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The release of Harper Lee's second novel, "Go Set a Watchman," has critics, readers and fans of "To Kill a Mockingbird" buzzing this week.

 talks to a writer, a playwright and a high school English teacher about Lee's legacy and what the new book has to offer.

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A writer, a playwright and a high school English teacher discuss the continued resonance of "To Kill a Mockingbird," and how Harper Lee's new book could affect the classic's legacy.

Movie theaters showed midnight screenings of Mockingbird as book stores opened early on Tuesday to sell "Go Set a Watchman." Social media was alight with concerns about the transformation of Atticus Finch and discussion about whether the book should have been published at all. Those are some of the questions we contemplated with this week's panelist.

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