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Arts & Life
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Hispanic Heritage Month reads listicle ’22

Nicole Tong, Leyla Yilmaz and Cameron Duran
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Oct. 3
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How a Bay Area local taught me “The Art of Teaching”

Andy Huynh
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Aug. 16
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Five summer reads to make you think

Harsimran Kaur
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July 25
Arts & Life

Lately in Literature: From colonialism to the 21st century in Natasha Brown’s ‘Assembly’

Leyla Yilmaz
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May 30, 2022
Arts & Life
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What to read: AAPI Heritage Month recommendations

Kirsten Mettler, Lily Zhou, Kyla Figueroa, Peyton Lee and Richard Coca
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May 30, 2022
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William Brewer’s ‘The Red Arrow’ is a complex portrait of a struggling writer

Lily Zhou
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May 29, 2022
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Elif Batuman’s ‘Either/Or’ is endearingly tedious

Lily Zhou
  •  
May 25, 2022
Arts & Life

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

Lily Zhou
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May 24, 2022
Arts & Life
Red book cover with sandstone arches in the background

Q&A: Aparna Verma ’20 on her debut novel “The Boy with Fire”

Ximena Sanchez Martinez
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May 2, 2022
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Lately in Literature: “Beautiful World, Where Are You” searches for enchantment amid distress

Leyla Yilmaz
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May 1, 2022
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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
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April 26, 2022
Arts & Life

Lately in Literature: Fredrik Backman’s ‘Anxious People’ is a love letter to humanity

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
March 10, 2022
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‘Portrait of a Thief’ tells authentic Chinese American story

Annie C. Reller
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March 7, 2022
Arts & Life
A landscape photo of Lagos, Nigeria. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Lately in Literature: Family against murder in ‘My Sister, The Serial Killer’

Leyla Yilmaz
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Feb. 27, 2022
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A headshot of Aria Aber.

Aria Aber discusses language and politics at poetry reading

Yastika Guru
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Feb. 17, 2022
Arts & Life
Screenshot of a Zoom room with 2 participants--Peter Mann and interviewer Carly Taylor

Q&A: Stanford history lecturer Peter Mann is an undercover novelist

Carly Taylor
  •  
Feb. 13, 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
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Feb. 8, 2022
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A graphic depicting the book with a pair of glasses sitting on top of the book.

“The Love Hypothesis” depicts love at Stanford and criticizes inequality in academia

Leyla Yilmaz
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Jan. 20, 2022
Arts & Life
Portrait of author Robert Lovato wearing a black turtleneck and a cover of his book.

Roberto Lovato on ‘Unforgetting’: an act of hope and love

Chloe Mendoza
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Jan. 19, 2022
Arts & Life
A Zoom screenshot of Sir Michael Barber with moderator and Director of the Susan Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy Francis Fukuyama.

At ‘Accomplishment’ book talk Sir Michael Barber speaks on planning for achievement

Leyla Yilmaz
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Jan. 12, 2022
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