should by all rights have had a chilling effect. In 1946 Americans. still carried bitter memories

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2. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Nicolaus Mills

   Holden Caulfield has his 75th birthday (opens the original)

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   Along with “The Catcher in the Rye,” J. D. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield turns 75 today, July 16. That’s a long time for anyone to remain a 17-year-old, but Holden, a New Yorker through and through, has, like Huck Finn, defied going out of date. As a college teacher, I am never surprised by students who have read “The Catcher in the Rye” before they get to my class. Salinger’s novel is assigned reading in high schools across the country as well as a book of choice for many students before they get

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