Harper Lee, the young writer who crafted stories in hopes of magazine publication; Lee the lively New Yorker, Alabamian, and friend to Truman Capote.The Land of Sweet Forever combines Lees early short fiction and later nonfiction in a volume offering a look at the development of her inimitable voice. Covering territory from the Alabama schoolyards of Lees youth to the luncheonettes and movie houses of midcentury Manhattan, The Land of Sweet Forever invites still-vital conversations about politics, equality, travel, love, fiction, art, American South, and what it means to lead an engaged and creative life.This collection comes with an introduction by Casey Cep, Harper Lees appointed biographer, which provides background for our reading of these stories and connects them both to Lees life and to her two novels.