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A red-haired woman and a man in a pink shirt laugh and speak to the audience

Writers Jalen Eutsey and Ashley Hand share the power in the mundane

Shreya Komar
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Jan. 26, 2023
Arts & Life
An open book with "Nostalgia Nook" on the left side in black font and a book cover on the right side. The book cover says "The Lightning Thief" in yellow with a child's back turned towards the viewer.

Nostalgia Nook: How “Percy Jackson” cements itself in the hearts of readers

Isabella Saracco
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Jan. 26, 2023
Arts & Life
Over a faint backdrop of open books, the text: "lately in LITERATURE with Leyla Yilmaz." "Literature" is stylized in multiple fonts over red, green, and pink rectangles, as in a collage made from magazines.

Lately In Literature: The poetic beauty of Fatimah Asghar’s ‘When We Were Sisters’

Leyla Yilmaz
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Jan. 23, 2023
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Book cover with green stripe and various figures against a background of red, orange, yellow and blue stripes with shadows of palm trees and buildings.

A Hunt for history: Scavenging in the Bay

Anjali Ragupathi
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Jan. 19, 2023
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Two ladies on a stage during a Q&A session. One of them is in the middle of answering a question.

Faith Merino and Jade Cho ‘create a new magic’ during Stegner Fellow reading

Grace Wong
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Dec. 1, 2022
Arts & Life
Over a faint backdrop of open books, the text: "lately in LITERATURE with Leyla Yilmaz." "Literature" is stylized in multiple fonts over red, green, and pink rectangles, as in a collage made from magazines.

Lately in Literature: Sarah Jackson’s ‘A Bit Much’ as an ode to friendship

Leyla Yilmaz
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Nov. 29, 2022
Arts & Life
Person in gray sweater sits next to person in blue jacket holding a microphone.

Poetry and prose at first Stegner Fellow reading of the academic year

Elisabeth Westermann
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Nov. 27, 2022
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Open book with "Nostalgia Nook" on the lefthand side and a red book cover with a stick figure wearing a backpack.

Nostalgia Nook: “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and the Empire of Jeff Kinney

Isabella Saracco
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Nov. 13, 2022
Reads
Five people in casual clothing, men and women, sit on colorful armchairs in the Otero lounge. Behind them are a TV and posters.

Stepping into a new space of imagination with ‘Beloved Economies’

Hazel Le
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Nov. 9, 2022
Reads
"Dispossessed" in the foreground with a pink and purple full moon in the background.

Dystopias, space travel and why you should vote

Leyla Yilmaz
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Nov. 3, 2022
Reads
"Lately in Literature with Leyla Yilmaz" text against a background of books.

Lately in Literature: Eastern traditions from a Western perspective in Quan Barry’s newest novel

Leyla Yilmaz
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Nov. 1, 2022
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Layout of a book with "Nostalgia Nook" written on the left side and a purple book cover with two girls on the right side.

Nostalgia Nook: ‘The School for Good and Evil’

Isabella Saracco
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Oct. 26, 2022
Reads
Lulu Miller sits on the left, behind Prof. Caroline Winterer on the right.

Three Books author Lulu Miller lectures on purpose, disability and biodiversity

Grace Lee
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Oct. 19, 2022
Reads
"Lately in Literature with Leyla Yilmaz" text against a background of books.

Lately in literature: Fernanda Melchor’s disturbing novel ‘Paradais’ is the new existential feminist text

Leyla Yilmaz
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Oct. 18, 2022
Arts & Life
Margret Atwood and Dahlia Lithwick on stage as they face each other sitting on chairs with mics in their hands, laughing together.

Margaret Atwood in conversation: Laughing between the pages

Isabella Saracco
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Oct. 17, 2022
Arts & Life
Graphic for Nostalgia Nook with an open book with one page with words "NOSTALGIA NOOK" and the next page with a poster of of a black cartoon cat

Nostalgia Nook: “Warrior Cats,” Playground Role-Play, and Roblox

Isabella Saracco
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Oct. 12, 2022
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Over a faint backdrop of open books, the text: "lately in LITERATURE with Leyla Yilmaz." "Literature" is stylized in multiple fonts over red, green, and pink rectangles, as in a collage made from magazines.

Lately in Literature: ‘Can women kill?’ asks Eliza Clark in debut novel, ‘Boy Parts’

Leyla Yilmaz
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Oct. 11, 2022
Arts & Life
Three books in the foreground with an orange, white, green and pink background.

Hispanic Heritage Month reads listicle ’22

Nicole Tong, Leyla Yilmaz and Cameron Duran
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Oct. 3, 2022
Reads
Blue book cover with text: "The Art of Teaching Children, Philip Done". The book is surrounded by stationery: pencils, stickers, scrabble tiles, and a folder.

How a Bay Area local taught me “The Art of Teaching”

Andy Huynh
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Aug. 16, 2022
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Five book covers including “Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day”, which features an octopus tentacle and spaceship, "The Light We Give", "I'm Thinking of Ending Things", "Why We Broke Up", and "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass".

Five summer reads to make you think

Harsimran Kaur
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July 25, 2022
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