Spooky reads for Halloween in quarantine

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

Ellie Wong, a native of the suburbs of Atlanta, writes for Arts & Life and The Grind. She studies English and psychology and uses her English education to point out typos in The Daily's videos before they're published.

A&L Reads Desk Editor

Valerie Trapp '22 is a staff writer for Arts & Life and a contributor to The Grind. She is from Florida and the Dominican Republic and studies English and International Relations.

Shana '21 is a former Managing Editor for Arts&Life (Vol 256) who is studying computer science, English, and their many intersections. She is also an active night owl who enjoys green tea and flights of imagination (spurred from works like Ted Chiang’s “Exhalation"). When she’s not reading speculative fiction or attempting to write it well, she wonders if books are word sandwiches and their themes are different flavors of idea jam, and if that’s why they're so nourishing to the soul.

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.

The Daily’s Halloween movie picks

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.

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

Peyton Lee '24 is a music beat reporter for Arts & Life. His focus is classical performance, but he also enjoys pop, R&B, and jazz. Contact Peyton at plee 'at' stanforddaily.com

Black FLI Stanford sophomores weigh in on ‘What’s Big’ in new podcast

Nicole Johnson is a high school student writing as part of The Daily’s Summer Journalism Workshop.

‘The stone is rolling’: screenwriting Stanford alumnae talk industry shifts in Arts webinar

Annie Li is a high school student writing as part of The Stanford Daily's Summer Journalism Workshop.

Stanford alum Michael Tubbs’ Stockton is on the rise in HBO documentary

Karlaine Francisco is a high school student writing as part of The Stanford Daily's Summer Journalism Workshop.

The Daily goes behind-the-scenes for Gaieties 2020’s summer update.

‘Devised at Dink’: Producer Chloe Chow ’23 on revamping Gaieties 2020 to open-air sketch comedy

Vivian Jiang is a high school student writing as part of The Stanford Daily's Summer Journalism Workshop.

Artist Spotlight: Jason Dunford ’09 on creating music for the pandemic and racial justice

Artist Spotlight: Eve La Puma ’20, actor-musician

Natalie Francis '22 (A&L Staff Writer) is a Classics + English major still figuring out how to combine her passions for classical civilization, eco-criticism and musical performance. A California native, you will find her jamming out to an eclectic mix of Hadestown, Halsey, Frozen II, Wicked, Sarah McLachlan, Ariana Grande and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. 

The Off the Farm ‘Benefit Cabaret’: Finding permanence in a time (and art form) of transience

Voices of Canceled Stanford Shows: Producing a concert at the end of the world

Voices of Canceled Stanford Shows: Sarah Mergen ’19 on adapting Shakespeare and directing ‘HAL’

Artist Spotlight: Yannie Tan ’23 on being an experimental musician, Youtube creator

Nadia Jo '23 is the Desk Editor of Music for Vol. 259 (and previously Vol. 258) and occasionally writes for Screen and Opinions. She is particularly interested in hip-hop, R&B, and classical music. Contact her at njo ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.

Del Sol Quartet, Francisco Fullana enliven Bay Area with ‘socially distanced’ music

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #10-1

Nick Sligh is a Junior from Athens, Georgia, studying Economics and International Relations. Nick is always open to discuss anything relating to music, NBA basketball, and movies/TV. As somebody with a deep interest in hip-hop/rap and r&b music, Nick covers these genres through his articles. Feel free to contact him at nsligh 'at' stanforddaily.com

Palm Drive Records’ Music @ Mars gives indie musicians the mic

New music director Salonen brings ‘Silicon Valley’ ingenuity to SF Symphony

Jasmine Liu is a senior staff writer and writes for Opinions and Arts & Life.

Dynamic duo Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi combine folk music, racial justice in concert

Predictions for the 2020 Grammys experience

Taking notes from a trio of Stanford music majors

IQFF, part 1: The breathtakingly intimate ‘And Then We Danced’

Olivia Popp was a managing editor of Arts & Life for volumes 251 through 254 and the editor-at-large for The Stanford Daily's board of directors for volumes 254 and 255. She hails from Michigan and enjoys science fiction TV shows, independent film festivals, and the Bay Area theater scene.

Music + X: Politics

Adrian Liu '20 is Editor of Opinions. Previously, he was Editor of Opinions in Volume 257. He lives in Sacramento.

Elizabeth Lindqwister is a senior from Peoria, Illinois, majoring in history. She is the Vol. 259 Public Editor, having previously served as the Vol. 257 Executive Editor and Vice President. Find her at CoHo or liz 'at' stanforddaily.com.

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