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Celebrating 50 Years of an American Classic: To Kill a Mockingbird
In a recent New Yorker piece, Malcolm Gladwell describes a real-life counterpart to beloved To Kill a Mockingbird hero Atticus Finch. Fifties Alabama governor Big Jim Thompson opposed racism, but his reformist vision didn’t go farther than trying to win over neighbors’ hearts and minds; his approach was incompatible with big legal victories like Brown v. Board. And eventually “old-style Southern liberalism — gradual and paternalistic — crumbled in the face of … an urgent demand for formal equality.” Like Thompson, Finch is no crusader; he extends forgiveness to his lynch-mobbing neighbors, explaining that “we all have our blind spots.” While Harper Lee’s novel is often remembered as an unambiguously charming coming-of-age story, analyses like Gladwell’s show the truth is more complicated. Ponder this still-intriguing text at Davis Kidd’s 50th birthday event: Six local authors will read their favorite passages from the novel, and all purchases benefit Room to Read.
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Davis-Kidd Booksellers
- 2121 Green Hills Village Dr., Nashville Green Hills TN 37215
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385-2645
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