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Jul 8 2013 | Stanford Report
At the second annual Poetry Out Loud competition, students practice the timeless art of performing poetry, for cash prizes.
Jun 25 2013 | Stanford Report
English Major Holst Katsma '13 recently won two University Awards for his thesis: The Robert M. Golden Medal and The David M. Kennedy Honors...
Jun 17 2013
On the afternoon of June 16th, the English department’s graduation ceremony unfolded in Memorial Church. In addition to the distribution of...
Jun 5 2013 | Stanford Report
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...
May 1 2013 | Stanford Report
Once Marilyn Monroe vamped "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," the 1925 bestselling novel was all but forgotten. Stanford hopes to restore the...
Apr 15 2013 | Stanford Report
By Brooke Donald
Adam Johnson, an associate professor of English at Stanford, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for The Orphan...
Mar 25 2013 | Stanford Report
Andrew Bricker, 2007 Ph.D. Cohort, will participate in a three-year program, the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical...
Jan 28 2013 | Stanford Report
Stanford's book club for short, overlooked masterpieces considers the 1941 novel "The Wife of Martin Guerre," once called "one of the most...
Oct 12 2012 | Stanford Report
A new book club will focus on short masterpieces that "have not earned the readership they deserve," according to English Professor Tobias...
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