Reclusive octogenarian Harper Lee, author of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize-wining novel To Kill a Mockingbird, has re-appeared in print for the first time after a long hiatus, writing a letter in the July issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.
Lee reveals that she’s no fan of modern technology, or e-books for that matter, writing: “Now, 75 years later, in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.” She asks: “Oprah, can you imagine curling up in bed to read a computer? Weeping for Anna Karenina and being terrified by Hannibal Lecter, entering the heart of darkness with Mistah Kurtz, having Holden Caulfield ring you up—some things should happen on soft pages, not cold metal.”
Read the Publisher’s Weekly article here.
