Kenneth Kesner

Poet

Author's Bio

I've worked abroad in various capacities with USIS.   I concurrently held tenured lectureships with the Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Political University, both of the Republic of China.  I subsequently spent a number of years with the State Administration of Foreign Experts in the People’s Republic of China, primarily in the so-called Red Zone of Hunan and Jiangxi Provinces.  I received but declined a one-year appointment to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.  I'm a graduate of University of Dallas.   

These journals have also graciously published my creative endeavors:    Choeofpleirin Press, Decanto Poetry Magazine, the engine(idling, Essence Poetry Journal, Eudaimonia, Glint Magazine, Jonah Magazine, Last Leaves MagazineLower East Side Review, Plato’s Caves Online, Unbordered Magazine and The Uncommon Grackle.  

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
A Little Poetry
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Arabesques Review
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Arlington Literary Journal
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Counterexample Poetics
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Danse Macabre
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Forty-Eight Review
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IthacaLit
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Journal of Expressive Writing
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ken*again
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Line Zero
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New Note Poetry
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Phenomenal Literature
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Poetic Matrix
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PoetryRepairs
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Randomly Accessed Poetics
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Retort Magazine
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Subterranean Blue Poetry
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The Criterion: An International Journal in English
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The Inflectionist Review
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Tower Journal
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Tule Review
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Word Slaw
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Ygdrasil
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Zone

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Elements by Euclid

More Information

Identifies as: 
American
Fluent in: 
Chinese, English, Greek
Born in: 
Raised in: 
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Last update: Jul 17, 2026