Skip to main content
Nevada Public Radio
  • News 88.9 KNPR
  • Classical 89.7 kcnv
  • Magazine Desert Companion
  • About

    How to reach us

    1289 S. Torrey Pines Dr.
    Las Vegas, NV 89146

    Main Number:  1-702-258-9895
    Toll Free: 1-888-258-9895

    More contact info

     

     

      • Staff
      • Board of Directors
      • Employment
      • CPB Compliance
      • Our Policies
      • Our Business Members
      • Listen on the Radio
      • Other Ways to Listen
      • Sign-up for NVPR News
      • FCC Public Inspection File
      • CPB Funding
      • History
    • News 88.9 KNPR
    • Classical 89.7 KCNV
    • Desert Companion
  • Programs

    On News 88.9 KNPR

    On Classical 89.7

    News

    • All Things Considered
    • BBC World Service
    • Here & Now
    • Hidden Brain
    • It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders
    • KNPR's State of Nevada
    • Marketplace
    • Morning Edition
    • On the Media
    • Planet Money - How I Built This
    • Reveal
    • Take Two
    • The Daily
    • The Takeaway
    • Weekend Edition Saturday
    • Weekend Edition Sunday

    Humor

    • Ask Me Another
    • Live Wire!
    • Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

    Arts & Life

    • Bullseye
    • Desert Bloom
    • Fresh Air
    • Nevada Yesterdays
    • Radiolab
    • Snap Judgment
    • Sound Opinions
    • TED Radio Hour
    • The Business
    • The Moth
    • This American Life

    Classical

    • Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    • Classical Music
    • Concierto
    • From the Top
    • Music from the Hearts of Space
    • New York Philharmonic
    • Performance Today
    • Pipedreams
    • Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
    • Sunday Baroque
    • SymphonyCast

    Special Projects

    • Race and Racism in Nevada
    • StoryCorps Virtual: Las Vegas
    • Coronavirus - What You Need to Know
    • Fifth Street
  • Projects
  • Support
      • Support NVPR
      • Contact Member Services
      • Corporate Support
      • Donate your Car
      • Give Voice Major Gift Initiative
      • myPublicRadio
      • NVPR Facebook Fundraisers FAQ
      • Planned Giving
      • Volunteer
    • myPublicRadio
    • Donate Now
        • Member Benefits

    Main menu

    Search

    Listen

    News 88.9 KNPR
    Classical 89.7 KCNV
    Podcasts view all

    member station

    Support
    Subscribe to Harper Lee

    Harper Lee

    NPR
    Book Reviews
    <em>Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee</em>, by Casey Cep
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    'Furious Hours' Tells The Tale Of Harper Lee And Her Unfinished Work

    May 08, 2019
    Writer Casey Cep's book delivers a gripping, incredibly well-written portrait not only of Harper Lee, but also of mid-20th century Alabama — and a still-unanswered set of crimes.
    NPR
    The Two-Way
    Harper Lee in 2007.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Harper Lee Estate Sues Over 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Broadway Script By Aaron Sorkin

    Mar 15, 2018
    The author's lawyer says a contract bars the producers of a high-profile stage adaptation from departing "in any manner" from the spirit of the classic novel.
    NPR
    The Two-Way
    Eden Sherman checks out <em>Go Set a Watchman</em> at the Books and Books store last year in Coral Gables, Fla.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    The Measure Of Harper Lee: A Life Shaped By A Towering Text

    Feb 19, 2016
    The author, who died Friday at 89, lived for decades in the shadow of her iconic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Yet there was more to Lee than her characters, however beloved they may remain.
    • Listen Download
    NPR
    The Two-Way
    Pulitzer Prize winner and <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em> author Harper Lee smiles before receiving the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Harper Lee, Author Of 'To Kill A Mockingbird,' Dies At Age 89

    Feb 19, 2016
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer died in her hometown of Monroeville, Ala. Published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird has sold tens of millions of copies and been translated into dozens of languages.
    NPR
    The Salt
    A Lane cake is a layered sponge cake filled with a rich mixture of egg yolks, butter, sugar, raisins and whiskey and topped with boiled icing.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    What Ever Happened To The Boozy Cake In 'To Kill A Mockingbird'?

    Jul 15, 2015
    In Harper Lee's classic first novel, Scout Finch's neighbor is known for her Lane cakes. But it's now hard to find this Southern layered sponge cake filled with raisins and whiskey anywhere.
    NPR
    The Two-Way
    <em>Go Set a Watchman</em>, by Harper Lee.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    In Harper Lee's Return, First Chapter Swings From Homecoming To Heartbreak

    Jul 10, 2015
    The opening chapter of Go Set A Watchman, Lee's first novel in 55 years, is out. Reactions ran from joy to shock — as readers coped with a plot twist and lingering doubts on the timing of its release.
    NPR
    Books
    Every spring, local residents have staged a play based on <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em> in this courthouse in Monroeville, Ala.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    A Town Divided Over The Next Chapter Of An Iconic Harper Lee Book

    May 04, 2015
    There's plenty of speculation about whether the octogenarian author really intended to release the manuscript, discovered by her lawyer last year.
    • Listen Download
    NPR
    The Two-Way
    Harper Lee, seen here receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007, actually wrote <em>Go Set a Watchman </em>first. But she set it aside when her editor suggested focusing on Scout's flashbacks instead — and she did, in what became <em>To Kill
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Harper Lee Plans To Publish A New Novel Featuring 'Mockingbird' Hero

    Feb 03, 2015
    More than 50 years after the release of her classic — and only — novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee plans to publish a second. The newly unearthed book, Go Set a Watchman, will be published in July.
    • home
    • How to reach us
    • About
    • Support
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • NVPR News
    • Instagram

    © All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy

    PRXNPRAPMBBC INN