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Depiction of Octavia Butler's story 'Bloodchild' showing an unidentifiable insect with many legs emerging from a boy with a large whole through his chest

Spooky reads for Halloween in quarantine

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Lily Nilipour, Ellie Wong, Valerie Trapp, Emma Kexin Wang, Shana E. Hadi, Cindy Xin and Carly Taylor
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Oct. 29, 2020
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Halloween (and surrounding weeks) are the ideal time to read these mysterious, ghostly, and contemplative tales. (Photo: Mark York/The Stanford Daily)

Spooktacular Halloween reads

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Scott Stevens, Lily Nilipour, Maya Czeneszew, Nicole Wesson, Roberta Gonzalez Marquez, Shana E. Hadi and Mark York
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Oct. 30, 2019
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The English Romantic poet William Wordsworth once extolled the beauty of daffodils (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Lasting notes from National Poetry Month

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Katherine Silk, Lily Nilipour, Mark York and Shana E. Hadi
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April 30, 2019
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L.M. Montgomery is best known for "Anne of Green Gables," but her novel "Emily and New Moon" is also a classic (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Leaf through these refreshing March reads

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Katherine Silk, Sarah Kim, Lily Nilipour and Shana E. Hadi
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March 21, 2019
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Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" is one of the most bitter love stories ever written (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Reading between the lines for love

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Lily Nilipour, Carly Taylor, Scott Stevens, Mark York, Claire Francis and Shana E. Hadi
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Feb. 14, 2019
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Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" complicates genre conventions and conceptions of gender (courtesy of Flickr).

Reading for new beginnings

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Katherine Silk, Scott Stevens, Carly Taylor, Mark York and Shana E. Hadi
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Jan. 28, 2019
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This Thanksgiving, take time to check out these meaningful books (DELAWARE LIBRARIES/Flickr).

Reads of gratefulness

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Sofia Schlozman, Carly Taylor, Sarah Kim, Katherine Silk, Scott Stevens and Shana E. Hadi
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Nov. 15, 2018
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The Reads beat recommends some spine-chilling stories for Halloween (BRIAN HERZOG/Flickr).

Bewitching Halloween reads

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Sofia Schlozman, Olivia Manes, Carly Taylor, Scott Stevens, Mark York and Shana E. Hadi
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Oct. 31, 2018
This year, all Stanford freshmen read novels focusing on the themes of globality and migration (courtesy of L.A. Cicero).

Lingering thoughts on the Three Books

Arts & Life Reads beat writers
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Oct. 11, 2018
Amy Adams in "Arrival." (Courtesy of Paramount Pictures)

Movie adaptations: Fraudulent or faithful?

Arts & Life Reads beat writers
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Feb. 13, 2018
Courtesy of David Matthew Parker

Absurdist fiction reads to catch this weekend

Arts & Life Reads beat writers
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Nov. 30, 2017
The final segment of Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events.' (Courtesy of Flickr)

Remembering childhood books

Arts & Life Reads beat writers
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Nov. 7, 2017
lovecraft

Horror literature picks for November

Arts & Life Reads beat writers
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Nov. 3, 2017
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