“The Land of Sweet Forever” includes stories and essays by a writer who grappled with her Southern roots. By Laura Miller Laura Miller is a books and culture columnist for Slate and the author of “The ...

The cover of "The Land of Sweet Forever" and author Harper Lee. (Courtesy of HarperCollins and Rob Carr/AP) “How thrilling, then, to encounter a time capsule from the start of Lee’s career.” That’s ...

Fortunately for avid bibliophiles, Harper Lee was an inveterate pack rat. Born in rural Monroeville, Ala., in 1926, the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird” — whose first name is Nelle, her grandmother ...

“How thrilling, then, to encounter a time capsule from the start of Lee’s career.” That’s what Harper Lee biographer Casey Cep writes in the introduction to “The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and ...

Harper Lee was 34 when she published To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960. The novel was an immediate hit, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, successfully filmed in 1962. The book has now sold some 40 ...

Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. MTV premiered on August 1, 1981, and four different videos by Split Enz ...

A crisp sweet potato crust cradles a creamy quiche filled with smoky bacon, Gruyère, and Parmigiano-Reggiano. Andee Gosnell is a San Francisco born, Birmingham-based food photographer, writer, and ...

Vestal residents will be headed to the polls in November to elect two Vestal Town Board members. Democrat Suzanne Messina is seeking reelection. The other seat has been vacant since Stephen Donnelly ...

The attack occurred outside a petrol station as she returned from a samba rehearsal BRAZILIAN fitness icon turned pornstar Gracyanne Barbosa was violently carjacked at gunpoint and thrown to the ...

Sabrina Carpenter couldn’t wait to get a pair of pink fuzzy handcuffs on Gigi Hadid at her latest concert. “Excuse me, what’s your name?” the pop icon said Thursday, while onstage in Pittsburgh for ...

Retro design meets modern function as the Land Cruiser FJ debuts with removable bumpers and MOLLE panels. Just like the American Land Cruiser, the returning Land Cruiser FJ will come in two flavors, ...

Four killed, eleven injured after speeding driver plows into Ybor City crowd A high-speed chase in Tampa ended early Saturday when a 22-year-old driver slammed into a Ybor City crowd, killing four and ...