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Signs on bookshelves at Kepler's

Kepler’s Books remains hub for literature and activism in the Bay 

Emerson Prentice
  •  
Jan. 4
Reads
The textbooks we know, we love and we loathe. (Graphic: ANANYA UDAYGIRI/The Stanford Daily)

Listicle: The textbooks Stanford can’t forget

Allie Skalnik, Emerson Prentice, Emmett Chung, Chris Procaccino, Chloe Shannon Wong and Kelly Wang
  •  
Oct. 15
University
A black and white headshot of Cornel West.

Former US presidential candidate discusses intellectual history at SLE lecture

Sam Solomon
  •  
June 1
Culture
Students enjoy the sunset at Lake Lagunita. (Photo: AVNI VATS/The Stanford Daily)

What does mental health mean to The Daily?

Allie Skalnik, Chloe Shannon Wong, Madisyn Cunningham, Grace Zhao and Blyss Cleveland
  •  
May 22
Senior Column
Ellen Yang at the Main Quad arch, wearing a white dress and grad stole

Yang | Writing the end of a suicide novel

Ellen Yang
  •  
May 22
Reads
Discover your next great read this spring! (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Listicle: What’s Stanford reading?

Allie Skalnik, Ellaheh Gohari, Blyss Cleveland, Hana Dao, Kelly Wang, Miriam Awan, Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz and Cate Burtner
  •  
May 7
From the Community
books on shelf

From the Community | The death of authentic reading culture

From the Community
  •  
April 27
Humor
It's just one more Lima Bean. Just one more... (Graphic: DA-HEE KIM/Stanford Daily)

‘A Bad Case of Stripes’ review: We mustn’t forget about the lima beans

Cate Burtner
  •  
March 31
Reads
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
  •  
Feb. 10, 2025
Reads
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
  •  
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
Screen
Two hands hold open a book with the words "Rage on the Page" sprawled in it in black and red.

Rage on the Page: The howl of ‘Nightbitch’ the film barely echoes the novel

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
  •  
Jan. 23, 2025
Reads
A shelf of kids books with the covers facing out on display.

Little Libraries transforms clinic waiting rooms into book nooks

Kayla Chan
  •  
Jan. 15, 2025
Reads
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
  •  
Dec. 4, 2024
Reads
An animated open computer sits on a desk next to some coffee, glasses and pencils against a yellow background.

Back-to-school books: Reading that shaped us

Cate Burtner, Kelly Wang, Sanaya Robinson-Shah, Anya Vedantambe and Grace Zhao
  •  
Oct. 22, 2024
The Grind
Empty plaza with dark green fountain structure in the middle, trees on both sides of the image.

Geography of My Heart: The Stanford Bookstore

Dan Kubota
  •  
Oct. 22, 2024
Culture
Konkona Sen (left) speaks onstage at the 2023 SALA Festival (Photo courtesy of Ambika Sahay).

South Asian Literature and Art Festival brings together authors, artists, entrepreneurs

Chloe Shannon Wong
  •  
Oct. 2, 2024
The Grind
a graphic of colorful journals stacked inside of a desk drawer

Inside the Junk Drawer: My journals

Kaylee Chan
  •  
Oct. 1, 2024
The Grind
A manuscript from the Green Library Special Collection.

Green Library Special Collections: The magic of medieval manuscripts

Helen Katz
  •  
Sept. 23, 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
The Stanford Daily

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