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.”
November 6, 2024
GOOD NEWS TO SHARE
Buffalo Corner Reading Series takes place Thursday, November 21. See below for details and zoom link.
“Lifeline, Travel Notes” has been published in the Neologism Poetry Journal, Issue #89.
“Leaving the Room We Shared” is published in the current Whale Road Review September, 2024.
“My Mother Must Sell Her House” is featured in the current issue of Pine Hills Review.
“Colander Fragment 2” has been accepted by Kestrel: A Journal of Literature and Art.
“Colander Fragment 1” has been accepted by Consequence, a magazine that addresses the consequences, realities, and experiences of war and geopolitical violence through literature, art, and community events.
“Seventh Grade at Mud Stream Middle” was published in Paterson Literary Review, Issue 52, 2024.
Three of my poems, “If My Accent Were a Scale,” “Night Fall,” and “My Sister’s Yahrzeit” were published in Twelve Mile Review.
Current & Upcoming
Recently published or forthcoming in the following journals: 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, 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 MacGuffin, The Worchester 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
