Public Events
PUBLIC EVENTS 2024
April 6, 2024, 1-3PM EST
Berea College
Loyal Jones Appalachian Center
205 N Main St.
Berea, Kentucky 40403
April 13, 2024, 1-3PM EST
Fairmont State University
1201 Locust Ave
Fairmont, WV 26554
April 15, 2021, 6-8PM
Oxford Lane Library
Reading and Workshop
Virtual event (link to come)
April 17, 2021, 7PM
Jacar Press —
National Poetry Month Reading
VIRTUAL
Email for link: jacarpress@gmail.com
April 18, 2024, 7PM
Spoken & Heard
Featuring David Baker
& Marianne Chan
VIRTUAL
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrd-isqT4pEtccospdCrpCzTbsawSW4nyu
April 20, 2021, 10AM-5PM
Ohioanna Book Festival
PANELIST & FESTIVAL AUTHOR
Metropolitan Library
Grant Street
Columbus, OH
April 22, 2024-11AM
Sinclair College — Celebrate Appalachia
Keynote
444 West Third Street
Dayton, OH 45402
April 25, 2024-6 -9PM
Laureates Read
Kari Gunter-Seymour
Pauletta Hansel
Stephanie Kendrick
Athens Uncorked
14 Station St
Athens, OH 45701
May 4, 2024, 1-3PM
Reece Museum
East Tennessee State University
363 Stout Drive
Johnson City, TN 3761
May 11, 2024-3PM
Words In The Hills 2024
Reading & Workshop
Hocking Hills Camp Oty’ Okwa
24799 Purcell Rd
South Bloomingville, OH 43152
May 16, 2024, 7PM
Spoken & Heard
Featuring Angela Jackson-Brown
& Sarah Henning
VIRTUAL
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpfuisrDMpH9JZGtrroewQevYbiq9Er5_k
May 17, 2024, 7PM EST
Dairy Barn Arts Center
8000 Dairy Lane
Athens, OH 45701
June 6, 2024-7PM
Amesville Writers Workshop
Keynote Reading
VIllage Productions
Amesville, Ohio
June 22, 2024-6-9PM
Word of Mouth Cincinnati Series
MOTR Pub
1345 Main St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
June 30, 2024-7-9PM
Poet & Song Series
Falcon Theater
Newport, KY
July 15, 2024-8PM EST
Rattlecast
Rattle Magazine Online
YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
Livestream
August 6, 2024-7-9PM
Poetry at Sitwells Coffee House
324 Ludlow Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45220
September 10, 2024-7PM
OSU Newark
Featured Reader
1209 University Drive
Newark, OH 43055
September 19, 2024-7PM
A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series
Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
September 24, 2024-3PM
Philanthropy Forward 2024 - Philanthropy Ohio
Cincinnati, OH
Details to come
October 1- December 30, 2024, Daily10am-5pm
“All We Cannot Forget” Exhibition
FINE ART & POETRY
Riffe Gallery
77 S High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
October 5, 2024, 1-3pm
National Veterans Memorial & Museum
Writer's Revision Workshop
300 W Broad St
Columbus, OH 43215
PAST HIGHLIGHTS
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January 9, 2023 12-2PM
Governor Mike DeWine Inauguration
Inaugural Poem
Ohio Statehouse
1 Capitol Square
Columbus, OH 4321
October 18, 2023 2PM
Ohio University Incoming President’s
READING OF COMMISSIONED POEM
Inauguration and Investiture
Templeton-Blackburn Memorial Auditorium
Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
February 1, 2023, 7PM
Gramercy Books
Poetry and Conversation with David Baker
2424 E Main Street
Bexley, OH 43209
RATTLECAST: With Robert Pinsky
Secondary Guest: Kari Gunter-Seymour
YouTube, Twitter, Facebook
October 20, 2022, 7PM
Spoken & Heard
Featuring Diane Seuss, Kari Gunter-Seymour
& Quartez Harris
Stuart's Opera House
52 Public Square
Nelsonville OH 45764
Virtual Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register
/WN_3l74X-wiSi6800S1FXDsrQ
October 20-23, 2022
Dodge Poetry Festival - 4 Day Event
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center St,
Newark, NJ 07102
March 8-11 2023, TBA
AWP Conference
