Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
Log in
Banner with text: "The Stanford Daily; Order the Yearbook: The Quad. https://stanforddaily.com/yearbook
Search
Subscribe to Digest
Donate
Remove Ads
Picture of Leyla Yilmaz

Leyla Yilmaz

Leyla Yilmaz '25 is the vol. 264 Reads desk editor for the Arts & Life section. She is from Istanbul, Turkey and a prospective Biology major who enjoys frequent trips to the bookstore and collecting cacti. Contact the Daily's Arts & Life section at arts ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.
Culture
SLOCo rehearsing “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in Memorial Church.

Stanford Light Opera Company prepares for historic Memorial Church production

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
April 30
Reads
Heart-shaped pages of a book

‘Daughter of Ruins’ portrays women’s perseverance through an ode to its author’s Grecian home

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
Jan. 12
Reads
Chess pieces topple over a yellow chess board with the title "Intermezzo" written on it.

Why ‘Intermezzo’ is not actually Sally Rooney’s most mature novel

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
Oct. 15
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
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
Music
(Left to right) Olivia Rodrigo, Mitski, The Rolling Stones and Noah Kahan pictured against a yellow background with "2024" in yellow text displayed in front.

Concerts we’re anticipating this year

Alexandra Blum, Charlotte Burks, Charlotte Kearns, Brandon Rupp, Leyla Yilmaz, Blyss Cleveland, Sofia Gonzalez-Rodriguez and Cameron Duran
  •  
Feb. 1, 2024
Reads
A drawing of a smiling ghost holds a book, "spooky books" is written above the ghost's head

The Daily’s recommended reads for spooky season

Leyla Yilmaz, Emma Kexin Wang, Hana Dao, Amistad Vanegas and Cate Burtner
  •  
Oct. 29, 2023
Reads
A poster with a dark red background, graphics of books on the right and left corners and a graphic of a traditional Chinese temple on the top right corner.

The Daily’s bookworm bulletin: What to read this AAPI Heritage Month

Dana Chiueh, Hana Dao, Leyla Yilmaz, Kirsten Mettler, Carolyn Stein, Sarayu Pai and Anthony Martinez Rosales
  •  
May 31, 2023
Reads
"Lately in Literature with Leyla Yilmaz" text against a background of books.

Lately in Literature: Everyday heroes and untold truths in ‘Small Things Like These’

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
May 16, 2023
Reads
"Lately in Literature with Leyla Yilmaz" text against a background of books.

Lately in Literature: Ronan Hession’s ‘Panenka’ is a Week 5 pick-me-up novella

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
May 1, 2023
Reads
Over a faint backdrop of open books, the text: "lately in LITERATURE with Leyla Yilmaz." "Literature" is stylized in multiple fonts over red, green, and pink rectangles, as in a collage made from magazines.

Lately in literature: How to turn shark stories into existential horror

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
April 17, 2023
Reads
Over a faint backdrop of open books, the text: "lately in LITERATURE with Leyla Yilmaz." "Literature" is stylized in multiple fonts over red, green, and pink rectangles, as in a collage made from magazines.

Lately in Literature: Grieving art in Rebecca Makkai’s ‘The Great Believers’

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
March 7, 2023
Reads
Danez Smith read from their poetry collection with a broad smile on his face in front of deep red theatre curtains in the background. They hold a yellow book and speak into a black microphone in front of them.

Students and artists preach love and resilience at Poetry Live!

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
Feb. 26, 2023
Reads
Over a faint backdrop of open books, the text: "lately in LITERATURE with Leyla Yilmaz." "Literature" is stylized in multiple fonts over red, green, and pink rectangles, as in a collage made from magazines.

Lately in literature: ‘Toy Story’ meets social commentary in Dorothy Tse’s ‘Owlish’

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
Feb. 21, 2023
Arts & Life
Over a faint backdrop of open books, the text: "lately in LITERATURE with Leyla Yilmaz." "Literature" is stylized in multiple fonts over red, green, and pink rectangles, as in a collage made from magazines.

Lately In Literature: The poetic beauty of Fatimah Asghar’s ‘When We Were Sisters’

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
Jan. 23, 2023
Arts & Life
Over a faint backdrop of open books, the text: "lately in LITERATURE with Leyla Yilmaz." "Literature" is stylized in multiple fonts over red, green, and pink rectangles, as in a collage made from magazines.

Lately in Literature: Sarah Jackson’s ‘A Bit Much’ as an ode to friendship

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
Nov. 29, 2022
Reads
"Dispossessed" in the foreground with a pink and purple full moon in the background.

Dystopias, space travel and why you should vote

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
Nov. 3, 2022
Reads
"Lately in Literature with Leyla Yilmaz" text against a background of books.

Lately in Literature: Eastern traditions from a Western perspective in Quan Barry’s newest novel

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
Nov. 1, 2022
Reads
"Lately in Literature with Leyla Yilmaz" text against a background of books.

Lately in literature: Fernanda Melchor’s disturbing novel ‘Paradais’ is the new existential feminist text

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
Oct. 18, 2022
Reads
Over a faint backdrop of open books, the text: "lately in LITERATURE with Leyla Yilmaz." "Literature" is stylized in multiple fonts over red, green, and pink rectangles, as in a collage made from magazines.

Lately in Literature: ‘Can women kill?’ asks Eliza Clark in debut novel, ‘Boy Parts’

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
Oct. 11, 2022
The Stanford Daily

Login or create an account

Apply to The Daily’s High School Summer Program

Deadline Extended to May 15

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
  • JOURNALISM WORKSHOP
  • MULTIMEDIA & TECH TRAININGS
  • GUEST SPEAKERS
  • FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE
Apply Now