Kari Gunter-Seymour is the Poet Laureate of Ohio. Her poetry collection A Place So Deep Inside America It Can’t Be Seen earned her the 2020 Ohio Poet of the Year Award; and her collection Serving was runner-up in the Yellow Chair Review Chapbook Contest. Former US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey included her work in the PBS American Portrait poem, Remix: For My People. Her poems appear in numerous journals and publications including Verse Daily, Rattle, and The NY Times. Gunter-Seymour has provided poetry workshops to incarcerated teens and adults and women in recovery as well as teaching virtual monthly generative writing workshops. She hosts a seasonal performance series "Spoken & Heard," featuring poets, writers and musicians from across the country. A ninth generation Appalachian, she is the founder/executive director of the Women of Appalachia Project and editor of its anthology series, Women Speak.

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