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Headshot of Professor Karen Russell in a black tank top, standing before a pink backdrop.

Award-winning novelist Karen Russell to teach first Stanford workshop this spring

Sarah Feng
  •  
April 8
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A woman leans against a book with text reading "TEXT AND THE CITY" in the background.

Text and the City: In ‘Yellowface,’ who gets to tell the story (and get away with it)? 

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
  •  
Jan. 8
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Adam Johnson headshot

Adam Johnson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author behind ‘The Wayfinder’

Kristen Lai
  •  
Sept. 25
University
A black and white headshot of Cornel West.

Former US presidential candidate discusses intellectual history at SLE lecture

Sam Solomon
  •  
June 1
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Ellen Bryant Voigt speaks in front of a crowd during her Lane Lecture Series poetry reading (RAYLENE ZAMORA/THE STANFORD DAILY).

Ellen Bryant Voigt discusses poetry, craft and teaching at Lane Lecture Series

Raylene Zamora
  •  
Feb. 23, 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
  •  
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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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
  •  
Jan. 15, 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
  •  
Jan. 12, 2025
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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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Empty plaza, showing Claw water fountain and Stanford Bookstore in the background.

Aparna Verma ’20 on ‘The Phoenix King,’ centering South Asian stories and ‘BookTok’

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Jan. 31, 2024
Reads
A woman having a conversation with a man in an auditorium.

Pulitzer Prize finalist Elif Batuman talks novels, sexuality and inspiration

Ellen Abraham
  •  
Feb. 5, 2023
Arts & Life
Girl wearing blue dress standing in front of green and floral background.

Kyla Zhao ’21 on finding inspiration and her debut novel, ‘The Fraud Squad’

Hana Dao
  •  
Feb. 2, 2023
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
  •  
Oct. 17, 2022
Speakers & Events
(Photo: CAMRYN PAK/The Stanford Daily)

Lucy Kalanithi explains how late husband’s transition from physician to writer transformed her outlook on life

Camryn Pak
  •  
Oct. 6, 2020
Arts & Life
The 2019 edition of the Bay Area Book Festival proved to be a boon for bibliophiles (courtesy of Bay Area Book Festival).

Reflections from the Bay Area Book Festival

Shana E. Hadi
  •  
May 10, 2019
GAGE SKIDMORE / Wikimedia Commons

Controversial Dinesh D’Souza event tentatively set for Feb. 28, pending funding

Holden Foreman and Erin Woo
  •  
Dec. 18, 2018
Emma Smith / The Stanford Daily

Former Stanford President talks new book, leadership qualities

Michael Espinosa and Emma Smith
  •  
Oct. 10, 2018
Courtesy of U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Stanford affiliate publicly accuses Kavanaugh of sexual assault

Brian Contreras and Holden Foreman
  •  
Sept. 16, 2018
Courtesy of William Morrow.

Book review: ‘All the Ever-Afters’

Vidhima Shetty
  •  
Aug. 14, 2018
The Stanford Daily

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