Gunilla Theander Kester, Ph.D
FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR, POET, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR, CLASSICAL GUITARIST
Gunilla Theander Kester is the author and co-author of six books, including a scholarly study, two poetry chapbooks, one full length poetry collection, and two collections dedicated to the victims of Flight 3407.
Current projects include a new collection of poetry and a memoir entitled “Streetness Speaks.”
May 22, 2025
GOOD NEWS TO SHARE
“Colander Fragment 1” is published in the newest volume of Consequence, Spring 2025, Vol. 17.1, Page 43.
I’ve become a regular monthly contributor to Consequence, a literary journal and forum that addresses the consequences, realities, and experiences of war and geopolitical violence through literature, art, and community events. My latest column here.
Buffalo Corner Reading Series presented its annual Open Community Read, Thursday, May 15, 7 pm. Enjoy the recording of an extraordinary event - Zoom link below.
My review of Lebanese poet Vénus Khoury-Ghata’s remarkable book of poetry called She Says has been published by Consequence.
“What You Haven’t Learned” has been accepted by Abridged 0-105: Lilith.
“Children Wait for the School Bus” has been accepted by Abstract.
"Travel Log" has been accepted by Slipstream Press and will appear in their Strange Days Issue #45 , Summer 2025
“On the Side of Paradise Road” has been accepted by Third Street Review.
A Close Read of Lebanese poet Venus Khoury-Ghata
by Gunilla T. Kester
May 14, 2025
“In her stunning book of poetry—She Says (Graywolf Press, 2003, superbly translated from the French by the American award-winning poet Marilyn Hacker)—the Lebanese poet Venus Khoury-Ghata captures the chaos and disruption of war mainly through the lens of the survivors, mostly women.”
Current & Upcoming
Recently published or forthcoming in the following:
Abridged, Abstract, After Happy Hour, Atlanta Review, ballast journal, Book of Matches, Call Me [Brackets] University of Alabama Creative Writing, Cider Press Review, Concho River Review, Consequence, Doubly Mad Journal, Glint Literary Journal, Great Lakes Review, I-70 Review, Hot Pot Magazine, Kestral, Naugatuck River Review, Neologism Poetry Journal, New Millennium Writings, Nixes Mate Review, Oberon Poetry, Ocean State Review, On the Seawall, Packingtown Review Journal, Pangyrus, Paterson Literary Review, Pendemics Journal, Pine Hills Review, Pirene’s Fountain, Plainsongs, Potomac Review, Redactions, Saranac Review, San Pedro River Review, Silk Road Review, Silkworm, Slant, Slipstream, South Florida Poetry Journal, Stone Poetry Quarterly, SWWIM, The American Journal of Poetry, The Citron Review, The Inquisitive Eater, The MacGuffin, The Worchester Review, Third Street Review, Tikkun, Trampoline, West Trestle Review
and Whale Road Review.
Nominated two times for the Pushcart Prize and once for Best of the Net.
Gunilla Kester and Mir Ali perform Yad Kiya Dil Ne