WEDNESDAY, March 8,6:00-8:00pm
“Wednesday Night Poetry”
at Cafe Racer
THURSDAY, March 9, 12:10-1:25pm
PANEL: Anthology Activism: Creating Space
for Marginalized Voices
THURSDAY, March 9, 7:00-9:00pm
“Quarter After Eight”
Jewel Box Theater’s Grotto space
FRIDAY, March 10,1:00-2:00pm
Book Signing
Book Fair Booth T-534
FRIDAY, March 10, 4:00-5:30pm
West Virginia University Press/Ohio University Press
The Chieftain Irish Pub
FRIDAY, March 10, 6:30-7:30pm
"Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton
Poetry Anthology"
Sheraton Grand-Columbia Room
705 Pike St
Seattle, WA 98101
March 16-18 2023
Appalachian Studies Association Conference
Friday. 9:00 am-10:15 am
PANEL: “The Community and the Poet:
The City of Athens and the
Position of Poet Laureate”
Friday. 1:00 pm-2:15 pm
PANEL: “Breaking the Age Code:
Creating a Dynamic Writing Space for the Creatively Aging”
Friday. 2:30 pm-3:45 pm
PERFORMANCE: “Putting Ohio
Appalachia Back on the Map –
A Celebration of Poetry”
“I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing:
Ohio’s Appalachian Voices”
Saturday, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
“AppalachiaFest”
Celebration Special Events”
Women of Appalachia Project
“Women Speak” Performance
Baker Center Theater
Saturday, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm
Publishers’ Reception,
Book Signing & Mixer
Alden Library, 1951 Lounge
October 28, 2020, 3-4:15 PM
Berea College Convocation
Phelps Stokes Auditorium
212 Chestnut Street
Berea KY 40404
Virtual Reading
November 10, 2020, 7PM
Filson Historical Society, 6PM
4850 Brownsboro Center
Louisville, Kentucky 40207
Virtual Reading
December 3, 2020, 7PM
Don't Cry for me J.D.Vance
Virtual Reading in response to Hillbilly Elegy
Sponsors:
Downbound Books,
West Virginia University Press,
Urban Appalachian Community Coalition
Virtual Reading
February 13, 2021, 2PM
Poetry Out Loud Regional Finals
Virtual Reading
Stuart;s Opera House
Nelsonville, OH
March 19-20, 2021, 7-10PM
Power of Poetry Festival
Guests: Billy Collins, Naomi Shihab Nye,
Ellen Bass, Alison Luterman, Luis Rodriguez,
David Lee, Kari Gunter-Seymour
Virtual event
April 21, 2021, 7-9PM
West Liberty University Hughes Lecture Series
Featured Reader
Virtual event
April 24, 2021, 1PM
Ohioana Festival
Diverse Voices in Poetry
Ross Gay, Kari Gunter-Seymour
Zoe Brigley, Phillip Metres
Teri Ellen Cross Davis
Live Virtual Panel
April 22, 2021, 7PM
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Poetry Reading and Q&A
Kari Gunter-Seymour
Rose Smith, Geoff Anderson
Moderator: Scott Woods
Virtual event
October 29 and 30, 2021,
Creative Aging Retreat
Wood Thrush Lodge, Elinger Road,
Hocking Hills, Logan OH
A retreat for those 55 and older to
access the creative part of themselves
that somehow was left along the way
to a ‘normal’ adult life.
Register: owl111@frontier.com
November 11, 2021, 7PM
Literary Club of Cincinnati
VETERANS DAY READING
500 E 4th St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
March 23-25, 2022
AWP Conference
Panelist - How to Create a Successful Anthology
Friday, March 25, 2022
Scheduled Time: 12:10 PM–1:25 PM ET
Scheduled Room: 115AB
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
March 25, 2022, 7PM
Portsmouth Spring Literary Festival
Featured Reader
Downtown
Portsmouth, OH
April 22-23, 2022
Power of Poetry Festival
Evening Readings 7-10PM
Saturday Poetry Hike 2-4PM
Alley Park
Lancaster, OH 43130
April 28, 2022, 7PM
National Poetry Month Reading
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus, OH
Virtual Event
Register Here:
April 29, 2022, 3PM
Ohioana Book Festival
Panel Moderator:
Readings and Conversations
Register Here:
