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#Books including “To Kill a Mockingbird,”the novel by #HarperLee about #racism in the Depression-era South, were purged from #schools run by the #Defense Dept, acc/to a lawsuit filed by the #ACLU.
The #LibraryOfCongress, which describes itself as the world’s largest #library, is home to millions of items, w/collections of books on foreign languages & world history, as well as music, films & newspapers. It serves as the #research arm of #Congress & is open to the public.
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Why Harper Lee's New Book Is Different: I skipped Lee's "Go Set a Watchman" after reviews made clear that it was no match for her "To Kill a Mockingbird."

But the news is more promising about a book by Lee due out in October. At @medium, I explain why I'm giving it a chance (and it's not just because I live in Alabama, not far from Lee's Monroeville).

#books #fiction #Medium #literature #HarperLee

medium.com/lit-life/why-harper

Harper Lee and the covers of her novels
Lit Life · Why Harper Lee’s New Book Is Different - Lit Life - MediumBy Janice Harayda

Author Harper Lee became a household name after “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published in 1960. But, as many writers have experienced, Lee’s rise to fame was impeded by rejections from literary journals and magazines. Lee kept those early attempts at fiction, and following her death in 2016, her executor discovered the writings in her apartment. Now, eight never-before-seen short stories will be published this year. Read more from @Smithsonianmag:

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