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A woman leans against a book with text reading "TEXT AND THE CITY" in the background.

Text and the City: In ‘Yellowface,’ who gets to tell the story (and get away with it)? 

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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Jan. 8
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Signs on bookshelves at Kepler's

Kepler’s Books remains hub for literature and activism in the Bay 

Emerson Prentice
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Jan. 4
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Graphic for Olive Pacal's column.

Intro to Wisdom: The ‘farcical epiphany’ and metamodernism in ‘Less’ and ‘The Corrections’

Olive Pacal
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Dec. 1
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Daniel Xu's column, "And So We Thought," reflects on the media ecosystem we live in. (Graphic: MEI KNUTSON/The Stanford Daily)

And So We Thought: In ‘The Long Walk,’ simplicity mutates into suffering

Daniel Xu
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Nov. 21
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A woman leans against a book with text reading "TEXT AND THE CITY" in the background.

Text and the City: ‘Persepolis’ by Marjane Satrapi draws girlhood in ink and defiance

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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Nov. 16
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Daniel Xu's column, "And So We Thought," reflects on the media ecosystem we live in. (Graphic: MEI KNUTSON/The Stanford Daily)

And So We Thought: There is a universe of ideas in ‘Invisible Cities’

Daniel Xu
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Nov. 11
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Graphic for Olive Pacal's column.

Intro to Wisdom: Exploring the philosophical implications of ‘Calvin and Hobbes’

Olive Pacal
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Nov. 5
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A woman leans against a book with text reading "TEXT AND THE CITY" in the background.

Text and the City: Welcome to the doll house

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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Oct. 28
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Daniel Xu's column, "And So We Thought," reflects on the media ecosystem we live in. (Graphic: MEI KNUTSON/The Stanford Daily)

And So We Thought: Oppenheimer and the closing of the American mind

Daniel Xu
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Oct. 27
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Graphic for Olive Pacal's column.

‘A Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy’ illustrates Western philosophy’s biggest ideas 

Olive Pacal
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Oct. 23
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The textbooks we know, we love and we loathe. (Graphic: ANANYA UDAYGIRI/The Stanford Daily)

Listicle: The textbooks Stanford can’t forget

Allie Skalnik, Emerson Prentice, Emmett Chung, Chris Procaccino, Chloe Shannon Wong and Kelly Wang
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Oct. 15
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graphic of physician mending the heart

How ‘Being Mortal’ addresses what modern medicine cannot fix

Ruby Honjol
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Oct. 12
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A woman leans against a book with text reading "TEXT AND THE CITY" in the background.

Text and the City: In Sierra Greer’s ‘Annie Bot,’ patriarchy enters the chat

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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Oct. 9
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(Courtesy of Thought Catalog via Unsplash)

Listicle: What did Stanford read this summer?

Sebastian Strawser, Emerson Prentice, Blyss Cleveland, Adeline Lee and Kaylee Chan
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Oct. 8
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A woman leans against a book with text reading "TEXT AND THE CITY" in the background.

Text and the City: ‘The Most’ by Jessica Anthony: Staying in the pool is the point

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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Oct. 1
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Adam Johnson headshot

Adam Johnson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author behind ‘The Wayfinder’

Kristen Lai
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Sept. 25
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Poster reads "the stanford storytelling project"

Stanford Storytelling Project podcast took creative writing ‘Off the Page’

Grace Liang
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June 4
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A woman is seen with only her head and shoulders, in front of a grassy green.

‘Spent’: Alison Bechdel’s newest novel shows she’s still one to watch out for

Madisyn Cunningham
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June 2
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Two hands hold open a book with the words "Rage on the Page" sprawled in it in black and red.

Rage on the Page: Survival as scripture in ‘The Unworthy’

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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May 28
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"One Boat" is Buckley's 13th novel. Within its pages, it captures the nuances of grieving, says our critic. (Graphic: DA-HEE Kim/The Stanford Daily).

Jonathan Buckley’s ‘One Boat’ blends grief and self-discovery 

Leyla Yilmaz
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May 25
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