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 12, 2025
GOOD NEWS TO SHARE
I have a new essay to share in Consequence Forum: “Clean and Bare: the Poetry of Tadeusz Różewicz.”
“Simchat Torah 2023” is published in The Deronda Review, Vol. XI No. 1. (p. 24-25)
Solstice Literary Magazine has accepted “To Play JS Bach ‘Fugue in C’”.
My essay “Sensuous Genius & Violent Creativity: Vladimir Mayakovsky,” is posted on Consequence Forum.
October Hill Magazine has accepted “Is It a Poet’s Role to Stir Up Trouble?”
My article in Consequence Forum focuses on Nelly Sachs, the Jewish refugee and 1966 Nobel Prize Winner of Literature.
The Deronda Review, a journal of poetry and thought, has accepted my poem, “Simchat Torah 2023.”
My article in Consequence Forum features Adam Zagajewski’s intriguing poem “To Go to Lvov.”
Clean and Bare: the Poetry of Tadeusz Różewicz
"His strategy to leave his poems bare, accessible, and like open doors has given us a good self-portrait of a man who knew the consequences of war and faced them time and again."
Stay posted for an upcoming schedule of dates, poets, guests and more!
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, The Deronda Review, Doubly Mad Journal, Glint Literary Journal, Great Lakes Review, Hot Pot Magazine, I-70 Review, J Journal, Kestral, Naugatuck River Review, Neologism Poetry Journal, New Millennium Writings, Nixes Mate Review, Oberon Poetry, Ocean State Review, October Hill Magazine, 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, Solstice Literary Magazine, South Florida Poetry Journal, Stone Poetry Quarterly, SWWIM, The American Journal of Poetry, The Citron Review, The Deronda 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
