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Amanda Altarejos

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.
The Grind
Photo of the road from the passenger seta of a open vehicle / cart.

Dear Diary: Home

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
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
  •  
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
The Grind
Heart-shaped pages of a book

Dear Diary: It was just a paper bag

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

Dear Diary: LIMBS

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
Oct. 26
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
The Stanford Daily

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