It's The Summer Of To Kill A Mockingbird
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's classic children's book. And although To Kill a Mockingbird has a famously private author, the book's birthday shall be acknowledged!
"She's Who Scout Finch Would Have Grown Up To Be, I Think"
I'd like to think so too. But regardless, this is a great read, including the very vibrant comment section, from whence the quote above comes. [Ta-Nehisi Coates/The Atlantic]
R.I.P. Collin Wilcox
Collin Wilcox, an accomplished actress perhaps best known for playing Mayella Ewell, the woman who falsely accuses Tom Robinson of rape in To Kill A Mockingbird, has died at 74. [NYT]
Atticus! Atticus!
"Boo Radley is a hero. Bob Ewell is a racist and a rapist [...] And yet Gladwell thinks the reason that Atticus has a different "standard" for each man is that Radley has more money!" — Isaac Chotiner [TNR]
Was Harper Lee's Atticus Finch A Classist?
The 50th anniversary of To Kill A Mockingbird is coming up in 2010, leading some to question whether Atticus Finch is really the champion of equality Harper Lee makes him out to be. Malcolm Gladwell takes the case.
Nefertiti May Be A Fake • Copulating Corpses Cause Controversy
• Swiss art historian Henri Stierlin claims that the famous bust of Nefertiti housed in a Berlin museum is actually a fake, created in 1912 as a copy on which archeologists could test pigments. •
Sexist Beer Ad Gets The Boot • "To Kill a Mockingbird" Named Most Inspirational Book
• The advertising overlords have ruled that this ad for Courage beer suggesting that a man needs a drink to gather the "Dutch courage" to tell a woman her ass looks fat, is unacceptable. •
The Enduring Allure Of Teen Angst
On Minnesota public radio today, a show called Midmorning
examined the novels that are commonly taught in American high schools. was upheld, alongside , as books that are still relevant to today's teens, despite dealing with problems that are somewhat outdated. An example of a book that, while still prominent on most…
