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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.

CLINK ON EACH GRAPHIC TO REGISTER

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MARCH 20 2025:

Charles Dodd White: In The House of Wilderness  

Dorsía Smith Silva: In Inheritance of Drowning

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APRIL 17, 2025:

Monic Ductan : Daughters of Muscadine
Joan Kwon Glass: Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms

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MAY 15, 2025:

Willie Carver JR.: Gay Poems for Red States

Katie Dozier: Hot Pink Moon 

 

HOSTED BY

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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FALL 2025 EVENT INFO

coming soon!

 

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                                   PAST EVENTS

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WATCH SEPTEMBER 2024:

Kathy Fagan: Bad Hobby  

Kai Coggin: Mother of Other Kingdoms

 

WATCH OCTOBER 2024:

Joy Priest : Horsepower
Mary B. Moore: Dear If  

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WATCH NOVEMBER 2024:

Ellen Bass: Indigo

Dustin Brookshire: Never Picked First For Playtime 

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HOSTED BY:

Kari Gunter-Seymour: Dirt Songs   Website

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WATCH FEBRUARY 2024:

I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing:

Ohio’s Appalachian Voices 

 

WATCH MARCH 2024:

​Darius Stewart: Be Not Afraid of My Body: A Lyrical Memoir  

Ben Kline: Dead Uncles

 

WATCH APRIL 2024:

David Baker: Whale Fall  
Marianne Chan: All Heathens 

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WATCH MAY 2024:

Angela Jackson-Brown: Homeward

Sara Henning: Burn  

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                                   PAST HIGHLIGHTS

WATCH MARCH 2023

George Bilgere, Michael Simms, Lyn Ford

 

WATCH MAY 2023:

Hanif Abdurraqib, Wondra Chang, Chuck Salmons

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WATCH OCTOBER 2023:

Diane Suess, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Quartez Harris
 

WATCH NOVEMBER 2022:

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Jon D. Lee, Sandra Gill
 

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