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rosalind.kaplan

she/her | Physician, Writer, Educator | Philadelphia, PA, United States

Rosalind Kaplan is a physician and author in Philadelphia. Her essays can be found in a smattering of literary journals including Across The Margin, El Portal, Herstory, SLAB and Vagabond City. Her most recent memoir, Still Healing: A Doctor's Notes on the Magic and Misery of a Life in Medicine was released in January 2025. She teaches narrative medicine and medical memoir at Thomas Jefferson University/Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine. She earned her MFA at Lesley University in 2020.

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Books

Selected work

Cover of The Ignatian Literary Magazine

I Won't Waste Your Time

The Ignatian Literary Magazine, 2023

NonfictionEssayCreative Nonfiction
Cover of El Portal

A Wedding

El Portal, 2023

NonfictionEssayMemoir
Cover of Green Hills Literary Lantern

Return of the Day

Green Hills Literary Lantern, 2023

NonfictionEssayMemoir
Cover of Vagabond City Literature

Heart Dissection

Vagabond City Literature, 2023

NonfictionEssayCreative Nonfiction
Cover of Across the Margin

Crone Goddess

Across the Margin, 2023

NonfictionEssayCreative Nonfiction
Cover of The Galway Review

Like Really Crazy Hair

The Galway Review, 2024

NonfictionMemoir
Cover of Caveat Lector

You've Got to Be Taught

Caveat Lector, 2024

NonfictionEssayMemoir
Cover of Open Ceilings Magazine

Sugar

Open Ceilings Magazine, 2024

NonfictionEssayMemoir
Cover of BULL lit mag

Indeterminate

BULL lit mag, 2026

HybridPersonal Essay
Cover of Black Sheep

The Assignment

Black Sheep, 2026

FictionShort StorySpeculative Fiction
Cover of SLAB Literary Magazine

Someone I Don't Know

SLAB Literary Magazine, 2025

NonfictionEssayMemoir