Harper Lee’s much anticipated “new novel” Go Set a Watchman hit bookstores this week and, according to every review published, does its best to destroy the legacy of one of American ...

Let me play devil’s advocate for a moment: Why should the revelations in “Go Set a Watchman” -- most notably, its portrait of Atticus Finch as a segregationist -- change the way we think ...

July 14, 2015 saw the publication of Lee's "Go Set A Watchman," a kind of sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird," which presents a very different Atticus Finch. (Universal/AP) I’m going to read "Go ...

Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman” hits shelves Tuesday, and the buzz — which already has been at a fever pitch for weeks — has gone into overdrive with the arrival of the first reviews.

“Watchman” may not become — and may not deserve to be — a classic like “Mockingbird.” But it’s a book I’m glad exists and I want to read.

Why ‘Watchman’? The title of Harper Lee’s second novel, “Go Set a Watchman,” comes from a bible verse — the 21st chapter of Isaiah, verse six: ...

This piece discusses the plot of “Go Set a Watchman.” It is not, however, a particularly plot-heavy book. I will confess that, as I opened Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman” this morning ...

"Go Set a Watchman" should have simply remained in manuscript form and placed in Harper Lee’s archives for scholars and students to learn from, suggests John Winters.

Watchman sat dormant for nearly 60 years, but, aside from a routine copyedit, HarperCollins made no changes to the original text before publishing it last month. This book is a draft, and it shows.