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How Harper Lee Made Me Who I Am Today

Posted February 19th, 2016 at 4:26 pm (UTC-4)
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When I was 11 years old, my father gave me a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird. “Read this,” he told me, “and then we’re going to talk about it”…There followed a memorable conversation with my father about the book.

The Harper Lee I Knew

Posted February 19th, 2016 at 11:46 am (UTC-4)
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I reminded Nelle of something she had said to me about “To Kill a Mockingbird” years before…“I wish I’d never written the damn thing.” On this day, over coffee, I (asked her) “Do you still feel that way?” She glanced away…Then she looked at me again. “Sometimes,” she said. “But then it passes.”