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Center for the Study of the Novel director Héctor Hoyos (left) and Peter Boxall (right) pose after the talk.

Peter Boxall ponders the possibilities of literature

Ellen Yang
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Oct. 15, 2024
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A book is open and inside reads 'Rage on the Page.'

Rage on the Page: ‘Nightbitch’ unleashes maternal rage

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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Oct. 15, 2024
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cut outs from newspapers form a human silhouette behind the title of the column "Brutal Monsters"

The real monster of ‘Frankenstein’ is brutal, and it’s not who you think

Cate Burtner
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Oct. 14, 2024
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A copy of the book "Weirdo" stands upright against a soft yellow background.

Tony Weaver Jr.’s ‘Weirdo’ ushers in the hero’s mental health journey

Sebastian Strawser
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Oct. 6, 2024
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A copy of Preston Perry's new book "How to Tell the Truth" sits on a blue table with a big spotlight shining on it.

In debut autobiography, Preston Perry’s heart for others jumps off the page

Estefany Mendoza Rodriguez
  •  
Oct. 3, 2024
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Hand drawing of a winding stream with a bench next to it and two flying birds against a soft yellow background.

‘Tell Me Everything’ ponders the power of human connection

Kelly Wang
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Oct. 1, 2024
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A woman holds a pink book titled "Neon Jane" next to a stack of pink books.

‘Just one slight sliver of life’: Cancer survivor shares novel with Stanford children’s hospital patients

Vanisha Vig
  •  
Sept. 30, 2024
Arts & Life
Burtner and Yilmaz recommend books for students in different majors. (Graphic: DA-HEE KIM/The Stanford Daily)

What to read this summer, based on your major

Cate Burtner and Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
June 5, 2024
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A picture of alum Kyla Zhao to the right and a graphic of a book to the left that reads "Kyla Zhao Valley Verified" with a women walking on the cover and tall buildings, office space and hanging clothes on the background of the book's cover

Meet Kyla Zhao ’21: Data analyst by day, best-selling author by night

Grace Lee
  •  
May 29, 2024
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Drawing of colorful books on a shelf with their sleeve towards the audience, the sleeves have "TBR" written on them and the writing on the background reads "Stanford To Be Read"

Stanford TBR: ‘There There’ composes a symphony of Native American voices

Cate Burtner
  •  
May 28, 2024
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A speaker is talking in a room of audience with "Stanford Humanities center" written across the walls

Description dances off the page at final Stegner Fellow reading

Cate Burtner
  •  
May 17, 2024
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Plates of sushi are on a table in the lecture room of SLE filled with sofas of students and a lecturer talking to them.

Food for thought: SLE Sushi Salons bring the humanities to a wider audience

Grace Zhao
  •  
May 14, 2024
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An animated lotus flower with arcs of water around it.

Familiar words in novel contexts: Arthur Sze translates the human condition

Grace Lee
  •  
May 10, 2024
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Author Carmen Maria Machado stands behind a lectern gesturing as though she's addressing the audience.

The beautiful and the terrible: Carmen Maria Machado reads queer horror and sci-fi

Cate Burtner
  •  
May 8, 2024
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Drawing of colorful books on a shelf with their sleeve towards the audience, the sleeves have "TBR" written on them and the writing on the background reads "Stanford To Be Read"

‘The Husband Stitch’ retells urban legends with a feminist slant

Cate Burtner
  •  
April 30, 2024
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A graphic depicting a globe spinning on top of an open book and a person lays staring into the book.

World of Words: ‘Innards’ dissects our discomfort with the past

Breanna Burke
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April 29, 2024
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Three books pink, green and blue depicted in a backdrop of a blue sky with flowers and grass at the bottom and yellow butterflies flying on top

Bookworm bulletin: Spring book recommendations

Leyla Yilmaz, Cate Burtner, Miriam Awan, Dan Kubota, Blyss Cleveland and Grace Zhao
  •  
April 26, 2024
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John Green sits comfortably, holding a microphone, as he addresses an audience.

John Green talks ‘Turtles,’ YouTube and turning away from YA

Anjali Ragupathi
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April 23, 2024
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In her novel "Ripe," Sarah Rose Etter captures the toxicity of the technocratic Bay Area culture through masterful world building and satire. (Graphic: DA-HEE KIM/The Stanford Daily)

Stanford TBR: ‘Ripe’ delivers a visceral Silicon Valley satire

Cate Burtner
  •  
April 16, 2024
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A graphic depicting globe spinning on top of an open book and a person lays staring into the book.

World of Words: ‘Breath, Eyes, Memory’ is a reckoning

Breanna Burke
  •  
April 10, 2024
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