MAY 19, 2022, 10AM
Mid-Western History Conference
Panel: Writing the Region
Holiday Inn
Grand Rapids, MI, Downtown
June 9-10 2022,
Lakeside Chautauqua
Educational Speaker, Thursday, 7PM
Workshop Instructor, Friday, 10:30AM
Lakeside Chautauqua
236 Walnut Ave.
Lakeside, OH 43440
June 23, 2022, 8-10PM
National Federation of State Poetry Societies Convention
Sponsored by Ohio Poetry Association
Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center
100 Green Meadows Drive
Lewis Center, Ohio, 43035
August 30, 2022 7PM
ReadAppalachia
Interview-Live
September 7, 2022, 5PM
John Carroll University
Featured Reader
Rodman Hall
John Carroll Blvd
University Heights, OH 44118
September 29, 2022, 2-3:30pm
Appalachian Heritage Writers Master Class
w/Barbara Kingsolver
Shepherd University Byrd CHE
North King St, Shepherdstown, WV 25443
ALSO VIRTUAL: https://www.shepherd.edu/ahwirweb/kingsolver/schedule
September 29, 2022, 7-9pm
Lenoir-Rhyne University Visiting Writers Series
Belk Centrum
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Hickory, NC 28603
March 1, 2023, 11:30AM
Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton
Celebrating Self Speaker Series
101 S Monument Ave
Hamilton, OH 45011
April 10, 2023, 7:00PM
Poetry Forum
598 N High St,
Columbus OH 43202
April 12, 2023 4:00pm
Poetry Stacked
University of Cincinnati
Elliston Poetry Room
2600 Clifton Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45221
April 17, 2023 6:30pm
Joseph-Beth Bookstore
2692 Madison Road
Cincinnati, OH 45208
April 22, 2023, 9AM -5PM
Ohioana Book Festival
Featured Author
Columbus Metropolitan Library
96 S Grant Ave
Columbus, OH 43215
April 29, 2023, 1-2pm
The Ohio Center for the Book
Featured Author
Cleveland Public Library
Virtual Event
May 13, 2023, 1PM
East Tennessee State University
Bud Frank Theater
Women of Appalachia Project
441 Stout Dr
Johnson City, TN 37614
June 19, 2023
Lakeside Chautauqua
Reading 7PM
Workshop, 10:30 AM
Lakeside Chautauqua
236 Walnut Ave.
Lakeside, OH 43440
August 23, 2023 6pm
Thurber House
Summer Literary Picnic
77 Jefferson Avenue
Columbus, OH
November 18, 2023 11AM-1:30 PM
National Council of Teachers of English Conference
FEATURED POET
Greater Columbus Convention Center,
400 N. High Street
Columbus OH 43215
Booth 814
December 1, 2023, 6:30PM EST
Doors open 6PM
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
COMMUNITY OPEN MIC
All Are Welcome
300 W Broad St
Columbus, OH 43215
December 2, 2023, 10AM-12PM EST
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
WRITER"S WORKSHOP
Open to teens and adults
No prior writing experience necessary
300 W Broad St
Columbus, OH 43215
January 26, 2024-7PM
Wild & Precious Life Series
FEATURED READER
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87564394422
March 7–9, 2024
Appalachian Studies Association Conference
Western Carolina University
1 University Dr., Cullowhee
North Carolina 28723
Friday. 1:00 pm-2:15 pm. Session 3.7.
PANEL: “Where We Come from Can Break Us:
How to Write Ourselves Beyond Our Past”
Friday. 2:30 pm-3:45 pm. Session 4.11.
PERFORMANCE: “Sheila-Na-Gig Editions
Presents a Performance by Regional Poets”
Friday. 4:00 pm-5:15 pm. Session 5.7.
PERFORMANCE: “A Reading from ‘Women Speak,’
Volume Nine, the 15th Anniversary Issue,
Women of Appalachia Project”
Saturday. 9:00 am-10:15 am. Session 6.8.
PANEL: “Tell Me About Your People
– Women Writing About Ancestry”
Saturday. 10:30 am-11:45 am. Session 7.12.
PERFORMANCE: “Troublesome Rising
Anthology Reading (Part 2)”
March 14, 2024, 7PM
Spoken & Heard
Featuring Darius Stewart
& Ben Kline
VIRTUAL
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvcOisrzsoE9YZPR9MMFCOShc-fE0eAt1M
