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From left to right: Medium Alison (Alexis Tuchinda ’28), Adult Alison (Lyle Belger ’25 MA ’26), and Small Alison (Maddie Garfinkel ’28) stand together on stage.

In ‘Fun Home,’ art mediates the unraveling of a family mystery

Daniel Xu
  •  
Nov. 20
Arts & Life
A multi-colored background of orange, pink, and red with five book covers in the foreground.

What to read: AAPI Heritage Month recommendations

Kirsten Mettler, Lily Zhou, Kyla Figueroa, Peyton Lee and Richard Coca
  •  
May 30, 2022
Arts & Life
Portrait of author Robert Lovato wearing a black turtleneck and a cover of his book.

Roberto Lovato on ‘Unforgetting’: an act of hope and love

Chloe Mendoza
  •  
Jan. 19, 2022
Reads
A photo of Carolyn Lee Arnold next to the cover of her book.

Stanford alumna releases memoir about her creative dating experiment

Malia Mendez
  •  
Nov. 2, 2021
University
Chanel Miller's "Know My Name" on a table

Chanel Miller’s ‘Know My Name’ chosen as one of this year’s Three Books

Kelly Chiang and Camryn Pak
  •  
Aug. 13, 2021
Arts & Life
cartoon of baby with scratches on its face and rosy cheeks swaddled tightly in a pink blanket, on an orange background

Elizabeth Tallent meditates on perfectionism in “Scratched”

Richard Coca
  •  
Feb. 2, 2021
Arts & Life
A colorful, abstract book cover.

Glennon Doyle plays God in new memoir ‘Untamed’

Valerie Trapp
  •  
Nov. 15, 2020
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
Sarah Broom's memoir won the National Book Award in 2019. (Photo: Grove Press)

Sarah Broom on writing, resistance

Zack Boyd
  •  
Feb. 18, 2020
News
Stanford received backlash last year for initially refusing to include Chanel Miller's chosen quote on the plaque (Photo: Chris Delgado/The Stanford Daily).

Woman assaulted by Brock Turner identifies herself ahead of memoir release

Leily Rezvani
  •  
Sept. 4, 2019
News
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Brock Turner sexual assault survivor ‘Emily Doe’ to release memoir

Sonja Hansen
  •  
June 8, 2019
Featured
Courtesy of Stanford News

Mallory Smith’s ’14 posthumous memoir ‘Salt in My Soul’ to come to campus

Leily Rezvani and Sonja Hansen
  •  
May 15, 2019
In her new book "Becoming," former First Lady Michelle Obama concentrates on her own personal causes rather than politics (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Michelle Obama: Putting the first in First Lady

Sarah Kim
  •  
Feb. 21, 2019
The Grind
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39 spicy titles for my memoir or yours

Alanna Flores
  •  
Jan. 31, 2019
Craig Thompson muses on memory in his graphic novel "Blankets." (Courtesy of Craig Thompson)

Listening to the silence of memory in Thompson’s ‘Blankets’

Lily Nilipour
  •  
Nov. 12, 2018
News
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Bob Fuss, CBS News Radio correspondent and former KZSU broadcaster, dies at 64

Melissa Santos
  •  
May 28, 2018
Courtesy of Veronica Chambers

Food and memory with Veronica Chambers

Claire Thompson
  •  
March 21, 2018
The Grind
An open book on a table.

Why read memoir?

Avery Rogers
  •  
Feb. 21, 2018
Glenn Loury will speak tonight at a Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) symposium. (Courtesy of CASBS)

Q&A with Glenn Loury, CASBS fellow

Andrea Villa Franco
  •  
Jan. 27, 2016
Hundreds of people were turned down from attending Cheryl Strayed's talk in Cemex Auditorium on Tuesday night. (NAFIA CHODHURY/The Stanford Daily)

Author of ‘Wild,’ Cheryl Strayed, discusses her writing and life at Stanford

Marty Semilla
  •  
Jan. 14, 2015
The Stanford Daily

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