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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
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May 7
Screen
A boy is holding a camera with an image of a gunslinger in the lens.

‘For a Few Dollars More’ (1965) surpasses its predecessor

Mason Barrett
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April 8
Reads
cut outs from newspapers form a human silhouette behind the title of the column "Brutal Monsters"

‘Alone With You in the Ether’ is a fantasy of unrealism

Cate Burtner
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April 2
The Grind
Blue flowers growing in grass.

‘The Literature of the Absurd’: Sci-Fi’s Beckett

Doran Goldman
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May 26, 2023
Screen
A graphic with the writings "The Adaptations: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Adaptations: ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’

Ellen Abraham
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March 16, 2023
Reads
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
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
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Feb. 21, 2022
Arts & Life
(Photo: Sundance Institute)

Sundance 2021, part 3: ‘Mayday’ review

Olivia Popp
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April 26, 2021
Arts & Life
Photo: Tanglewood Publishing.

Exploring female friendship and love in ‘The Bookweaver’s Daughter’

Ellie Wong
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Oct. 15, 2020
Arts & Life
Rainbow Rowell's newest book "Wayward Son" continues the fantastical adventure of the Simon Snow series, with new spells, romance, and an American road trip thrown in this time around. (Photo: Wednesday Books)

Wayward Wizards

Roberta Gonzalez Marquez
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Feb. 13, 2020
Arts & Life
Picture of Coraline nervously walking away from a door with signs, arrows, and blinking lights - it says "fantasy door."

Being a Child 101: ‘Coraline’ and making the most out of demographics

Mark York
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Oct. 7, 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
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
"The Vela" is a serial speculative fiction story, but it addresses the current refugee crisis and climate change (courtesy of Serial Box).

Unveiling ‘The Vela’: An interview with Becky Chambers, S. L. Huang and Yoon Ha Lee (Part 1)

Shana E. Hadi
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March 6, 2019
Neil Gaiman is the award-winning author of "The Sandman," "American Gods," "Coraline" and "The Graveyard Book" (STANISLAV LVOVSKY/Flickr).

The stardust surrounding Neil Gaiman

Shana E. Hadi and Claire Francis
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Nov. 16, 2018
JASMINE VENET / The Stanford Daily

‘LIYANA’ fuses youthful fantasy and stark reality

Jasmine Venet
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July 6, 2018
Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

‘A Wrinkle in Time’ is Disney’s dizzying failed attempt at creating a trippy sci-fi/fantasy dream

Olivia Popp
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March 9, 2018
Arts & Life
Victor Ragsdale, Susi Arguello, Davis Leonard, Gracie Goheen, Josh Peterson and Elliott Bomboy in "Katzelmacher." (Courtesy of Frank Chen)

On effect vs. intent of alienation in ‘Katzelmacher’

Olivia Popp
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Nov. 13, 2017
A scene from season seven of 'Game of Thrones.' (HELEN SLOAN/HBO)

Winter is here, but has ‘Game of Thrones’ gone cold?

Isaac Vaught
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Oct. 22, 2017
The Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." cast greets fans at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, which attracts more than 160,000 attendees each year. (Sandy Huffaker/Reuters)

The geek fan-omenon: Exploring the empowerment and toxicity of fandoms

Olivia Popp
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Oct. 11, 2017
The Stanford Daily

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