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A New Account of ‘Watchman’s’ Origin and Hints of a Third Book [14 Jul 2015|01:14am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/business/media/a-new-account-of-watchmans-origin-and-hints-of-a-third-book.html

On the eve of the Harper Lee novel’s publication, her lawyer has put forth a new version of how the book surfaced, raising new questions around an already murky tale.
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While Some Are Shocked by ‘Go Set a Watchman,’ Others Find Nuance in a Bigoted Atticus Finch [14 Jul 2015|04:57am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/books/racism-of-atticus-finch-in-go-set-a-watchman-could-alter-harper-lees-legacy.html

The lawyer who fought racial inequality in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is an aging racist in her new novel “Go Set a Watchman,” a more complex character in which some see added value.
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Nationwide and Across the Ocean, a First Glimpse of ‘Watchman’ [14 Jul 2015|08:40am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/business/media/nationwide-and-across-the-ocean-waiting-for-watchman.html

Fifty-plus years after publication of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” her novel “Go Set a Watchman” went on sale at the stroke of midnight.
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‘Our Man in Charleston,’ by Christopher Dickey [14 Jul 2015|09:00am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/books/review/our-man-in-charleston-by-christopher-dickey.html

A diplomat stationed in South Carolina helped keep Britain out of America’s Civil War.
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Books of The Times: Review: ‘Oreo,’ a Sandwich-Cookie of a Feminist Comic Novel [14 Jul 2015|09:05am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/books/review-oreo-a-sandwich-cookie-of-a-feminist-comic-novel.html

Readers have a chance to enjoy this culture-hopping novel by Fran Ross, being reissued 40 years after most of the world ignored it.
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Bookends: What Are the Consequences of Our Cultural Obsession With Newness? [14 Jul 2015|12:00pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/books/review/what-are-the-consequences-of-our-cultural-obsession-with-newness.html

Siddhartha Deb and Anna Holmes discuss what we gain and lose in the onrush of the new.
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Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Brings Division and Curiosity to Monroeville, Ala. [14 Jul 2015|08:19pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/books/harper-lees-go-set-a-watchman-brings-division-and-curiosity-to-monroeville-ala.html

Despite some determined pilgrims and the publicity for Ms. Lee’s novel, so far there hasn’t been a tourist bonanza for her hometown.
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Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ [14 Jul 2015|08:43pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/books/review/harper-lees-go-set-a-watchman.html

“Go Set a Watchman” demands that its readers abandon the immature sentimentality ingrained by middle school and the film adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
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