In the second of his three-part series on the “Literary South” on “City Lights,” travel contributor Kevin Benefield takes listeners to Monroeville and Montgomery in Alabama.
Monroeville served as the childhood home for both Harper Lee and Truman Capote. In fact, Benefield explains, the two grew up living next door to one another. The city is also the inspiration for the fictional town of Maycomb, where Lee’s novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” is set.
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