Public Events
PUBLIC EVENTS 2025
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February 20-26, 2025
ARTWAY INC. HAVANA BIENAL DE LA HABANA
A week long arts cultural exchange
Havana, Cuba
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March 7, 2025, 7PM EST
Women of Appalachia Project
"Women Speak"
Dairy Barn Art Center
4000 Dairy Lane
Athens OH 45710
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March 20, 2025, 7PM EST
Spoken & Heard
VIRTUAL: Link to come
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March 20-22, 2025,
Appalachian Studies Association Conference
Tennessee Tech University
Cookeville, TN
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March 24-29, 2025,
AWP Conference
Los Angeles
Convention Center
Las Angeles, CA
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April 4, 2025, 7PM EST
#5poets5parks 2025
Glass City Pavilion at Glass City Metropark
Toledo OH
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April 9, 2025, 11AM EST
Red Branch Arts Festival
Keynote
Carson-Newman University,
1646 Russell Ave
Jefferson City, TN 37760
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April 12, 2025, 11AM EST
Cleveland Public Library
w/the Ohio Center for the Book
PANEL
325 & 525 Superior Avenue
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April 16, 2025, 7PM EST
A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series
Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
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April 20, 2025, 7PM EST
Spoken & Heard
VIRTUAL: Link to come
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April 26, 2025, 1PM EST
Women of Appalachia Project
"Women Speak"
Fairmont State University
West Virginia Folklife Center
Squibb Wilson Blvd.
Fairmont, WV 26554
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May 3, 2025, 1PM EST
Women of Appalachia Project
"Women Speak"
East Tennessee State University
363 Stout Drive
Johnson City, TN 3761
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May 22, 2025, 7PM EST
Spoken & Heard
VIRTUAL: Link to come
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May 15, 2025, 7PM EST
Aldus Society
Thurber House
77 Jefferson Ave
Columbus, OH 43215
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June 6, 2025, 1PM EST
Women of Appalachia Project
"Women Speak"
Arthurdale Heritage
8 Q Rd,
Arthurdale, WV 26520
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July 20-26, 2025, 1PM EST
Hindman Settlement School
Week-long Writer's Workshop
Workshop Instructor
51 Center St
Hindman, KY 41822
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June 27, 2024-5-8PM
National Endowment for the Arts Townhall
Stuart’s Opera House
Nelsonville OH
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June 28, 2024-1PM
National Endowment for the Arts
National Council on the Arts
Lincoln Theatre
Columbus, OH
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January 9, 2023 12-2PM
Governor Mike DeWine Inauguration
Inaugural Poem
Ohio Statehouse
1 Capitol Square
Columbus, OH 4321
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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
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November 16, 2024, 7-9PM
Foundation for Appalachian Ohio
25th Anniversary Celebration
Commisioned Poem
Ohio Statehouse
Columbus, OH 43206
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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
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November 7, 2024,2-4PM
“All We Cannot Forget”
Ekphastic Writers Workshop
Riffe Gallery
77 S High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
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February 1, 2023, 7PM
Gramercy Books
Poetry and Conversation with David Baker
2424 E Main Street
Bexley, OH 43209
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RATTLECAST: With Robert Pinsky
Secondary Guest: Kari Gunter-Seymour
YouTube, Twitter, Facebook
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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
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October 20-23, 2022
Dodge Poetry Festival - 4 Day Event
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center St,
Newark, NJ 07102
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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April 21, 2021, 7-9PM
West Liberty University Hughes Lecture Series
Featured Reader
Virtual event
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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
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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
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November 11, 2021, 7PM
Literary Club of Cincinnati
VETERANS DAY READING
500 E 4th St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
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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
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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:
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MAY 19, 2022, 10AM
Mid-Western History Conference
Panel: Writing the Region
Holiday Inn
Grand Rapids, MI, Downtown
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June 9-10 2022,
Lakeside Chautauqua
Educational Speaker, Thursday, 7PM
Workshop Instructor, Friday, 10:30AM
Lakeside Chautauqua
236 Walnut Ave.
Lakeside, OH 43440
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August 30, 2022 7PM
ReadAppalachia
Interview-Live
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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
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September 29, 2022, 7-9pm
Lenoir-Rhyne University Visiting Writers Series
Belk Centrum
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Hickory, NC 28603
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March 1, 2023, 11:30AM
Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton
Celebrating Self Speaker Series
101 S Monument Ave
Hamilton, OH 45011
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​April 22, 2023, 9AM -5PM
Ohioana Book Festival
Featured Author
Columbus Metropolitan Library
96 S Grant Ave
Columbus, OH 43215
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April 29, 2023, 1-2pm
The Ohio Center for the Book
Featured Author
Cleveland Public Library

Virtual Event
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May 13, 2023, 1PM
East Tennessee State University
Bud Frank Theater
Women of Appalachia Project
441 Stout Dr
Johnson City, TN 37614
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June 19, 2023
Lakeside Chautauqua
Reading 7PM
Workshop, 10:30 AM
Lakeside Chautauqua
236 Walnut Ave.
Lakeside, OH 43440
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August 23, 2023 6pm
Thurber House
Summer Literary Picnic
77 Jefferson Avenue
Columbus, OH
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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
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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
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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
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January 26, 2024-7PM
Wild & Precious Life Series
FEATURED READER
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87564394422
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March 7–9, 2024
Appalachian Studies Association Conference
Western Carolina University
1 University Dr., Cullowhee
North Carolina 28723
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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)”
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June 6, 2024-7PM
Amesville Writers Workshop
Keynote Reading
VIllage Productions
Amesville, Ohio
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July 14, 2024-8PM EST
Rattlecast
Rattle Magazine Online
YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
Livestream
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September 17, 2024-6-8PM EST
OneArt Virtual Workshop Series
Writers Workshop
VIRTUAL
https://oneartpoetry.com/workshops/
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September 19, 2024-6PM EST
OSU Newark
Featured Reader
1209 University Drive
Newark, OH 43055
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September 24, 2024-11AM EST
Philanthropy Ohio Fall Conference
Featured Reader
The Summit
5345 Medpace Way
Cincinnati, OH 45227
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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
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