Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
Log in
Search
Subscribe to Digest
Donate
Remove Ads
Picture of Lily Zhou

Lily Zhou

Arts & Life
A multi-colored background of orange, pink, and red with five book covers in the foreground.

What to read: AAPI Heritage Month recommendations

Kirsten Mettler, Lily Zhou, Kyla Figueroa, Peyton Lee and Richard Coca
  •  
May 30, 2022
Reads
Close-up view of a set of numbered red books, spines facing out like on a bookshelf

William Brewer’s ‘The Red Arrow’ is a complex portrait of a struggling writer

Lily Zhou
  •  
May 29, 2022
Reads
A red curved arrow pointing to "Either Or" against a yellow background

Elif Batuman’s ‘Either/Or’ is endearingly tedious

Lily Zhou
  •  
May 25, 2022
Arts & Life
A crescent moon and stars against a blue background. "Sea of Tranquility" is in white letters.

Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Sea of Tranquility’ is an overly simplistic exploration of Nihilism

Lily Zhou
  •  
May 24, 2022
Reads
A person reading an orange book against a white, yellow and orange background.

Small details of love shine in Yanyi’s ‘Dream of the Divided Field’

Lily Zhou
  •  
April 26, 2022
Arts & Life
Green and pink book with glasses sitting on top; blue background

“Fiona and Jane” is a story of personal growth, rather than friendship

Lily Zhou
  •  
Feb. 8, 2022
Arts & Life
headshot of author Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami’s ‘First Person Singular’ a perplexing disappointment

Lily Zhou
  •  
April 27, 2021
headshot of author R.O. Kwon

Longing and obsession in R.O. Kwon’s ‘The Incendiaries’

Lily Zhou
  •  
Feb. 22, 2021
Madeleine Thien. (Photo: Simon Fraser University)

Rewriting time in ‘Do Not Say We Have Nothing’

Lily Zhou
  •  
Feb. 7, 2021
Arts & Life
Portrait of Louise Gluck

Louise Glück explores humanity’s relationship to nature in ‘Averno’

Lily Zhou
  •  
Oct. 26, 2020
Arts & Life
Photo: Oneworld Publications.

Mythology and memory in ‘Bestiary’

Lily Zhou
  •  
Oct. 8, 2020
Reads
Lily Zhou reviews Meng Jin's debut novel "Little Gods," the story of a brilliant, deceased Chinese physicist told by everyone but herself. (Photo: Debutiful)

‘Little Gods,’ big distances

Lily Zhou
  •  
May 14, 2020
Arts & Life
"Reconstructions" is a uniquely beautiful poetry collection that thrives on its deft understanding of language. (Photo: Sibling Rivalry Press)

Poetry under construction

Lily Zhou
  •  
Feb. 24, 2020
Data
modeling the draw

Modeling the Draw

Lily Zhou, Charles Pan, Tiffany Shi, Dylan Grosz and Cathy Zhang
  •  
April 19, 2019
News
A picture of the lobby of the ASSU office in Old Union, with a view of the front desk

Beyond their platforms: a look at the 2019 ASSU candidates

Zora Ilunga-Reed, Patrick Monreal and Lily Zhou
  •  
March 13, 2019
News
Creative Commons

While San Francisco rents spike, Stanford residential fees remain level

Lily Zhou
  •  
Jan. 24, 2019
The Stanford Daily

Login or create an account