Book shows personal side of ‘Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee
September 23, 2022 GMTHOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — To the world, Harper Lee was aloof to the point of being unknowable, an obsessively private person who spent most of her life avoiding the public gaze despite writing one of the best-selling books ever, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” To Wayne Flynt, the Alabama-born author was his friend, Nelle.
Maine island library wants your banned books
March 19, 2022 GMTMATINICUS ISLAND, Maine (AP) — There’s an “Island of Misfit Toys” in the popular holiday classic. Now there's an island for unwanted and banned books, too.
The tiny library on Matinicus Island 22 miles (35 kilometers) off the Maine coast is on a mission to fill its shelves with books that have fallen out of favor elsewhere.
Greg Kinnear readies (again) for his Broadway debut
November 3, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Greg Kinnear was just a month away from making his Broadway debut in the play “To Kill a Mockingbird” when the pandemic shut theater down in March 2020.
Books by Steinbeck, Alexie among most objected to in 2020
April 5, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The closing of physical libraries because of the pandemic has slowed but not stopped patrons and others from calling for books to be banned or restricted...
Alexie, Pilkey books among most ‘challenged’ of past decade
September 27, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Toni Morrison is on the list. So are John Green and Harper Lee. And John Steinbeck and Margaret Atwood...
Judge invalidates Trump rollback of law protecting birds
August 13, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. judge in New York has invalidated rule changes put in place by the Trump administration that scaled back a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species despite warnings that billions of birds could die as a result...
Review: Jordan and Foxx shine in urgent drama ‘Just Mercy’
December 20, 2019 GMTThere's usually one film that tops lists whenever powerful legal thrillers are debated — “To Kill a Mockingbird," set in the 1930s...
Why small US theaters have canceled ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
February 28, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of community and nonprofit theaters across the U.S. have been forced to abandon productions of "To Kill a Mockingbird" under legal threat by Broadway and Hollywood producer Scott Rudin...
Judge sets June ‘Mockingbird’ trial if Alabama judge Oks it
April 30, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge says she'll preside over a June trial over the disputed Broadway production of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," if an Alabama judge allows it...
‘Mockingbird’ Broadway producer sues Harper Lee’s estate
April 17, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The producer of the Broadway production of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" has filed a countersuit against the executor of the late author's estate which challenged screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel...
Harper Lee letters offer candid takes on religion, family
April 2, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Around the same time "To Kill a Mockingbird" made Harper Lee a best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, she was still fighting for creative control...
Governor appoints S.F. prosecutor to judgeship
March 31, 2018 GMTGov. Susana Martinez on Friday appointed Santa Fe prosecutor Jason Lidyard to a First District Court judgeship.
Lidyard, 36, was already running for the seat in the forthcoming primary election.
Harper Lee estate sues over ‘Mockingbird’ Broadway version
March 15, 2018 GMTBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The estate of "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee has filed suit over an upcoming Broadway adaptation of the novel, arguing that screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's script wrongly alters Atticus Finch and other characters from the book...
Cover design unveiled for new Harper Lee novel
March 25, 2015 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The cover for Harper Lee's new novel will surely remind you of the cover for her old one.
On Wednesday, HarperCollins unveiled the jacket art for Lee's "Go Set a Watchman," the unexpected follow-up to her classic "To Kill a Mockingbird."