Less and More: The Poetics of Trauma and Transition in Kayleb Rae Candrilli's What Runs Over.

A literary criticism of the verse memoir "What Runs Over" by Kayleb Rae Candrilli is presented. It discusses representation of transgender and gender-nonconforming experience through trauma and survival. It examines how the book's poetic form negotiates the tension between revealing and withholding...

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Publicado en:Australian Literary Studies Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 1 - 25
Autor principal: Villani, Anders
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: Australian Literary Studies 2025
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Sumario:A literary criticism of the verse memoir "What Runs Over" by Kayleb Rae Candrilli is presented. It discusses representation of transgender and gender-nonconforming experience through trauma and survival. It examines how the book's poetic form negotiates the tension between revealing and withholding traumatic events, using formal strategies to convey both factual and emotional truths while bearing witness to marginalization and abuse.