Examining The Book Harper Lee Never Wrote
Casey Cep’s new true crime work, ‘Furious Hours,’ explores a lurid 1977 southern murder trial that almost inspired Harper Lee to write another book—but Cep’s pretentious account leans heavily on inaccurate and unflattering Southern stereotypes.
Shrill Critiques Of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Prove It Should Stay In Schools
A recent critique of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by novelist Alice Randall has converted me into a full-throttled defender of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale.
Why Schools Shouldn’t Stop Teaching ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Because Of The N-Word
A Mississippi school district is going after Harper Lee’s classic work, contending that its difficult themes will make students too uncomfortable.
Harper Lee Is Gone, But Her Story Lives On
Harper Lee was more than the sum of her words, as powerful as they were.
How Atticus Finch Represents American Aristocracy
For any student of Southern Stoicism, it fits that Atticus Finch was a magnanimous defender of the black person’s rights in the 1930s yet an endorser of illegal responses to that person’s rights in the 1950s.
What Scout And Atticus Teach Us About Schooling
Two of the Harper Lee’s legendary characters don’t think much of the place where I and millions of other students first met them.
Of Course Atticus Finch Was a Racist—And That’s Okay
Humanity means being complex. That’s why it’s real for Harper Lee to portray Atticus Finch as both a racist and as a would-be racial reconciler.
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