Quillblog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
In the past year or so, a handful of parental complaints have resulted in books such as Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird being banned in several Toronto-area schools. In an effort to avoid such controversies in the future, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, which comprises schools in [...]
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A Southern Mirrored Window by Motoko Rich Published, New York Times: November 2, 2009 “ The Help ,” a novel about the relationships between African-American maids and their white employers in 1960s Mississippi, has the classic elements of a crowd pleaser: it features several feisty women enmeshed in a page-turning plot, clear villains and a bit of a history lesson. Kathryn Stockett, author...
Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I sat through a play last Tuesday night which was based on Harper Lee’s classic book, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” It was an admirable production presented by the Montana Repertory Theater as part of the wonderful series of performances brought to the community by the Arts Association of East Alabama.
The Young Professional Blogs Aggregator (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Gods, this is going to be a sappy one… It’s the kind of sentence that comes right out of left field, right from the author rather than the character. Lulled into a false [...] Related posts: I don’t talk about it often… but I...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Collin Wilcox Paxton, who played the poor Southern white girl who falsely accuses a black man of raping her in the 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," has died. She was 74.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Veteran actress COLLIN WILCOX has died of brain cancer, aged 74.The star, most famous for her role as rape victim Mayella Ewell in the movie version of Harper Lee's...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Ms. Wilcox worked actively in television and in theater, but she was best-known for her film role as Mayella Ewell in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the 1962 adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel.
Anecdotal Evidence (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
I've been working with a woman in a high school special-education class whose favorite novel is Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird . She’s read it many times, knows the movie by heart and as a student had a minor role in her high school’s production of the play. She’s been reading the book aloud, a few pages daily, to our students. Some are attentive, at least periodically....
The Pioneer Woman (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
By Mrs. G . Mrs. G. loves books. Her house is filled with them. Her car is filled with them. She even carries a couple of them in her purse. While some people fear heights and great white sharks, Mrs. G’s idea of terror involves being stuck at the DMV or Jiffy Lube without a book to read. Rather than sit quietly and enjoy a moment of self-reflection, Mrs. G. will pull out her Chapstick and read...
Post-Darwinist (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
I haven't been posting recently, due to computer failure. But, catching up, let me begin by talking about recent events in the fight for free speech in Canada. Here's an update on Jennifer Lynch, who - I cannot believe - still works for the federal government. I have no time for any racist, anti-Semite, Nazi, or Holocaust denier, but in her department, people pretended to be such persons (or actually...
THE ELLORY JOURNAL (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
THE SOUTH WILL WRITE AGAIN... Apologies for the cheap title, but I couldn't resist it! Anyway, here I am in Nashville, Country Music Capital, and I thought this morning about the South and Southern writers. I have always been a voracious reader of a certain type of literature, a type of prose that is more poetic and lyrical than the styles you might find in other types of literature, and it occurred...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
John Sutherland on the winner - To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Abby (the) Librarian (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Also Known As Harper by Ann Haywood Leal . Grades 4-7. Henry Holt, 2009. Copy provided by my local library. Because libraries rule and where would we be without them? Harper Lee Morgan loves words. It's a love she inherited from her mama, a lady so in love with To Kill a Mockingbird that she's read it at least 36 times and named her firstborn child after its author. Yes, Harper loves words, and she's...
Quillblog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Bookish links from around the Web: The foodie bride’s lament: Condé Nast-owned magazines Gourmet, Cookie, Elegant Bride, and Modern Bride all cease publication More book banning madness: Toronto parent wants Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird off the Toronto District School Board’s curriculum Speaking of writers from the American South, Reuters assures us that Maya Angelou...
cynsations (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Learn about Kerry Madden , and read her LJ . Kerry's books include Harper Lee (Viking, 2009). Could you tell us about your writing community—your critique group or critique partner or other sources of creative support? I attended the first meeting of my writing group in spring of 1991. My son Flannery was two-and-a-half, and my daughter Lucy was six-months-old. It was a Thursday evening, and...
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