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At the second annual Poetry Out Loud competition, students practice the timeless art of performing poetry, for cash prizes.

 

English Major Blake Montgomery '14

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English Major Holst Katsma '13 recently won two University Awards for his thesis: The Robert M. Golden Medal and The David M. Kennedy Honors Thesis Prize. Eleven seniors received the Golden Medal, which similarly distinguishes students…

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The Walter J. Gores Awards are the university's highest teaching honor. They are named for Professor Walter J. Gores, a member of the Stanford Class of 1917 who became a professor of design at the University of Michigan.

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Once Marilyn Monroe vamped "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," the 1925 bestselling novel was all but forgotten. Stanford hopes to restore the balance with its seasonal book club event. (By Cynthia Haven)

 

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By Brooke Donald

Adam Johnson, an associate professor of English at Stanford, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for The Orphan Master's Son, his novel set in North Korea.

The Pulitzer committee called…