{"id":5618,"date":"2023-10-09T12:01:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T16:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=5618"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:15:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:15:49","slug":"episode-228-go-set-a-watchman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-228-go-set-a-watchman\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 228 – Go Set A Watchman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We just wrapped up Banned Books Week<\/a> in the USA, a time to celebrate our freedom to read and also to speak up about book challenges! We were joined by Jen and Dan, the hosts of the Banned Camp podcast<\/a>, where they read banned books to investigate why they were banned. They previously read To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> by Harper Lee, which is frequently banned and challenged<\/a>. So together we read the controversial Go Set A Watchman<\/em> by Harper Lee<\/a>, and you know what…maybe we’re challenging it. No, like, we’re not going to call for it to be removed from libraries or anything, just like…are you sure you want to read it? Listen to this episode on your next train ride to Maycomb.<\/p>\n

Content warning:\u00a0<\/strong>Discussion of racism (though we 100% guarantee we do not say the n-word aloud on the podcast, although it is in the text of the book itself), sexual assault, and death of a sibling.<\/p>\n

Readers advisory<\/strong>:\u00a0Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Footnotes:\u00a0<\/strong>Unite Against Book Bans<\/a><\/p>\n

“How to Fight Book Bans and Challenges” by Kelly Jensen<\/a><\/p>\n

“Banned Spotlight:\u00a0To Kill a Mockingbird”<\/em> by Betsy Gomez<\/a><\/p>\n

“See where \u2018Go Set a Watchman\u2019 overlaps with \u2018To Kill a Mockingbird,\u2019 word-for-word” by Keith Collins\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Nikhil Sonnad<\/a><\/p>\n

Harper Lee: The controversy that still surrounds author’s ‘lost novel’ Go Set a Watchman<\/em> by Andrew Buncombe<\/a><\/p>\n

Coming up next:\u00a0<\/strong>Practical Magic<\/em> by Alice Hoffman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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