Dawa ngani nakalaug sa New Yorker an "Slight Rebellion Off Madison", pirang beses man na dai naaku an mga usipon igdi ni Salinger. Padagos na dai nag-aku an New Yorker nin mga usipon hali saiya alagad dai man giraray syang untok sa pagsusumite igdi. Makalihis na  maipadara nya an inot na bersyon kan "The Bananafish" sa Ney Yorker, nakaresibe si Harold Ober, ahente kan parasurat, nin surat hali ki William Mazawell, fiction editor kan magasin. Idtong surat na igwa nin petsang Enero 22, 1947, nagsasabing : "We like parts of The Bananafish by J.D. Salinger very much, but it seems to us to lack any discernible story or point. If Mr. Salinger is around town, perhaps he'd like to come in and talk to us about New Yorker stories."