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Fall 2023 • Vol. XLV No. 4 • 2023 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers |

Because I Am Young, Stubborn, and Covered in Skin

By Evan Sandifer

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Evan Sandifer is a young queer writer from the coast of South Carolina. They are a junior high school student at Charleston School of the Arts majoring in creative writing. Their senior thesis will be published in book form in spring 2024.

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