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Arts & Life
This Thanksgiving, take time to check out these meaningful books (DELAWARE LIBRARIES/Flickr).

Reads of gratefulness

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Sofia Schlozman, Carly Taylor, Sarah Kim, Katherine Silk, Scott Stevens and Shana E. Hadi
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Nov. 15, 2018
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Literary bites

Shana E. Hadi
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Nov. 13, 2018
Craig Thompson muses on memory in his graphic novel "Blankets." (Courtesy of Craig Thompson)

Listening to the silence of memory in Thompson’s ‘Blankets’

Lily Nilipour
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Nov. 12, 2018
Speculative fiction is set in "The Uncanny Valley," where robots resemble humans (CHRISTOPHER DOMBRES/Flickr).

Speculative Fiction: the suspension of disbelief in “humanized” characters

Shana E. Hadi
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Nov. 8, 2018
In "Being There," Hal Ashby asserts that politics are absurd (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Elect to revisit these artworks on election night

Olivia Popp, Amir Abou-Jaoude and Shana E. Hadi
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Nov. 6, 2018
In Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights," Heathcliff is a haunted antihero (ZINC CARAS/Flickr).

Culture and the occult: Eerie reads for Halloweek

Claire Francis
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Nov. 1, 2018
Arts & Life
The Reads beat recommends some spine-chilling stories for Halloween (BRIAN HERZOG/Flickr).

Bewitching Halloween reads

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Sofia Schlozman, Olivia Manes, Carly Taylor, Scott Stevens, Mark York and Shana E. Hadi
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Oct. 31, 2018
Although it is commonly cited as a great love story, Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" really isn't a romance (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

‘Romeo and Juliet’ Is NOT a Love Story: CHANGE MY MIND!

Mark York
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Oct. 25, 2018
In "Reader, Come Home," Tufts professor Maryanne Wolf considers literacy in the digital age (TODD CHENEY/UCLA).

‘Reader, Come Home’ discusses the difficulty of staying literate

Scott Stevens
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Oct. 24, 2018
Rene Magritte's "Empire of Light" (courtesy of the Guggenheim Museum).

New modes of being: Reflections on Magritte and Sappho

Carly Taylor
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Oct. 18, 2018
This year, all Stanford freshmen read novels focusing on the themes of globality and migration (courtesy of L.A. Cicero).

Lingering thoughts on the Three Books

Arts & Life Reads beat writers
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Oct. 11, 2018
'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho (courtesy of Harper Collins Publishers).

‘The Alchemist’ is shallow, but inspirational

Shana E. Hadi
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Sept. 27, 2018
Courtesy of William Morrow.

Book review: ‘All the Ever-Afters’

Vidhima Shetty
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Aug. 14, 2018
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Book Review: “Dying for a Paycheck”

Sarah Feng
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July 17, 2018
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William Blake and Yayoi Kusama: Endless Myth

Hannah Knowles and Emma Heath
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June 18, 2018
Hot off the presses: Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant in Howard Hawks' "His Girl Friday." Photo: Columbia/1940 and Dr. Macro.

Valladares: In a sentimental mood

Carlos Valladares
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June 14, 2018
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Philosophy: The case for contradicting motivations in college

Cameron Hubbard
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May 16, 2018
Courtesy of Josué Rivas

Badlands: Q&A with head curator Reilly Clark

Josh Wagner
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May 11, 2018
Courtesy of PxHere

Philosophy: Education I

Eliza Wells
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May 8, 2018
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Overcoming algorithms

Sam Rogers
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May 6, 2018
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