Kari Gunter-Seymour is the Poet Laureate of Ohio, the curator/host of the online series Spoken & Heard, the Executive Director of the Women of Appalachia Project, and the editor of its anthology series Women Speak. She is the author of three award-winning collections of poetry, her most recent, Dirt Songs (EastOver Press) is winner of the 2025 IPPY Bronze Award and the 2025 Feathered Quill Award. Her work has been featured in the American Book Review, Poem-a-Day, World Literature Today and The New York Times. Find her at www.karigunterseymourpoet.com
