Public Events
PUBLIC EVENTS 2024
October 11 -13, 2024, Daily
Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative
50th Annual Gathering
51 Center St,
Hindman, KY 41822
October 17, 2024, 7PM EST
Spoken & Heard
Joy Priest/Mary Barbara Moore
VIRTUAL - Dairy Barn Art Center
REGISTER: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsfu-vrD0vHdZOCTbjIeCYcpkcgHfYGRpj
October 29, 2024,5:30 PM EST
Ohioana Book Awards Ceremony
Ohio Statehouse Atrium,
Columbus, OH 43215
November 2, 2024,2-4PM
“All We Cannot Forget”
Opening Reception
MIXED MEDIA: FINE ART & POETRY
Riffe Gallery
77 S High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
November 7, 2024,2-4PM
“All We Cannot Forget”
Ekphastic Writers Workshop
Riffe Gallery
77 S High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
November 12, 2024, 7-9PM
Pick My Brain
A Q&A in Preparation for
Ohio's Next Laureate
Sponsored by the OHIO POETRY ASSOCIATION
VIRTUAL
November 14, 2024, 7-9PM
Two Dollar Radio
Poetry Reading with Darren Demaree
1124 Parsons Ave
Columbus, OH 43206
November 16, 2024, 7-9PM
Foundation for Appalachian Ohio
25th Anniversary Celebration
Commisioned Poem
Ohio Statehouse
Columbus, OH 43206
November 19, 2024, 3:30-5PM
Teen Writer’s Workshop
Cuyahoga County Public Library,
Strongsville Branch
18700 Westwood Drive
Strongsville, Ohio 44136
November 21, 2024, 7PM EST
Spoken & Heard
Ellen Bass/Dustin Brookshire
VIRTUAL - Dairy Barn Art Center
REGISTER: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpcOyopjsiHtFTj_fn2LrJv6og0c-u4lia
PAST HIGHLIGHTS
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June 27, 2024-5-8PM
National Endowment for the Arts Townhall
Stuart’s Opera House
Nelsonville OH
June 28, 2024-1PM
National Endowment for the Arts
National Council on the Arts
Lincoln Theatre
Columbus, OH
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
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
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 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
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 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)”
June 6, 2024-7PM
Amesville Writers Workshop
Keynote Reading
VIllage Productions
Amesville, Ohio
July 14, 2024-8PM EST
Rattlecast
Rattle Magazine Online
YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
Livestream
September 17, 2024-6-8PM EST
OneArt Virtual Workshop Series
Writers Workshop
VIRTUAL
https://oneartpoetry.com/workshops/
September 19, 2024-6PM EST
OSU Newark
Featured Reader
1209 University Drive
Newark, OH 43055
September 24, 2024-11AM EST
Philanthropy Ohio Fall Conference
Featured Reader
The Summit
5345 Medpace Way
Cincinnati, OH 45227
September 28, 2024-12-4PM EST
The Poetry Festival
Workshop: Writing Our Self-portraits
Reading: Where I Come From
We Pronounce it Ap-A-Lach-A!
Columbus Museum of Art
480 E Broad St,
Columbus, OH 43215
