Which magazine published "Slight Rebellion off Madison" in 1946?

The New Yorker published “Slight Rebellion off Madison” in 1946.

J. D. Salinger's story appeared in the magazine's December 21, 1946, issue. It had actually been completed several years earlier, but wartime circumstances and editorial decisions delayed its publication. The story follows Holden Caulfield in an early form and is therefore an important precursor to The Catcher in the Rye.

Salinger completed the piece in August 1941 and originally gave it a different title. The New Yorker bought it in 1941, but withheld it after the United States entered World War II; its portrait of dissatisfied young people did not suit the magazine's wartime mood. A later attempt to place it in a Christmas issue also failed.

Readers sometimes confuse this story with Salinger's other early Holden-related publications. “I'm Crazy” appeared in Collier's in 1945, while “This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise” appeared in Esquire that year. “Slight Rebellion off Madison,” however, belongs to The New Yorker and introduced a recognizable early version of Holden.