Stanford Literature

Our own Department Chair Blakey Vermeule reflects on the merits of self-preservation and balance in the fast-paced world of today. #WorldMentalHealthDay Via Stanford University news.stanford.edu/2018/08/23/peo…

His lectures were "electrifying." R.I.P. Prof. Herbert Lindenberger, professor of English and comparative Literature (1929-2018) stanford.io/2QupTH4

Award-winning translator and former Stegner fellow Mira Rosenthal talks about what she learned from poet Tomasz Różycki. “A dirty secret I keep is that I started horribly.” stanford.io/2KYhjlk

Philip Roth has died at 85: I interviewed him in 2014, after he said he was done with writing and done with interviews. Tobias Wolff and I changed his mind, in time for the Another Look book club event on "The Ghost Writer." Here's the interview. stanford.io/2kjUbhw

Perhaps the first-ever discussion of Larkin's early novel, "A Girl in Winter" – and it rocked! Tobias Wolff, Robert Harrison & Elizabeth Conquest in conversation. Podcast and photos, too! stanford.io/2K8oVwV

TONIGHT: Philip Larkin’s early novel “A Girl in Winter” at Stanford! | The Book Haven stanford.io/2w1mJ84 stanford.io/2w1mJ84

When she married, Larkin said, “No doubt she will drag him back to her transatlantic lair, as all Yank bags do.” The "Yank Bag" "Liddie" Conquest remembers her long, happy marriage to poet/historian Robert Conquest – & come hear her on April 30, too!... stanford.io/2F8bJoN

What? Philip Larkin the novelist? Portrait of the poet as a young man. Stanford takes on the Larkin's 1947 “A Girl in Winter” on April 30, with Tobias Wolff, Robert Harrison, and Elizabeth Conquest. Join us! stanford.io/2EesrlM

"Victor Frankenstein attends the University of Ingolstadt, which was famous in its day for natural philosophy –... fb.me/EjhQzxGM

On January 1, 1818, a 20-year-old girl published Frankenstein. And Stanford will celebrate the book on Jan. 24,... fb.me/7PHirB5KQ

Only death could stop her. Remembering Stanford poet Helen Pinkerton. “No poet in English writes with more... fb.me/MyHVzZCZ

BREAKING NEWS! Jesmyn Ward just won the National Book Award – again! This time for "Sing, Unburied, Sing." Here's... fb.me/98R65Vwfk

BREAKING NEWS! Jesmyn Ward just won the National Book Award – again! This time for "Sing, Unburied, Sing." Here's... fb.me/9lqaYNPna

Franco Moretti, founder of Stanford Literary Lab, on digital humanities.... fb.me/7EApGtZF3

Please join us in the Terrace Room on Oct. 25 for a video tour of the only surviving home of the visionary poet... fb.me/OQq5Gpvg

Last call for Sándor Márai’s masterpiece "Embers" on Oct. 18! Another Look book discussions are amazing – so... fb.me/1hbSYNbzb

Congratulations to Professors of English Paula Moya and Michele Elam for their appointment as Bass University... fb.me/7AtNaK9tP

Tobias Wolff, Robert Harrison & Jane Shaw to discuss Hungarian author Sándor Márai’s "Embers" Wed. Oct 18. Be... fb.me/2jqscbkNG

Stand with Cynthia Haven fb.me/12HWY2exd