The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2024
An illustration of a circular space station floating against a black background. The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, alien epics and promising starts to series. Credit…Karan Singh Amal El-Mohtar is a Hugo Award-winning writer and the co-author, with Max Gladstone, of “This Is How You Lose the Time War.” […]
Sudowrite Review: A Writer’s Best Friend?
A robot assiting a writer to illustrate the topic ‘Sudowrite Review: A Writer’s Best Friend?’ Imagine having a writing assistant that understands your style, sparks creativity, and even helps refine your drafts. Sounds like a dream, right? That’s exactly what Sudowrite promises. But does it live up to its claims? This comprehensive Sudowrite review dives […]
Susan Abulhawa Remembers Refaat Alareer: Poet, Teacher, Husband, Father
On December 7, 2013, a Ph.D. student in Malaysia reached out to me by email because he was writing a research paper on a section of Mornings in Jenin . He told me that he had taught my novel at the Islamic University of Gaza, and he hoped to get my thoughts on his thesis. […]
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
An illustration of a circular space station floating against a black background. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2024 The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, alien epics and promising starts to series. Credit…Karan Singh Amal El-Mohtar is a Hugo Award-winning writer and the co-author, with Max Gladstone, of […]
Deans dismiss student petition for meeting on creative writing program
The front of Main Quad, which holds Margaret Jacks Hall, is lit up at night. (Photo: SYLER PERALTA-RAMOS/The Stanford Daily) A petition started by Sara Simoni ’26 for students to meet with members of the creative writing faculty to discuss their decision to “future fire” all of the Jones lecturers has been turned down by […]