literature

World & Nation
A Stanford drop-out achieved widespread renown not in the startup scene or through sports championships but in bookstores and libraries across America. John Steinbeck, who died in 1968, attended the University on and off for six years beginning in 1919, before leaving without a degree. (Photo: Octubre CCC/Flickr)

Storage unit full of John Steinbeck personal belongings, manuscripts will soon be up for auction

Cooper Veit
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Oct. 1, 2019
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How literature died for me

Emily Elott
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Sept. 27, 2019
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(Courtesy of Pxhere).

A ‘coming of age’ for all ages

Shana E. Hadi
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Sept. 23, 2019
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The Daily spoke with Greene about the role of the humanities and SHC at Stanford, as well as his goals as SHC director. (Photo: L.A. CICERO/Stanford News)

Q&A: Incoming Stanford Humanities Center Director, literature professor Roland Greene

Manat Kaur
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Aug. 17, 2019
Arts & Life
Dr. Usha Iyer is not only a professor of film and media studies, but also an avid reader (courtesy of Usha Iyer).

Shelf-Indulgence: What professors are reading (Part 3)

Claire Francis
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June 7, 2019
News
Alfred A. Hart Photographs, Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries

Remembering the Chinese railroad workers that built Stanford’s fortune

Elena Shao
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May 23, 2019
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The Tragedy of Gerald Neesh: Act V

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May 17, 2019
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Op-Ed: Graduate students on SUP’s future

From the Community
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May 2, 2019
The Grind
Emily Broadhurst interviews alumnus, co-founder and CEO Kyle Wong '12 about the skills Stanford does and doesn't give you for running a startup. (Photo: Pexels)

Favorite quotes to live by

Malia Mendez
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April 30, 2019
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To apologize in advance

Megha Parwani
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March 8, 2019
The Museum of Tolerance presents "Anne," an exhibit spotlighting the life of Anne Frank. (Courtesy of the Simon Wiesenthal Center)

The Museum of Tolerance offers visitors a transformative historical journey

Olivia Popp
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Aug. 3, 2018
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Summer Reading Recommendations

Sophie Kroesche
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July 20, 2018
Angela Davis. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Angela Davis talks activism, academia

Michael Espinosa
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May 25, 2018
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Q&A with Esmé Weijun Wang ’06, Whiting Award recipient

Fan Liu
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April 9, 2018
The Grind
An open book on a table.

Why read memoir?

Avery Rogers
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Feb. 21, 2018
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Why identity and “particulars” do not obstruct our path to the “Universal”

Eliane Mitchell
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Feb. 14, 2018
Courtesy of Stanford Spoken Word Collective

Spoken Word Collective’s fall show is as sweet and palatable as “Almond Milk and Agave”

Shannen Torres
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Jan. 7, 2018
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What my Three Books would be

Megha Parwani
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Nov. 14, 2017
Excerpts from "If Not, Winter" by Anne Carson. (Courtesy of Poem, Sweet Poem)

Finding Sappho: Four translations in conversation

Emma Grover
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Oct. 29, 2017
A page from Jonny Sun's new book, 'everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too' (Courtesy of Jonny Sun).

It’s all aliebn to me

Alli Cruz
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Oct. 21, 2017
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