Do you enjoy literary pilgrimages (actual or virtual)? Be prepared for a visit to Harper Lee’s Monroeville, Alabama. This small Southern town (population around 6,000) was the inspiration for Maycomb, where To Kill a Mockingbird is set.

To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) by Harper Lee continues to be one of the most frequently taught novels in American high schools and is beloved by readers of all persuasions. The Pulitzer Prize-winning book has sold more than forty million copies and has been translated into some forty languages.

After a gap of fifty-six years, the 2016 publication of Go Set a Watchman set off a fervor of renewed interest in the famously private (though not, as myth would have it, reclusive) author. Read More→