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Lil Nas X's hit "Old Town Road" combines country music with hip-hop, and it has already inspired imitators (courtesy of Eric Lagg).

‘Old Town Road’ considers the politics of country music

Zora Ilunga-Reed
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May 6, 2019
Arts & Life
Korean rap artist Tablo is a Stanford alumnus. As a student, he enjoyed taking creative writing classes and spending time at the Media and Microtext Center (courtesy of Brian Khoe).

Q&A: Talking with Tablo of Epik High on music and society

Linda Zhou
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May 3, 2019
Arts & Life
The English Romantic poet William Wordsworth once extolled the beauty of daffodils (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Lasting notes from National Poetry Month

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Katherine Silk, Lily Nilipour, Mark York and Shana E. Hadi
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April 30, 2019
Arts & Life
Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," which topped the Billboard charts this month, uses imagery from other cowboy-themed works like the video game "Red Dead Redemption 2." (courtesy of Flickr).

‘Old Town Road’ and the cowboy myth

Jacob Kuppermann
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April 29, 2019
Arts & Life
Ram's Head 2019 production of "Addams Family." (Photo courtesy of Frank Chen)

‘The Addams Family’ is crazy, kooky and compelling

David J. Florez R.
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April 26, 2019
Arts & Life
As part of Culture Night, members of SVSA performed a student-written play (courtesy of Helen Liu).

SVSA Culture Night celebrates customs and creates community

Dax Duong
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April 25, 2019
Arts & Life
Director Ingmar Bergman and his cinematographer Sven Nykvist shot "Shame" in 1968 (courtesy of Getty Images).

In ‘Shame,’ Ingmar Bergman examines evil in ordinary people

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 22, 2019
Arts & Life
Helen Oyeyemi's acclaimed collection consists of enigmatic short stories, left open to the reader's imagination (courtesy of Riverhead Books).

‘What is Not Yours is Not Yours’ exquisitely enchants and eludes

Shana E. Hadi
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April 18, 2019
Arts & Life
n Fritz Lang's "The Big Heat," a detective becomes subsumed in the sordidness of society (courtesy of Dr. Macro).

American culture is under fire in ‘The Big Heat’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 16, 2019
Arts & Life
Edgar G. Ulmer's "Detour" was cheaply made. Still, the 1945 film has become a canonical classic (courtesy of Dr. Macro).

‘Detour’ provides a dark commentary on dreams and destiny

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 12, 2019
Arts & Life
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A student-run showcase is becoming Stanford’s go-to live music venue

Sarah Ondak
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April 11, 2019
Arts & Life
Simon Longnight plays Thomas Jefferson in the touring production of "Hamilton." He describes the hit musical as "the story of a man who decided to make his legacy last" (courtesy of Joan Marcus).

Bay Area high school students participate in ‘Hamilton’ education event

Chloe Wintersteen
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April 8, 2019
Arts & Life
Billie Eilish uses ambivalent tonalities to express her complex emotional state in "Ocean Eyes" (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

The shimmering tonal ambivalence of Billie Eilish

Adrian Liu
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April 5, 2019
Arts & Life
Sherlock Holmes would be shocked if he read "City of Glass." Paul Auster's story deconstructs classic detective fiction (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

In constructing a deconstruction — ‘City of Glass’ as the detective novel’s autopsy

Mark York
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April 4, 2019
Arts & Life
Award-winning author Sofia Samatar explores an ancient Scottish myth in "Selkie Stories Are for Losers" (courtesy of Jim C. Hines).

‘Selkie Stories are for Losers’ is a bittersweet winner

Shana E. Hadi
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April 3, 2019
Arts & Life
Tadizo's ethereal beauty hastens Gustav von Aschenbach's "Death in Venice" (courtesy of Photofest).

‘Death in Venice’ documents the decline of the bourgeoisie

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 2, 2019
Arts & Life
Billie Eilish has just released her debut album "WHEN WE FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?" (Courtesy of Flickr).

At 17 years old, Billie Eilish may have the album of the year

Holden Foreman
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March 29, 2019
Arts & Life
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Trying my hand at reading the menu like a linguist

Sofia Schlozman
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March 25, 2019
Arts & Life
L.M. Montgomery is best known for "Anne of Green Gables," but her novel "Emily and New Moon" is also a classic (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Leaf through these refreshing March reads

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Katherine Silk, Sarah Kim, Lily Nilipour and Shana E. Hadi
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March 21, 2019
Arts & Life
In "Climax," director Gaspar Noe uses long takes to capture dynamic dancing (courtesy of A24 and Wild Bunch).

Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ is a chaotic triumph, not for the faint of heart

Marika Tron
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March 18, 2019
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