The Legacy of Harper Lee

Perhaps more than any other American author, Harper Lee proved that it isn’t the quantity of your output that will make you a legend in readers’ eyes. It is the content–the very life-changing depth–of a work that will transcend you into being deemed one of the authors of that elusive term, the great American novel. Like J.D. Salinger, Lee proved to be an enigma in her … Continue reading The Legacy of Harper Lee

Genna RivieccioFebruary 20, 2016February 20, 2016Leave a comment

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Go Set A Watchman, Atticus Finch & Killing Your Idols

The outpouring of interest in and hostility toward Harper Lee’s unpublished first draft (billed as a sequel) of To Kill A Mockingbird raises the question of why it is so generally loathed by enthusiasts of the original. Go Set A Watchman, at its core, is a good novel–one that, at best, far outweighs most of the slop modern writers are putting out today and, at … Continue reading Go Set A Watchman, Atticus Finch & Killing Your Idols

Genna RivieccioAugust 10, 2015September 30, 20152 Comments