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Ohio's Poet Laureate, Kari Gunter-Seymour, will join us virtually for a poetry reading, followed by a question and answer session. The event will be live-streamed in the Library's Community Room.
Register online, in person, or by phone at 330.659.4343.
Enjoy an evening of poetry and delicious treats at this live-streamed poetry reading with Ohio's Poet Laureate, Kari Gunter-Seymour.
Local bookseller, The Learned Owl Book Shop, will be on-site to provide copies of Gunter-Seymour's books for purchase. As you listen, savor refreshments by Richfield's Plates by Post Bakery.
The event will be live-streamed in the Library's Community Room.
About the poet:
Kari Gunter-Seymour was appointed the Poet Laureate of Ohio in 2020. Her poetry collections include "Alone in the House of My Heart" and "A Place So Deep Inside America It Can't Be Seen," winner of the 2020 Ohio Poet of the Year Award.
Gunter-Seymour's poems offer a refuge where one's curiosity, intelligence, and awareness of the complexities of contemporary Appalachian female culture take shape. The work is firmly and unapologetically attached to her home soil and examines the long-lasting effects of stereotypes and false narratives surrounding native Appalachians. More than merely commenting, her work dares to search for meaning.
Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Verse Daily, World Literature Today, and Poem-a-Day. A ninth-generation Appalachian, she is the editor of "I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing: Ohio's Appalachian Voices," funded through an Academy of American Poets Fellowship Grant and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Women of Appalachia Project's anthology series, "Women Speak."
This program is made possible by the Akron-Summit County Public Library, the Ohio Arts Council, The Learnéd Owl Book Shop, and Plates by Post Bakery. Biography courtesy of the Ohio Arts Council and the poet's website. Photo of the poet by Meghan Hall, used with permission.
Stop by your closest branch and check out Kari Gunter-Seymour's work:
"Alone in the House of My Heart"
"A Place So Deep Inside America It Can't Be Seen"
"I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing: Ohio's Appalachian Voices" (Editor)
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Program | Live Performance | Books & Writing |
TAGS: | Poetry | Books & Writing | Book Talk | Author Talk | Author | Adult Program | Adult Event |
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