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The Leland Quarterly "LQ" logo is in big read letters against a white background. There is a Stanford tree in the Q.

Literary magazine Leland Quarterly opens doors to creative expression and student publication

Katie Small
  •  
Dec. 6, 2024
Screen
A pink outline of a girl with symbols representing girlhood around the outline.

‘We Are Lady Parts’ tunes into the business of art

Blyss Cleveland
  •  
Sept. 30, 2024
The Grind
Light blue shadowed image of body with text "The Body Speaks."

The Body Speaks: A letter to my abuser

Anusha Nadkarni
  •  
Jan. 29, 2024
The Grind
A headshot of the author as a child, presumably from a yearbook.

I’m still the same me

Kene Nzelu
  •  
Jan. 16, 2024
The Grind
Black and white photo of people sitting in a circle, each with a foot in.

CS 83N, and my experiences with Playback Theater

Arshya Gaur
  •  
April 3, 2023
The Grind
A man laying in bed, next to a keyboard that he places a single hand on.

Excerpt: Autumn, grief, loss and other things

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Feb. 1, 2023
The Grind
Three tamales—a Mexican dish—on a plate

The art of tamales

Jordan Stock
  •  
Jan. 26, 2023
The Grind
Two pictures of the author with their bike.

Cycling through adulthood

Kastella Nguyen
  •  
Nov. 17, 2022
The Grind
A computer features a variety of faces on Zoom.

Why you should try teaching

Sarayu Pai
  •  
Nov. 14, 2022
The Grind
Someone bikes past a planetary orb in the Engineering Quad.

Observer: Searching for purpose

Benjamin Midler
  •  
Nov. 10, 2022
The Grind
A crowd of people watch an outdoor production of Waiting for Godot. There are two actors standing on the left and right and in the center there is a tree lit up by purple lighting. On the tree there is a sign reading, "Next Day. Same Time. Same Place."

An invitation to reconsider: The role of the audience

Yonatan Laderman
  •  
Nov. 2, 2022
The Grind
A mirror that stands on a desk in an empty room.

Six variations on a crowded, lonely room

Brandon Kim
  •  
Nov. 1, 2022
The Grind
Students enjoy performances by Tkay Maidza, Victoria Monét, and Aminé at the 2022 Frost Festival for Music and the Arts presented by Stanford Concert Network.

Le Petit Prince: On social life

Benjamin Marra
  •  
Oct. 30, 2022
The Grind
A formless figure lays in bed, undefinable beside its feet. Sunlight peeks in through a window.

A culture of community accountability

Laney Conger
  •  
Oct. 25, 2022
The Grind
A landscape of a winter pond and trees in the back

Essays on Essays: Finding your favorite spot at Stanford

Sam Waddoups
  •  
Oct. 24, 2022
The Grind
Green Library with Hoover Tower in the background.

What does it mean to call yourself a “Stanford student”?

Audrey Kim
  •  
Oct. 9, 2022
The Grind
Image captured by the James Webb telescope. As NASA describes, it is "a landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula."

Transfers of the universe (and other people too)

Nestor Walters
  •  
Oct. 6, 2022
The Grind
A picture of Main Quad

Dear Stanford: Letters from a Knyaw Mu

Mu Hsi Hsi
  •  
Oct. 5, 2022
The Grind
Ocean waves crash on a beach.

Waves and the things we leave behind

Thay Graciano
  •  
Sept. 26, 2022
The Grind
Panorama of the beach with the ocean and mountains in the backdrop.

The things I’ll keep

Hanmin Lee
  •  
June 1, 2022
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