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Three people sit in chairs.

Poetry Into Film Festival illuminates the depth of Stanford’s artistic community

Chloe Anne Walsh
  •  
May 15, 2022
The Grind
Close shot of a fountain pen and paper; the pen is in the middle of writing something in neat cursive penmanship.

“Dear Diary” as a form of escapism

Andrea Liao
  •  
Feb. 21, 2022
Reads
Zadie Smith, acclaimed author, stands at podium in front of rows of Stanford students and faculty.

Zadie Smith is charmingly candid in Lane Lecture Series reading

Kirsten Mettler
  •  
Nov. 9, 2021
Arts & Life
poet Maya Salameh '22 in profile, in some foliage

Maya Salameh ’22 becomes youngest winner of prize for poets of Arab heritage

Lana Tleimat
  •  
June 1, 2021
Arts & Life
A graphic with a silhouette of a person speaking into a microphone, letters floating in the air like smoke

Undergraduate storytellers shine at Levinthal Reading

Rosana Maris Arias
  •  
May 20, 2021
Arts & Life
left: headshot of Richie Hofmann; right: cover of "Second Empire"

Poetry in Conversation: Richie Hofmann on ‘Second Empire’ and growing as a poet

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
May 6, 2021
Arts & Life
poet Aracelis Girmay reading on Zoom

Poet Aracelis Girmay on grief, Black motherhood and marrow language

Carly Taylor
  •  
April 25, 2021
Arts & Life
artwork of outline of a grandmother and daughter

Sundays with the Other Grandmother

Carolyn Stein
  •  
April 6, 2021
Arts & Life
illustration of a broken vase

The Vase Broke Any Way

Ben Schwartz
  •  
April 5, 2021
Arts & Life
illustration of a hand holding up a kindle to a ray of light

ODE TO MY KINDLE

Nick Lai
  •  
April 4, 2021
Arts & Life
an illustration of a woman leaning her ear against a window

eavesdrop

Sophia Boyd-Fliegel
  •  
April 3, 2021
Arts & Life
painting of a woman, her eyes closed and body wrapped in purple-white clothing

Camille Monet On Her Deathbed, 1879

Carolyn Stein
  •  
April 1, 2021
The Grind
Matthew Turk explores creative writing without a plan. (Photo: Pexels)

Locked in

Matthew Turk
  •  
Nov. 12, 2020
Reads
Poet Angeline Truong honors George Floyd with a retrospective look at 9/11. (Photo: Outschool)

Poetry: ‘at a school assembly for 9/11’

Angeline Ai-Nhi Truong
  •  
June 10, 2020
Reads
Carly Taylor delivers a riveting prove into Ruchika Tomar's award-winning debut novel "A Prayer for Travelers." (Photo: Penguin Random House)

Craft and patience in ‘A Prayer for Travelers’

Carly Taylor
  •  
June 3, 2020
Arts & Life
A beach walker seeks refuge from probing eyes. (Illustration: Erin Stoodley)

Fiction: Ventura

Erin Stoodley
  •  
May 29, 2020
Reads
A poem on family knowledge and a father's odyssey across the sea. (Photo: JORGE GUERRERO/AFP)

Poetry: ‘the return’

Angeline Ai-Nhi Truong
  •  
May 27, 2020
Arts & Life
A young woman reflects on loneliness and intimacy. (Illustration: Erin Stoodley)

Fiction: Plan B

Erin Stoodley
  •  
May 25, 2020
Opinions
Eavan Boland reads an excerpt from "University Opening Day, 1891, words from Jane Stanford."

‘Black Milk & Hope’: Reflections on losing Professor Eavan Boland

Jen Ehrlich
  •  
April 29, 2020
News
Eavan Boland reads an excerpt from "University Opening Day, 1891, words from Jane Stanford."

Creative Writing Program Director Eavan Boland dies at 75

Sophie Regan
  •  
April 28, 2020
The Stanford Daily

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