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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern law professor Steven Lubet led a literary salon on Harper Lees Go Set a Watchman at Bookends & Beginnings Tuesday night. The bookstores first literary salon included a discussion on the contrasting portrayal of Atticus Finch in the new novel compared to Lees To Kill a Mockingbird.

Bookends & Beginnings debuts literary salon series with conversation on ‘Go Set a Watchman’

August 12, 2015

Northwestern law professor Steven Lubet (Weinberg ‘70) led a conversation at Bookends & Beginnings on Tuesday evening about author Harper Lee's new novel "Go Set a Watchman" and its effect on Americans'...

Gates: Authors of classic works deserve chance to branch out

Gates: Authors of classic works deserve chance to branch out

February 15, 2015

I remember my high school English teacher describing “To Kill a Mockingbird” as a “one-hit wonder” because Harper Lee has only ever published one novel, despite the fact that it has become one...

Local professor Joan Marie Johnson speaks to Evanston residents about perspectives not included in the bestselling novel “The Help.” The history professor talked about black female activists, including Rosa Parks and and Septima Clark.

History professor discusses missing perspectives in ‘The Help’

November 9, 2014

A history professor spoke to more than 30 people at the Evanston Public Library on Sunday about the experiences and perspectives author Kathryn Stockett left out of her bestselling novel "The Help." Joan...

City Lit celebrates Banned Books Week with readings

October 7, 2012

The classic American novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" and the contemporary young adult series "Gossip Girl" don’t have much in common, except that both are considered “banned books” by the American...

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