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Cate Burtner

Cate Burtner is the vol. 266 Reads Desk Editor and an Arts & Life Staff Writer.
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A movie screen in a dark theater depicts teenagers in a high school hallway

Levin celebrates birthday at Presidential FLiCKS

Cate Burtner
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Nov. 19
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A photo of Hasan Minhaj with the text "Hasan Minhaj: Off With His Head Netflix Review"

Hasan Minhaj is done with the cancel, but keeps riffing on the culture

Cate Burtner
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Nov. 18
Reads
cut outs from newspapers form a human silhouette behind the title of the column "Brutal Monsters"

‘Sad girl poetry’ and the gendered political madness of 2024

Cate Burtner
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Nov. 12
Fiction
a cartoon of scared tree standing in the dark

Fiction: ‘Doomsday Manor’

Cate Burtner
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Nov. 3
Reads
cut outs from newspapers form a human silhouette behind the title of the column "Brutal Monsters"

The viral book ‘A Little Life’ handles little with care

Cate Burtner
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Oct. 28
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A man holds open a book. Next to him is the text "English Teacher Review"

‘English Teacher’ highlights the human beyond the classroom

Cate Burtner
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Oct. 23
Reads
An animated open computer sits on a desk next to some coffee, glasses and pencils against a yellow background.

Back-to-school books: Reading that shaped us

Cate Burtner, Kelly Wang, Sanaya Robinson-Shah, Anya Vedantambe and Grace Zhao
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Oct. 22
Reads
cut outs from newspapers form a human silhouette behind the title of the column "Brutal Monsters"

The real monster of ‘Frankenstein’ is brutal, and it’s not who you think

Cate Burtner
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Oct. 14
Culture
The Robber Barons performing a comedy sketch at the event.

Stanford d.school party rocks with student art and design futures

Cate Burtner
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Oct. 7
University
Howard Bruce Franklin, age 73, stands in front of a beach on a cloudy day.

Remembering H. Bruce Franklin, Stanford professor fired for anti-war views

Cate Burtner
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July 10
Magazine
Old copies of "Sequoia" literary magazine are taped to a charcoal picture of a tree.

What’s in a ‘little’ magazine? ’70s lit mag Sequoia had something special

Cate Burtner
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June 25
Arts & Life
Burtner and Yilmaz recommend books for students in different majors. (Graphic: DA-HEE KIM/The Stanford Daily)

What to read this summer, based on your major

Cate Burtner and Leyla Yilmaz
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June 5
Reads
Drawing of colorful books on a shelf with their sleeve towards the audience, the sleeves have "TBR" written on them and the writing on the background reads "Stanford To Be Read"

Stanford TBR: ‘There There’ composes a symphony of Native American voices

Cate Burtner
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May 28
Reads
A speaker is talking in a room of audience with "Stanford Humanities center" written across the walls

Description dances off the page at final Stegner Fellow reading

Cate Burtner
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May 17
Reads
Author Carmen Maria Machado stands behind a lectern gesturing as though she's addressing the audience.

The beautiful and the terrible: Carmen Maria Machado reads queer horror and sci-fi

Cate Burtner
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May 8
Reads
Drawing of colorful books on a shelf with their sleeve towards the audience, the sleeves have "TBR" written on them and the writing on the background reads "Stanford To Be Read"

‘The Husband Stitch’ retells urban legends with a feminist slant

Cate Burtner
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April 30
Reads
Three books pink, green and blue depicted in a backdrop of a blue sky with flowers and grass at the bottom and yellow butterflies flying on top

Bookworm bulletin: Spring book recommendations

Leyla Yilmaz, Cate Burtner, Miriam Awan, Dan Kubota, Blyss Cleveland and Grace Zhao
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April 26
Reads
In her novel "Ripe," Sarah Rose Etter captures the toxicity of the technocratic Bay Area culture through masterful world building and satire. (Graphic: DA-HEE KIM/The Stanford Daily)

Stanford TBR: ‘Ripe’ delivers a visceral Silicon Valley satire

Cate Burtner
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April 16
Reads
Drawing of colorful books on a shelf with their sleeve towards the audience, the sleeves have "TBR" written on them and the writing on the background reads "Stanford To Be Read"

Stanford TBR: Yaa Gyasi’s ‘Transcendent Kingdom’ reads like a gift

Cate Burtner
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April 2
Reads
Student performer reads spoken word poetry in front of a well-lit stage with purple blinds that reflect the yellow spot-light.

Poetry Live unearths aliveness and authenticity

Cate Burtner
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March 12

Multimedia by Cate Burtner

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A movie screen in a dark theater depicts teenagers in a high school hallway

Levin celebrates birthday at Presidential FLiCKS

Cate Burtner
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Nov. 19
Culture
The Robber Barons performing a comedy sketch at the event.

Stanford d.school party rocks with student art and design futures

Cate Burtner
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Oct. 7
Reads
A speaker is talking in a room of audience with "Stanford Humanities center" written across the walls

Description dances off the page at final Stegner Fellow reading

Cate Burtner
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May 17
The Stanford Daily

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