Reads

At bookstores, customers encounter surfeits of superb stories (TIM FRITZ/Flickr).

Reflections on book selling and book readers

Sofia Schlozman
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Jan. 10, 2019
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A holiday trio of reads

Katherine Silk, Claire Francis and Shana E. Hadi
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Dec. 14, 2018
Virginia Woolf is the author of "Mrs. Dalloway," first published in 1925 (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

The bearable heaviness of being: reflections on ‘Mrs. Dalloway’

Carly Taylor
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Dec. 10, 2018
Most people read the 1831 edition of "Frankenstein," but it is not Mary Shelley's original version (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

‘Frankenstein’ and its transformations

Shana E. Hadi
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Nov. 29, 2018
As evidenced by this shelf, Dr. Emily Rabiner is an avid reader (courtesy of Emily Rabiner).

Shelf-indulgence: What professors are reading (Part 2)

Claire Francis
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Nov. 28, 2018
Gish Jen, author of "The Girl at the Baggage Claim," recently spoke at Stanford (courtesy of Boston Book Festival).

Gish Jen challenges cultural identities at Lane Lecture Series

Angela Yang
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Nov. 27, 2018
Neil Gaiman is the award-winning author of "The Sandman," "American Gods," "Coraline" and "The Graveyard Book" (STANISLAV LVOVSKY/Flickr).

The stardust surrounding Neil Gaiman

Shana E. Hadi and Claire Francis
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Nov. 16, 2018
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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