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Amanda Altarejos

Amanda Altarejos '24 is a columnist and desk editor for The Grind. She is majoring in Comparative Literature. Amanda is interested in creative writing, politics, and music.
Music
a digital drawing of a cassette tape

Made a mixtape, hope you like it: Fiona Apple

Amanda Altarejos
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Nov. 17
Music
a digital drawing of a cassette tape

Made a mixtape, hope you like it: Elliott Smith

Amanda Altarejos
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Oct. 29
Music
a digital drawing of a cassette tape

Made a mixtape, hope you like it: Nick Drake

Amanda Altarejos
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Oct. 14
The Grind
Photo of the road from the passenger seta of a open vehicle / cart.

Dear Diary: Home

Amanda Altarejos
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May 17
The Grind
An open book, flipped to the cover page "M Train," on a cafe table and by coffee.

Dear Diary: To be just kids

Amanda Altarejos
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April 24
The Grind
Sunset with silhouettes of people by the beach.

Dear Diary: Almost summer

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
March 13
The Grind
A picture of a tall pink house in the middle of a blue house, half in frame, and a brown house, half in frame.

Dear Diary: The pink house

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
Jan. 24
The Grind
A book cover with "Joan Didion" on the top and the book title "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" underneath it, written in block letters.

Dear Diary: My packing list

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
Jan. 8
The Grind
A circular smear of gray on a background, the top half of which is lighter and looks like a table, the bottom half of which is also gray.

Dear Diary: Sunny days in winter

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
Nov. 30, 2023
The Grind
Heart-shaped pages of a book

Dear Diary: It was just a paper bag

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
Nov. 8, 2023
The Grind
Painting of a dark-skinned woman in a golden frame hanging on a white wall.

Dear Diary: LIMBS

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
Oct. 26, 2023
The Grind
A painting of an eye done in swirls of gray, white, green and specks of red.

‘Dreams Don’t Die When It Becomes Day’: Can you see me?

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
June 1, 2023
The Grind
man is decoding characters using his magnifying glass

‘Dreams Don’t Die When It Becomes Day’: A murder mystery

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
May 9, 2023
The Grind
A lit up Memorial Church framed in the center of an arch. It is almost night.

‘Dreams Don’t Die When They Become Day’: God does not guide you in the Tunnel

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
April 17, 2023
The Grind
Blue and purple skies over a beachfront.

‘Dreams Don’t Die When It Becomes Day’: Morning hugs

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
March 7, 2023
The Grind
A wooden spoon against a blank gray background.

An ode to spoons

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
Jan. 26, 2023

Multimedia by Amanda Altarejos

The Grind
Blue and purple skies over a beachfront.

Asking Stanford: What keeps you up at night?

Kristine Ma, Helen Katz, Jennifer Levine, Shreya Komar, Allie Skalnik, Sebastian Strawser, Dillon Nguyen, Linden Hansen and Sharis Hsu
  •  
Oct. 15
The Stanford Daily

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