Catherine the great Nov 3, 2009
That role earnt her the first of two Oscar nominations for best supporting actress (the second was for her sparkling Harper Lee in Bennett Miller's Capote in 2005, alongside Philip Seymour Hoffmann). But it also positioned her as the incandescent man-eater against Cameron Diaz, then the epitome of model-turned-actress glamourpuss, as a stay-at-home frump. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
As Jobs Vanish, Factory Towns Slow To See Stimulus Nov 2, 2009
These were good jobs with benefits and retirement plans, said Mike Kennedy, the mayor of the county seat of Monroeville, the childhood home of author Harper Lee and the likely inspiration for the town in her book "To Kill a Mockingbird.". Unemployment is approaching 19 percent and the city budget is strained. (Click2Houston, TX)
Author Doris Kearns Goodwin to visit Marlborough Oct 30, 2009
A Washington Post reviewer wrote, This is a book in the grand tradition of girlhood memoirs, dating from Louisa May Alcott to Carson McCullers and Harper Lee. Team of Rivals, her most recent book, joined the best-seller lists on its first week in publication in October of 2005, and soon reached number one on the New York Times Best-Seller List. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Book group, Sisco celebrate 30 years Oct 17, 2009
This year s theme, Pulitzer with a Southern Accent, explores the works of award-winning Southern authors like Harper Lee, William Faulkner, and Tennessee Williams, among others. Book group member and Library Trustee Diana Abrashkin said the themes are helpful in providing context for the discussion, which only builds with every subsequent book. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
'Mockingbird' author wanted to save 'Opus' Oct 14, 2009
Among his fans: Harper Lee, who he says asked him not to end the Opus character ... Breathed invited CNN to his mountainside home for a rare interview, which touched on topics ranging from his book to Michael Vick, Charles Schulz and his famous pen pal, Harper Lee ... Harper Lee and I have over the years exchanged letters, which has been a massive delight. (CNN)
High schools diversify their literature Oct 11, 2009
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
The Best Banned Books of the Last C... Oct 3, 2009
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Lippincott, 1960, 281pp. . (Suite101.com)
Gay penguins book tops most-banned list in US Oct 2, 2009
Other classic literature subjected to complaints include JD Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling also feature on the list. (BBC News -- Americas)
Harry Potter author denied top US honour 'over witchcraft fears' Oct 1, 2009
Past literary recipients of the award include John Steinbeck and Harper Lee. Others denied the privilege under the Bush administration included Senator Edward Kennedy, who died in August this year. (BBC News -- Americas)
Unique Baby Names from Films and Li... Oct 1, 2009
Names from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. A canonical work of contemporary Southern literature, To Kill a Mockingbird boasts a cast of unforgettable characters with very unique names. (Suite101.com)
Books of siege Sep 25, 2009
First published in print: Friday, September 25, 2009. Think of it as chance to sample some great literature, an introduction or reacquaintance with both books that have come to be classics and some that haven't attracted enough attention beyond the censors and self-appointed moral arbiters. (Albany Times Union)
Celebrate the freedom to read during Banned Books Week Sep 24, 2009
Latest Updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2009. by Carolyn Larson - Special to The Garden Island. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Teach Reading Strategies to High Sc... Sep 6, 2009
Teachers should start this lesson by reading aloud a brief excerpt from a novel or short story, such as by Harper Lee. Then, they can ask their students what is the main idea of the passage. (Suite101.com)
The Big Read is coming Aug 27, 2009
COURTESY ART Harper Lee, the author of this year\'s book, \"To Kill a Mockingbird.\" ... The goal of this year's Big Read is to get as many people to read and discuss Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," between Sept. 28 and Oct. 24. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Kathleen Parker: The Barry Lynn of The South Aug 19, 2009
Parker's explanation: "Sarah Palin may not have realized what she was doing, but Southerners weaned on Harper Lee heard the dog whistle." And on "Hardball," she said: "You don't position a white woman and a black male and pretend like there's nothing happening there. There's a deep history. That's why I mentioned Harper Lee in there.". So as I understand it, by nominating a black man for president, the Democrats had checkmated Republicans, who should have done the decent thing by not nominating... (Human Events Online)
Harper Lee and Her Only Published N... Aug 14, 2009
Harper Lee and Her Only Published Novel. Harper Lee and Her Only Published Novel ... Brief biography of American Pultizer Prize winning author, Harper Lee, and her solo published novel about justice and prejudice. (Suite101.com)
Silliman considers the business of the MFA Aug 13, 2009
I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee ... Harper Lee never went into any creative writing classes, and her fictive other throughout the book is always arguing against attending school. (Harper's Magazine)
Why Books are Banned Jul 12, 2009
Books found offensive for racial themes or depictions include To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor. A book widely used in school curricula, but challenged due to social or political views is The Giver, by Lois Lowry. (Suite101.com)
Surfing the Net With Kids: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Jul 10, 2009
Harper Lee was 34 when she published her first, and only, novel in 1960 ... Visit for a book summary, Harper Lee biography, character analysis, a handful of critical essays, famous quotes, and a chapter-by-chapter summary. (Boston Globe)
Monroeville attracts literary buffs May 30, 2009
