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Alan Lightman and moderators sit together on stage in front of audience.

Author Alan Lightman shares what it mean to have a transcendental experience

Dan Kubota
  •  
Nov. 14
Reads
Animated colored shapes of people sit in a circle reading books.

9 book clubs for all those looking for a reading community

Zara Fite
  •  
Nov. 13
Reads
Rucy Cui and D.M. Spratley sit side by side on stage, speaking into microphones.

Second Stegner Fellow reading explores poignancy and joy

Shayla Fitzsimmons-Call
  •  
Nov. 10
Reads
Ecy King poses with a copy of her CS 106A-themed graphic novel, "Bit By Bit."

In ‘Bit by Bit,’ alumna Ecy King sketches CS 106 in comics

Catherine Wu
  •  
Nov. 7
Reads
A tutor and a young kid are reading a book together.

Ravenswood Reads centers relationships in its support of local literacy

Kayla Chan
  •  
Nov. 6
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
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
The Grind
a graphic of colorful journals stacked inside of a desk drawer

Inside the Junk Drawer: My journals

Kaylee Chan
  •  
Oct. 1
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
The Grind
Heart-shaped pages of a book

Why do I need to explain my writing?

Gheed El Bizri
  •  
June 15, 2023
Reads
A closed-up shot of poet Mary Ruefle giving a reading against the background of dark curtains

Pulitzer Prize-Finalist Mary Ruefle enlightens with reading of snow-day inspired poetry

Ellen Abraham
  •  
March 5, 2023
Reads
The two stegner fellows laugh in conversation in a brightly lit room

Zombie apocalypse and epistolary poetry enlighten at Stegner Fellow reading

Ellen Abraham
  •  
Feb. 9, 2023
Reads
A woman having a conversation with a man in an auditorium.

Pulitzer Prize finalist Elif Batuman talks novels, sexuality and inspiration

Ellen Abraham
  •  
Feb. 5, 2023
Arts & Life
Person in gray sweater sits next to person in blue jacket holding a microphone.

Poetry and prose at first Stegner Fellow reading of the academic year

Elisabeth Westermann
  •  
Nov. 27, 2022
Reads
Over a faint backdrop of open books, the text: "lately in LITERATURE with Leyla Yilmaz." "Literature" is stylized in multiple fonts over red, green, and pink rectangles, as in a collage made from magazines.

Lately in Literature: ‘Can women kill?’ asks Eliza Clark in debut novel, ‘Boy Parts’

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
Oct. 11, 2022
The Grind
Shot of writer writing with one hand and a mug in the other

How to stay inspired as a writer

Gheed El Bizri
  •  
May 15, 2022
The Grind
A room filled will stacks of books, some in focus while others are not.

Untranslatable: ‘Tsundoku’

From the Community
  •  
April 21, 2022
Local
Three rows of a bookshelf, stacked full of books.

How local bookstores have survived the pandemic

Karina Aronson
  •  
Aug. 19, 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
The Stanford Daily

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