Spoken & Heard
A VIRTUAL READING SERIES
Spoken & Heard is a seasonal series (spring and fall) of literary events hosted by Ohio Poet Laureate
Kari Gunter-Seymour, featuring award-winning authors, poets and singer/songwriters from across the country. Events are hosted by the Sheila Na Gig Editions and sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council.
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THURSDAY SEPT 17, 2026: CLICK TO REGISTER
Jesse Graves: Merciful Days
Torli Bush: Requiem for a Redbird
THURSDAY OCT 15, 2026: CLICK TO REGISTER
Andy Fogle: Mother Countries
Dennise Duhamel: Pink Lady
THURSDAY NOV 19, 2026: CLICK TO REGISTER
Pauletta Hansel: Understory
Kari Gunter-Seymour: All That Teethes Within
HOSTED BY
Kari Gunter-Seymour: All That Teethes Within, Dirt Songs, Alone in the House of My Heart, A Place So Deep Inside America It Can't Be Seen
2027 SPRING EVENT INFO
coming soon!
PAST EVENTS
WATCH THE RECORDINGS & ORDER THE BOOKS:
Taylor Bias: Resting Bitch Face
George Ella Lyon: Voices of Justice
Jennifer Franklin: If Some God Shakes Your House
David Hassler: The Nature of Our Times
J.D. Isip : Reluctant Prophets
Mandi Fugate Sheffel : The Nature of Pain
WATCH SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 HERE:
Georgann Eubanks: Rural Astronomy
Jen Karetnick : Inheritance with a High Error Rate
Jonathan Corcoran: No Son of Mine
Bunkong Tuon: What Is Left
Sara Moore Wagner: Lady Wing Shot
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WATCH MARCH 11, 2025 HERE:
Charles Dodd White: In The House of Wilderness
Dorsía Smith Silva: In Inheritance of Drowning
Monic Ductan : Daughters of Muscadine
Joan Kwon Glass: Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms
Willie Carver JR.: Gay Poems for Red States
Katie Dozier: Hot Pink Moon
WATCH THE RECORDINGS & ORDER THE BOOKS
I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing:
Ohio’s Appalachian Voices
Darius Stewart: Be Not Afraid of My Body: A Lyrical Memoir
Ben Kline: Dead Uncles
David Baker: Whale Fall
Marianne Chan: All Heathens
Angela Jackson-Brown: Homeward
Sara Henning: Burn
Kathy Fagan: Bad Hobby
Kai Coggin: Mother of Other Kingdoms
Joy Priest : Horsepower
Mary B. Moore: Dear If
Ellen Bass: Indigo
Dustin Brookshire: Never Picked First For Playtime
HOSTED BY:
Kari Gunter-Seymour: Dirt Songs
PAST HIGHLIGHTS
George Bilgere, Michael Simms, Lyn Ford
Hanif Abdurraqib, Wondra Chang, Chuck Salmons
Diane Suess, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Quartez Harris
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Jon D. Lee, Sandra Gill