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Lily Nilipour is the Vol. 259 Reads desk editor for Arts & Life and an English major on a gap year. She loves to talk modernism — especially Virginia Woolf — digital humanities and literary magazines. Contact her at lnilipour 'at' stanforddaily.com

Hearing what young writers have to SAY: Stanford’s Anthology for Youth releases 24th publication

Natalie Wang is a high schooler writing as part of The Daily’s Summer Journalism Workshop. Contact her at workshop 'at' stanforddaily.com.

Incoming frosh named 2021 National Youth Poet Laureate

Arjun Shah is a high schooler writing as part of The Daily’s Summer Journalism Workshop. Contact them at workshop 'at' stanforddaily.com.

Maya Wong is a high schooler writing as part of The Daily’s Summer Journalism Workshop. Contact them at workshop 'at' stanforddaily.com.

Lenny Siegel’s ‘Disturbing the War’ and student activism at Stanford

Curing the world: Healthcare and justice in ‘Mountains Beyond Mountains’

Maya Salameh ’22 becomes youngest winner of prize for poets of Arab heritage

Lana Tleimat '23 (... maybe '24) is the Vol. 260 executive editor for digital. She was formerly managing editor of humor. She is from Columbus, Ohio, and isn't really studying anything. Contact her at ltleimat 'at' stanforddaily.com.

Executive Editor for Digital

Nghi Vo’s ‘The Chosen and the Beautiful’: A queer Vietnamese American reimagining of ‘The Great Gatsby’

Undergraduate storytellers shine at Levinthal Reading

Rosana is an Arts & Life Contributing Writer and a News Staff Writer from La Puente, CA. She enjoys a good hike and is her dog’s biggest fan. The SoCal native misses playing the alto saxophone and looks forward to someday watching the Dodgers (in-person) win another World Series game. Contact her at rmaris 'at' stanforddaily.com.

Cynthia Arrieu-King’s “The Betweens” offers refreshing, nuanced perspective on mixed-race identity

Ethel Rohan’s ‘In the Event of Contact’: A collection about human connection

Poetry in Conversation: Richie Hofmann on ‘Second Empire’ and growing as a poet

Kyla Figueroa ‘24 is a staff writer for Arts & Life and contributing writer for Opinions and The Grind at the Stanford Daily. She is from Stockton, California and is studying English with a track in Creative Writing. Her favorite subjects to write about are TV, film, books, theatre, activism, and lifestyle. Contact Kyla Figueroa at kfigueroa ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.

Ross Gay, Bon Iver shape the poetics of gratitude in new collaboration

‘An Ordinary Age’ insightfully reframes societal pressures felt by young adults

Literary scholars draw parallels between crime fiction, current events

Jed Ngalande ‘23 is a Staff Writer for Vol. 259 Academic News.

Cathy Park Hong on ethical storytelling and her ‘accidental’ writing process

Jared Klegar ’24 writes for Arts & Life and The Grind and co-chairs the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team. An English major, misplaced modifiers are among his biggest pet peeves. Contact him at jklegar 'at' stanforddaily.com.

Staff Writer, DEI Team Co-Chair

Haruki Murakami’s ‘First Person Singular’ a perplexing disappointment

Poet Aracelis Girmay on grief, Black motherhood and marrow language

Carly Taylor '22 is a Managing Editor of Arts & Life. She studies comparative literature and creative writing. On campus, you can find her organizing concerts and practicing martial arts. Contact her at ctaylor ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.

Meg Remy’s ‘Begin by Telling’ crafts a landscape of trauma and storytelling

‘I’m just playing with clay’: Victoria Chang on poetry and language

Emily Layden ’11 discusses the importance of the feminine perspective in literature

The American people still hold the greatest amount of power, says founder of Citizen University

Sundays with the Other Grandmother

Carolyn Stein is a contributing writer from Los Angeles, California. She is pursuing coursework in psychology, East Asian studies and comparative literature. On campus, you can find her making loud noises with the LSJUMB.

Contact her at news 'at' stanforddaily.com.

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