Gunter-Seymour’s award-winning collections include Dirt Songs (EastOver Press, 2024), Alone in the House of My Heart (Ohio University Swallow Press, 2022), and A Place So Deep Inside America It Can’t Be Seen (Sheila Na Gig Editions, 2020).
She is a ninth-generation Appalachian, the executive director of the Women of Appalachia Project and editor of its anthology series, Women Speak. Gunter-Seymour is also a retired instructor in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and the founder, curator and host of “Spoken & Heard,” a seasonal performance series featuring poets, writers, and musicians from across the country.
Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Verse Daily, World Literature Today, American Book Review and on Poem-a-Day.
“As a poet, educator, poet laureate, and community organizer, Kari Gunter-Seymour’s work exists in the necessary intersection of feminist literature, Appalachian studies, and literary activism,” said Dr. Sara Henning, coordinator of the series. “By hosting this public reading and discussion by Gunter-Seymour among Marshall students and members of the Huntington community, I hope to generate an open dialogue about Appalachian regional and cultural identity, as well as to demonstrate the incredible community work being done in our region.”
The A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series is presented by Marshall University with support from the Department of English, the College of Liberal Arts and University Libraries.