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An open-page spread of "Creatures of the Deep: a Pop-Up book" by Ernst Haeckel and Maike Bierderstadt in front of other pop-up books from side view

‘Panoply of Pop-Ups’ exhibition unfolds at the Bowes Art and Architecture Library

Kayla Chan
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Feb. 10, 2025
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Author Gheed El Bizri in front of a shelf, smiling at the camera

In ‘Les Obsessions D’un Poète,’ Gheed El Bizri ’25 questions art, dreams and obsessions

Catherine Wu
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Feb. 10, 2025
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Head-and-shoulder portrait of radiologist Heike Daldrup-Link smiling at the camera.

Meet Heike Daldrup-Link: Radiologist and author of medical mystery novels

Catherine Wu
  •  
Feb. 6, 2025
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Interior of Feldman's Books with lots of books and eclectic decorations.

‘A pillar of the community’: Feldman’s Books, Menlo Park’s creative hub 

Sanaya Robinson-Shah
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Feb. 5, 2025
Events
Novelist, storyteller and member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Tommy Orange spoke at the Stanford Faculty Club on the pretenders in American history. (Photo: CAYDEN GU/The Stanford Daily)

Tommy Orange presents on writing and pretending

Cate Burtner
  •  
Feb. 3, 2025
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Judith Butler speaks on stage in front of a large crowd.

Feminist philosopher Judith Butler interrogates the novelistic form

Dyllan Han
  •  
Jan. 29, 2025
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Diana Farid gazes at camera against in front of green leaves and light blue/green hydrangeas.

Stanford Medicine professor and author Diana Farid blends art and medicine through children’s literature

Grace Lee
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Jan. 15, 2025
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A shelf of kids books with the covers facing out on display.

Little Libraries transforms clinic waiting rooms into book nooks

Kayla Chan
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Jan. 15, 2025
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A book is open and inside reads 'Rage on the Page.'

Rage on the Page: ‘Boy Parts’ pictures the art of uncomfortable truths

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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Jan. 14, 2025
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cut outs from newspapers form a human silhouette behind the title of the column "Brutal Monsters"

Obsession is not desire: ‘My Husband’ progresses beyond tropes of mental illness

Cate Burtner
  •  
Jan. 13, 2025
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Heart-shaped pages of a book

‘Daughter of Ruins’ portrays women’s perseverance through an ode to its author’s Grecian home

Leyla Yilmaz
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Jan. 12, 2025
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The Leland Quarterly "LQ" logo is in big read letters against a white background. There is a Stanford tree in the Q.

Literary magazine Leland Quarterly opens doors to creative expression and student publication

Katie Small
  •  
Dec. 6, 2024
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An animated book lies open with passages of text covered up by black blocks to represent book banning.

Behind the nationwide rise of book bans

Sanaya Robinson-Shah
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Dec. 4, 2024
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The Stanford Daily and Daily Cal newspaper logos sit apart on top of newspaper clippings.

Stanford and Berkeley journalism alumni report on reporting

Catherine Wu
  •  
Nov. 19, 2024
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Alan Lightman and moderators sit together on stage in front of audience.

Author Alan Lightman shares what it mean to have a transcendental experience

Dan Kubota
  •  
Nov. 14, 2024
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Animated colored shapes of people sit in a circle reading books.

9 book clubs for all those looking for a reading community

Zara Fite
  •  
Nov. 13, 2024
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A book is held open on a desk with the words "Rage on the Page" written across the pages.

Rage on the Page: Putting scandal on trial in ‘The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum’

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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Nov. 13, 2024
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cut outs from newspapers form a human silhouette behind the title of the column "Brutal Monsters"

‘Sad girl poetry’ and the gendered political madness of 2024

Cate Burtner
  •  
Nov. 12, 2024
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Rucy Cui and D.M. Spratley sit side by side on stage, speaking into microphones.

Second Stegner Fellow reading explores poignancy and joy

Shayla Fitzsimmons-Call
  •  
Nov. 10, 2024
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Ecy King poses with a copy of her CS 106A-themed graphic novel, "Bit By Bit."

In ‘Bit by Bit,’ alumna Ecy King sketches CS 106 in comics

Catherine Wu
  •  
Nov. 7, 2024
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