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My first impression on visiting Stanford was that the professors, students and supporting staff were genuinely friendly, supportive, compassionate, and that this was a non-competitive community which also happened to do some of the most cutting edge work in the discipline. This department cares about its students and their lives, and yet still demands the best work of them without spoon-feeding. And the sun shines! I wouldn't go anywhere else.

— Jodie Archer, PhD 2014, Apple Inc.

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Department Bookshelf

English remains a top-ranked department nationally because of the strength and variety of our faculty publications, both in scholarly research and creative writing. Browse the Bookshelf to explore our many interests.

Race and the Totalitarian Century: Geopolitics in the Black Literary Imagination
Or Orwell: Writing and Democratic Socialism
Writing America: Literary Landmarks from Walden Pond to Wounded Knee (A Reader's Companion)
The Social Imperative: Race, Close Reading, and Contemporary Literary Criticism

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