A Classroom of Atticus F., G., and H.
It has been a bad summer for the iconic characters of Southern literature. Over at the Paris Review, Sadie Stein takes a look at the unfortunate facts: Atticus was kind of…
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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It’s Okay that You Haven’t Read Finnegans Wake (Really)
Over at Hazlitt, Sarah Galo and Elon Green have cornered a handful of authors, from Renata Adler to Celeste Ng, into admitting their literary gaps, from Finnegans Wake to To Kill…
Complements to the Canon
Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths) writes for Seven Scribes on the experience of discovering novels by black writers to act as a necessary complement to reading Harper Lee’s reductive portrayals of…
The Editor Who Shaped Mockingbird
We’ll never know how Harper Lee’s editor, Therese von Hohoff Torrey, would have felt about the publication of Go Set A Watchman, because she died in 1974. But probably, she wouldn’t…
Lee’s “Parent Novel” Completes Manuscript Family
According to a recent account by Harper Lee’s lawyer, the famed author wrote a third manuscript that may be a “parent novel” that “bridges” To Kill A Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman together.…
Going Beyond To Kill A Mockingbird
High school reading lists are notoriously white and male, exposing students to only a narrow perspective on the world and making it hard for kids to relate to what they…
Leave Harper Alone
The mysterious buzz surrounding the upcoming release of Harper Lee’s second novel, Go Set a Watchman, has had readers and journalists speculating about the elderly author’s mental capabilities in a…
Harper Lee Debate Rages On
Since the announcement of Harper Lee’s forthcoming novel Go Set a Watchman, residents of Lee’s hometown, Monroeville, Alabama, along with the general public, have questioned whether or not publishers are taking advantage of…
Questioning Harper Lee’s Editor Answers
Here’s an author who has staunchly refused interviews and publicity since 1960, who hasn’t breathed a word about her interest in publishing another book to either family or friends, but…
Brown Bag Your American Literature, Quick
Michael Gove, Britain’s Education Secretary, is rewriting Britain’s public school curriculum to be more British. To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, and The Crucible are among the titles…
Boo Radley, Social Media Star
Last Monday, Harper Lee brought an end to what CNN has called “a glaring holdout in the digital library of literary masterpieces,” and the news has social media buzzing with…
But Is It A Sin to Kill Her Agent?
In November, we posted a link to a story about To Kill a Mockingbird’s Harper Lee suing her hometown museum. But it turns out the aging author has an even…