Harper Lee scrupulously avoided public attention for decades, a reticence that made the media circus surrounding her final months all the more remarkable. In 2015, “Go Set a Watchman” appeared, billed ...

In 2003, the American Film Institute made public a list of the most memorable heroes and villains in movie-dom. As the countdown unfolded as part of a TV special, highlights included actors’ ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In his new book, historian Joseph Crespino offers lessons drawn from Harper Lee’s ambivalent treatment of this iconic character. In his illuminating new book, Atticus Finch: The Biography, Joseph ...

From left, Rosemary Magee, rare book collector Paul R. Kennerson and Joe Crespino look over a collection of personal correspondence and memorabilia of renowned novelist Harper Lee in the Rose Library ...

Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power “From the time of the American Revolution, aristocracy has held tremendous sway over a nation quick to proclaim its ...