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Leyla Yilmaz

Leyla Yilmaz

Leyla Yilmaz '25 is a writer 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.
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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
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May 31
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Lately in Literature: Everyday heroes and untold truths in ‘Small Things Like These’

Leyla Yilmaz
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May 16
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Lately in Literature: Ronan Hession’s ‘Panenka’ is a Week 5 pick-me-up novella

Leyla Yilmaz
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May 1
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Lately in literature: How to turn shark stories into existential horror

Leyla Yilmaz
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April 17
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Lately in Literature: Grieving art in Rebecca Makkai’s ‘The Great Believers’

Leyla Yilmaz
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March 7
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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
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Feb. 26
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Lately in literature: ‘Toy Story’ meets social commentary in Dorothy Tse’s ‘Owlish’

Leyla Yilmaz
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Feb. 21
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Lately In Literature: The poetic beauty of Fatimah Asghar’s ‘When We Were Sisters’

Leyla Yilmaz
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Jan. 23
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Lately in Literature: Sarah Jackson’s ‘A Bit Much’ as an ode to friendship

Leyla Yilmaz
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Nov. 29
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Dystopias, space travel and why you should vote

Leyla Yilmaz
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Nov. 3
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Lately in Literature: Eastern traditions from a Western perspective in Quan Barry’s newest novel

Leyla Yilmaz
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Nov. 1
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Lately in literature: Fernanda Melchor’s disturbing novel ‘Paradais’ is the new existential feminist text

Leyla Yilmaz
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Oct. 18
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Lately in Literature: ‘Can women kill?’ asks Eliza Clark in debut novel, ‘Boy Parts’

Leyla Yilmaz
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Oct. 11
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Hispanic Heritage Month reads listicle ’22

Nicole Tong, Leyla Yilmaz and Cameron Duran
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Oct. 3
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Lately in Literature: From colonialism to the 21st century in Natasha Brown’s ‘Assembly’

Leyla Yilmaz
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May 30, 2022
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Lately in Literature: “Beautiful World, Where Are You” searches for enchantment amid distress

Leyla Yilmaz
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May 1, 2022
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Lately in Literature: Fredrik Backman’s ‘Anxious People’ is a love letter to humanity

Leyla Yilmaz
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March 10, 2022
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Lately in Literature: Family against murder in ‘My Sister, The Serial Killer’

Leyla Yilmaz
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Feb. 27, 2022
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What to watch: Black History Month recommendations

Betty He, Kirsten Mettler, Aditeya Shukla, Leyla Yilmaz and Malia Mendez
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Feb. 24, 2022
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“The Love Hypothesis” depicts love at Stanford and criticizes inequality in academia

Leyla Yilmaz
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Jan. 20, 2022
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