Author Harper Lee is to be given America's highest civilian honour by President George W Bush for her outstanding contribution to literature. Her only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, which was a plea for racial tolerance, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961.
A high school in Northwest Florida could face trouble if they drop the N-word from a performance of the classic "To Kill a Mockingbird"
You may notice I say the word is "forbidden," not "taboo," which most people think means the same thing. It doesn't.
To Kill a Mockingbird isn't just a novel set in Monroeville, Alabama. It's the town's obsession. "Top secret," Mr. X whispered to me toward the end of my stay in Monroeville, Alabama. "Nelle is in town."
Since completing her 1960 Pulitzer-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee has barely published a word. Two major writing projects - one a novel, the other a non-fiction work about an Alabama serial killer - were apparently started but never completed to her satisfaction.
Harper Lee wrote one of the great works of American literature and is portrayed in two new Hollywood movies. Now her friendship with high school pupils has led her to talk publicly for the first time since 1964, writes Paul Harris.
Celebrated author Harper Lee comes out of seclusion for a day to honor young writers at the University of Alabama.
This fight has been going on in school systems ever since this book was published. I don't know why some parents get so upset about books like this. What is so upsetting about this petition is the anonymous nature behind it.