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Arts & Life
Bestselling author Robert Dugoni writes about spies, but his characters are never caricatures (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

The mind of an author with Robert Dugoni

Mark York
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May 8, 2019
Arts & Life
Alexandra Kleeman is the author of "You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine." She wrote the acclaimed novel in unusual locations, like a Wendy's restaurant (courtesy of Arturo Olmos).

On Alexandra Kleeman’s ‘You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine’

Carly Taylor
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May 1, 2019
Arts & Life
The English Romantic poet William Wordsworth once extolled the beauty of daffodils (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Lasting notes from National Poetry Month

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Katherine Silk, Lily Nilipour, Mark York and Shana E. Hadi
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April 30, 2019
Arts & Life
Helen Oyeyemi's acclaimed collection consists of enigmatic short stories, left open to the reader's imagination (courtesy of Riverhead Books).

‘What is Not Yours is Not Yours’ exquisitely enchants and eludes

Shana E. Hadi
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April 18, 2019
Arts & Life
Sherlock Holmes would be shocked if he read "City of Glass." Paul Auster's story deconstructs classic detective fiction (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

In constructing a deconstruction — ‘City of Glass’ as the detective novel’s autopsy

Mark York
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April 4, 2019
Arts & Life
Award-winning author Sofia Samatar explores an ancient Scottish myth in "Selkie Stories Are for Losers" (courtesy of Jim C. Hines).

‘Selkie Stories are for Losers’ is a bittersweet winner

Shana E. Hadi
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April 3, 2019
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Trying my hand at reading the menu like a linguist

Sofia Schlozman
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March 25, 2019
Arts & Life
L.M. Montgomery is best known for "Anne of Green Gables," but her novel "Emily and New Moon" is also a classic (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Leaf through these refreshing March reads

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Katherine Silk, Sarah Kim, Lily Nilipour and Shana E. Hadi
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March 21, 2019
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Fiction: Under (the) covers (Part 2)

Inyoung Choi
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March 8, 2019
Arts & Life
"The Vela" is a serial speculative fiction story, but it addresses the current refugee crisis and climate change (courtesy of Serial Box).

Unveiling ‘The Vela’: An interview with Becky Chambers, S. L. Huang and Yoon Ha Lee (Part 2)

Shana E. Hadi
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March 7, 2019
Arts & Life
"The Vela" is a serial speculative fiction story, but it addresses the current refugee crisis and climate change (courtesy of Serial Box).

Unveiling ‘The Vela’: An interview with Becky Chambers, S. L. Huang and Yoon Ha Lee (Part 1)

Shana E. Hadi
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March 6, 2019
Arts & Life
In her poetry, Stegner fellow Monica Sok considers her Cambodian heritage (courtesy of Sy Abudu).

Stegner Fellows Gothataone Meong and Monica Sok read poetry and prose to a packed room

Angela Yang
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March 4, 2019
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Fiction: Under (the) covers

Inyoung Choi
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March 1, 2019
In her landmark essays "A Room of One's Own" and "Professions for Women," Virginia Woolf critiques female archetypes (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Woolf, witches and wives: Coming of age through archetype

Claire Francis
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Feb. 27, 2019
The Stanford Shakespeare Company presents "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (courtesy of Frank Chen).

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ delves into the trials of love through fantasy

Shana E. Hadi
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Feb. 22, 2019
In her new book "Becoming," former First Lady Michelle Obama concentrates on her own personal causes rather than politics (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Michelle Obama: Putting the first in First Lady

Sarah Kim
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Feb. 21, 2019
At a Stegner Fellow reading on February 6, Jay Deshpande shared an unpublished poem (courtesy of Jay Deshpande).

Stegner fellows Neha Chaudhary-Kamdar and Jay Deshpande entrance and move listeners

Dax Duong
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Feb. 20, 2019
"Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse" demonstrates that some books must be seen on screen (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

Into the Adaptationverse – ‘Spiderverse’ proves that adaptations are necessary

Mark York
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Feb. 19, 2019
Arts & Life
Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" is one of the most bitter love stories ever written (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Reading between the lines for love

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Lily Nilipour, Carly Taylor, Scott Stevens, Mark York, Claire Francis and Shana E. Hadi
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Feb. 14, 2019
Dave Hickey writes about art, music and culture honestly and unpretentiously (FRAZER HARRISON/Getty Images).

My summer of Dave Hickey

Ali Vaughan
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Feb. 13, 2019
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