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Kayleb Rae Candrilli

Kayleb Rae Candrilli is author of Water I Won't Touch (Copper Canyon, 2021), All the Gay Saints (Saturnalia Books, 2020), and What Runs Over (YesYes Books, 2017). They are the recipient of a Whiting Award and of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In September 2021, Candrilli was a guest blogger for Harriet. 

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Beowulf Sheehan

By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

Column 871

Summering in Wildwood, NJ