American Masters | Richard Russo on To Kill a Mockingbird | PBS
Duration: 03:35
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American Masters #2504
Broadcast Date: Apr. 2, 2012
Novelist Richard Russo describes how he reluctantly read To Kill a Mockingbird as a student in Catholic school. Russo explains how the relationships described in the book influenced him as a writer and provided inspiration for his own characters in his Pulitzer prize-winning novel, Empire Falls. Harper Lee: Hey Boo airs Monday April 2nd at 10 p.m. (check local listings).
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