Award Winning Trans Poet, Kayleb Rae Candrilli, to present Nov. 11

The Department of English & Theatre, with support from Women’s & Gender Studies, S.A.F.E. (Scranton Alliance for Equity), the Rainbow Royals, and a diversity initiatives grant from the Office of Equity and Diversity will present award-winning trans poet Kayleb Rae Candrilli at the upcoming University Reading Series event. November 11 at 6:30 p.m. in Brennan Hall 228, The Pearn Auditorium. Light refreshments will be served. This free event is open to the public.

 Kayleb Rae Candrilli is the recipient of a Whiting Award, PEW fellowship, and of a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. They are the author of Water I Won’t Touch, All the Gay Saints, and What Runs Over. More information about Candrilli and their work can be found at their website and at Copper Canyon Press’s pages for Candrilli and for their recent book Water I Won’t Touch).

 The event is free and open to both campus and to the public (masks required). A Royal Card reader will be used to take attendance, for faculty interested in offering credit for attending this event. Contact Dr. Billie R. Tadros (billie.tadros@scranton.edu) with any questions.