The imposing red brick Monroe County Courthouse dominates the square in Monroeville, Al., home of author Harper Lee ... Monroeville, the tiny town where native Harper Lee penned her famous novel, stood in for the Finches fictitious hometown ... The only thing they won t find is Harper Lee: The immensely private author makes Monroeville her home, but exactly where is a closely guarded secret the locals won t divulge. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Literary tourists' flock to Flannery O'Connor's Georgia farm May 26, 2009
They are "literary tourists," the ones who drive Alabama's back roads in search of Truman Capote and Harper Lee in Monroeville or to Montgomery to trace Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. They visit Asheville in search of Thomas Wolfe, and to Oxford hoping for a glimpse of Faulkner's ghost. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
IN MY LIBRARY: JEFF PROBST May 17, 2009
The thing that surprises me the most is that it is still the only novel published by Harper Lee. Blink. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Junketing around the Junction, April 16 Apr 16, 2009
Ann Rosas hosted the Daytime Book Group to review To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Evening Book Group read Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, and will meet at the Club Meeting Room at Conant Street. (Concord Journal, MA)
IN MY LIBRARY: MIKE HUCKABEE Mar 29, 2009
"Time, Newsweek -- 'til they went digital -- Southern Living, Bass Player Magazine, Runner's World, Running Times, Bass Fishing . . . "A lot of people get confused because I play the bass guitar and I bass-fish," adds Huckabee, who may bring up those and other things -- like the NRA, whose magazines he also subscribes to -- when he appears Tuesday at Radio City's Speaker Series alongside Arianna Huffington, D.L. Hughley and Anderson Cooper. With all that and more on his mind (and his airplane's... (New York Post -- Opinions)
Child Characters of Classic Literat... Mar 15, 2009
Harper Lee wrote of the experiences of motherless jem and Scout in her masterpiece To Kill A Mockingbird (1960) and as recently as the late 1990s, J.K. Rowling created the orphaned wizard Harry Potter. Parentless children may seem a sorrowful topic, but since it would seem that it continues to be used by authors, although early death has become less common, loss of a parent is something which serves as either motivation or useful to storytelling. (Suite101.com)
Texas Tech turns to Potts to lead offense Mar 12, 2009
" was legendary) 7. Cinematic football hero Alabama: Forrest Gump; Notre Dame: Rudy Edge: Alabama (Gump was an All-American, Rudy made one tackle) 8. Old sitcom actors Alabama: Jim "Gomer Pyle" Nabors; Notre Dame: George "Norm from Cheers" Wendt Edge: Notre Dame. No surprise, surprise, surprise here. "Cheers" had a longer run. 9. Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Alabama: Harper Lee ("To Kill a Mockingbird"); Notre Dame: Edwin O'Connor ("The Last Hurrah") Edge: Alabama. (Hey, I read "To Kill a... (Notre Dame Sports -- Rivals.com)
Horton Foote, an appreciation Mar 7, 2009
Mr. Foote, who passed on March 4, spent seven decades as a playwright and screenwriter, penning more than 50 plays and films and winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1995 (for the play "The Young Man From Atlanta"), and Academy Awards in 1962 (for his screen adaptation of the Harper Lee novel "To Kill a Mockingbird") and 1983 (for his original screenplay "Tender Mercies"). He also wrote acclaimed television dramas, including "The Trip to Bountiful," which was later made into a film starring Geraldine... (Yahoo News)
Horton Foote, great American storyteller, dies at 92 Mar 5, 2009
In screenplays for movies like "Tender Mercies," "To Kill a Mockingbird," based on the Harper Lee novel, and "The Trip to Bountiful," and in plays like "The Young Man From Atlanta," Foote depicted the way ordinary people shoulder the ordinary burdens of life, finding drama in the resilience by which they carry on in the face of change, economic hardship, disappointment, loss and death. Robert. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'Support group with walls' Feb 25, 2009
Misperceptions about mental illness still persist, long after Harper Lee popularized the gentle "not quite right" Arthur "Boo" Radley in her 1960 novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird.". Mental health advocates and patients alike say while some illnesses, such as major depression, seem easier to understand, others like bipolar disorder -- characterized by violent mood swings arising from a chemical imbalance in the brain -- are not so easily understood. (Florida Today)
The BBC's Top 100 Best-Loved Novels Feb 24, 2009
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee. Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne. (Suite101.com)
South Restaurant Feb 21, 2009
NEW ORLEANS jazz, Louisiana zydeco, Harper Lee, Carl Hiaasen, the civil rights movement and REM form my picture of US states south of the Mason-Dixon line. As far as its food is concerned, fascinating words such as grits, chitlins, crawfish, cobbler, biscuits and gravy, as well as pecan and key lime pie crop up in writing as fine as Carson McCullers and as hokey as Martha Stewart. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Off Broadway Theatre presents To Kill a Mockingbird Feb 20, 2009
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee. In the story, Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Top Gear revs up for Sydney Feb 8, 2009
"As in Harper Lee," Polson told the Herald's paternity correspondent, Sacha Molitorisz. Born in New York at 2am, six-week-old Harper and her mum will join her dad in Sydney on Friday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'To Kill a Mockingbird' coming to NIACC Feb 8, 2009
Harper Lee s Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, now celebrating the 50th anniversary of its publication, was brought to the screen in an Academy Award-winning adaptation by Horton Foote in 1962 and was later adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel ... Greg Johnson, artistic director for the Montana Repertory Theatre, recalls his first encounter with the Harper Lee novel ... Sitting on the warm sand of the Jersey shore, about to embark on my high school career, I cracked the... (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
