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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REGISTER: THURSDAY MARCH 12, 2026:
George Ella Lyon: Back to the Light
Taylor Byas: Resting Bitch Face
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REGISTER: THURSDAY APRIL 16, 2026:
Jennifer Franklin: If Some God Shakes Your House
David Hassler: The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife
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REGISTER: THURSDAY MAY 21, 2026:
J.D. Isip: Reluctant Prophets
Mandi Fugate Sheffel: The Nature of Pain
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Kari Gunter-Seymour: Dirt Songs, Alone in the House of My Heart, A Place So Deep Inside America It Can't Be Seen
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2026 FALL EVENT INFO
coming soon!
PAST EVENTS
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Charles Dodd White: In The House of Wilderness
Dorsía Smith Silva: In Inheritance of Drowning
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Monic Ductan : Daughters of Muscadine
Joan Kwon Glass: Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms
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Willie Carver JR.: Gay Poems for Red States
Katie Dozier: Hot Pink Moon ​
WATCH SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 HERE:
Georgann Eubanks: Rural Astronomy
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Jen Karetnick : Inheritance with a High Error Rate
Jonathan Corcoran: No Son of Mine
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Bunkong Tuon: What Is Left
Sara Moore Wagner: Lady Wing Shot ​
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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
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Angela Jackson-Brown: Homeward
Sara Henning: Burn
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Kathy Fagan: Bad Hobby
Kai Coggin: Mother of Other Kingdoms
Joy Priest : Horsepower
Mary B. Moore: Dear If
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Ellen Bass: Indigo
Dustin Brookshire: Never Picked First For Playtime
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HOSTED BY:
Kari Gunter-Seymour: Dirt Songs
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PAST HIGHLIGHTS
George Bilgere, Michael Simms, Lyn Ford
Hanif Abdurraqib, Wondra Chang, Chuck Salmons
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Diane Suess, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Quartez Harris
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Jon D. Lee, Sandra Gill
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