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Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey

@esmepromise.bsky.social
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Writer, enjoyer of living things. Work in Smokelong Quarterly, Cincinnati Review, Adroit Journal

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Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey @esmepromise.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Interview up with @splitlipthemag.bsky.social !!
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Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey @esmepromise.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
30 poems in 30 days this month! Here’s the prompts I put together for myself, if any writers would like to join me :)
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Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey @esmepromise.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Things I’ve been thinking about: open.substack.com/pub/esmeprom...
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On the Void, and Shouting Into It
I have tried to write this first post, an introduction of sorts, quite a few times, and each time I’ve been stopped by the overwhelming feeling that to send it into the inboxes of all twenty of my dea...
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
@esmepromise.bsky.social's flash piece JELLYFISH searches for a change of heart in the very darkest part of the ocean. Here, they share just one thing about the piece: buff.ly/REF7Oom
A photo of the author, wearing a dark blue sweatshirt, sitting outside next to a rock wall and a fern plant.
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
"Grandfather is ninety-four, and none of his organs are his own." @esmepromise.bsky.social's flash piece JELLYFISH tackles oceanic creatures, hearts, and immortality. Read it right here! buff.ly/ePT4ZNT
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Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey @esmepromise.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I’ve got a new piece up in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social !
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Glass Poetry Press @glasspoetry.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Today on Glass! "with my back to the city" by Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey (@esmepromise.bsky.social)! www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html
Image of fire

Text: So I will meet you
          at the summit. Dirt
in my stomach —
          gardens of it.

Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey

with my back to the city

https://www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html
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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Congratulations to our nominees for the first ever Monarch Queer Literary Awards!!! You should 100% go give these wonderful pieces a read if you haven't already.
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ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Congratulations to ALOCASIA's #BotN Best of the Net nominees in poetry for 2026! March Abuyuan-Llanes Sara Eddy Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey j marvain mukethe kawinzi Mandy Seiner Read their work at alocasia.org
Leaves on a white background with the text: 2026 Best of the Net poetry nominees. 

March Abuyuan-Llanes
Sara Eddy
Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey
j marvain
mukethe kawinzi
Mandy Seiner
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Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE! @rfpress.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Welp, it’s Thursday and it’s May, and along with the the incredibly cool writing in Four Score 84, we have a lot to be grateful for! “Owl” by @esmepromise.bsky.social is one of TWO short stories published by this author! Humbling work! Read it here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/owl-wha...
I waited for him to run from my obvious institutional power so I wouldn’t have to assert it.
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Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE! @rfpress.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
When you start to lose your faith in humanity, a story like this might just be a little bit of a balm for your soul. This is "Owl" by Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey @esmepromise.bsky.social And it will be live in our 84th issue on 4/27. I highly suggest you read it. Seriously.
In my twenty-first summer, I learned how to be nocturnal. Once I realized I prefer the dark, it was simply a matter of reorganizing my time.
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
ICYMI: We nominated Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey's marvellous Issue 85 micro, "Posthuman Walks Into A Bar" for this year's Pushcart Prize. You can read/listen to it here: www.smokelong.com/stories/post... @esmepromise.bsky.social
Screenshot of linked story, which has an audio version, with inset image: painting of a bug in the dark looking up to a moon-like light
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Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey @esmepromise.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Thank you so much @cincinnatireview.bsky.social for this nomination! Here’s the full piece.
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Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey @esmepromise.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
🤯 Thank you so very much to @smokelong.bsky.social
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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Congrats! Belinda Rowe , Joshua Wetjen , Grace Anne Lowry , Shauna Friesen , @esmepromise.bsky.social
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ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
"my cube of nothing one thousand feet in the sky with the potted orchid in the corner that blooms violently pink twice a year, budget blossoms because HR says: studies show the presence of plants is soothing" —Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey
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Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey :: “the office/the after” – ALOCASIA
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Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey @esmepromise.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Trying out this app since Twitter is fast becoming a fascist hellscape, can someone direct me to the writers?
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