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Cate Burtner

Cate Burtner is the Vol. 267 Opinions Managing Editor and the Vol. 266 Reads Desk Editor. She is also an Arts & Life Staff Writer. She could talk about books all day.
Culture
The Robber Barons performing a comedy sketch at the event.

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

Cate Burtner
  •  
Oct. 7, 2024
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
  •  
July 10, 2024
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
  •  
June 25, 2024
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
  •  
June 5, 2024
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
  •  
May 28, 2024
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
  •  
May 17, 2024
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
  •  
May 8, 2024
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
  •  
April 30, 2024
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
  •  
April 26, 2024
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
  •  
April 16, 2024
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
  •  
April 2, 2024
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
  •  
March 12, 2024
Reads
A graphic of Kiley Reid's profile drawn in blue stands on the right side, the left side has a text in yellow that reads "Come & Get It" in front of a green background

Almost, but not quite: Kiley Reid’s ‘Come and Get It’ falls short

Cate Burtner
  •  
Feb. 29, 2024
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: Re-examining 2020 in Zadie Smith’s ‘Intimations’

Cate Burtner
  •  
Feb. 20, 2024
Music
A happy, pink cartoon heart listening to romantic music through earbuds and holding a phone in from of a light blue background.

Tuned in to love: Best Valentine’s Day tracks

Cate Burtner, Hana Dao, Ribka Desta, Dan Kubota, Charlotte Kearns, Emma Kexin Wang, Amistad Vanegas, Erin Ye, Anthony Martinez Rosales and Sarayu Pai
  •  
Feb. 13, 2024
Culture
a white-walled art gallery with large, brightly colored paintings

‘Shifting Fields’: A colorful escape through Chinese painting

Cate Burtner
  •  
Feb. 8, 2024
Reads
An animated book titled "The Dawning of Diversity How Chicanos Helped Changed Stanford University by Frank O Sotomayor" is displayed with Book Review written repeatedly in bold next to it.

‘Dawning of Diversity’ narrates Mexican American students’ stories of the 1970s

Cate Burtner
  •  
Jan. 25, 2024
Reads
Heart-shaped pages of a book

‘Yours for the Taking’ is a subpar speculation on feminism and the planet

Cate Burtner
  •  
Jan. 16, 2024
Screen
An ornate stage with a rippled bright red curtain.

Screen Staff Selects: Favorite film worlds

Cate Burtner, Blyss Cleveland, Emma Kexin Wang, Olena Bogdan, Anthony Martinez Rosales, Elena Vasilache and Lauren Boles
  •  
Dec. 7, 2023
Reads
Britney Spears performs on stage in an angel costume with large white wings.

Britney Spears takes back the woman in her

Cate Burtner
  •  
Nov. 27, 2023

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