If Alabama had to choose a secular saint, I suspect it would be Harper Lee (1926-2016), the author of To Kill a Mockingbird. She only published the one novel, and a few other things along the way. So, it came as a bit of a surprise when HarperCollins announced the upcoming publication of a selection of Lee’s previously published and “newly discovered” writing under the title, The Land of Sweet Forever. And that’s about all we know.
I explore the upcoming book, and posthumous publications in general, in an essay for First Draft, the quarterly publication of Alabama Writers’ Forum. Read it here:
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