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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The "1 in 5" statistic most frequently refers to the widely cited estimate that approximately 1 in 5 women experience sexual assault or attempted sexual assault during their time in college. Perpetrators: someone the victim already knows, rather than a stranger #ohiopoetlaureateemeritus

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“I've been thinking about seeing. There are lots of things to see, unwrapped gifts and free surprises. The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside from a generous hand. ... -Annie Dillard #ohiopoetlaureateemeritus

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

BLISSFUL UNBOXING DAY for “ALL THAT TEETHES WITHIN!” A great HUGE THANK YOU to all of you who pre-ordered. None of this could have happened without YOU, friends! @kentuckypress.bsky.social www.kentuckypress.com/978198590486... #ohiopoetlaureateemeritus

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

PINCH ME! I’m up on @salvationsouth.com alongside southern royalty today. Thank you SO MUCH to the amazing @chuckreece.bsky.social who is ALWAYS working hard to lift up voices and put excellent literature front and center. @kentuckypress.bsky.social

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A huge thank you to JOAN KWON GLASS for her thoughts concerning "ALL THAT TEETHES WITHIN," and to all of you, my friends. I COULD NOT HAVE THIS LIFE WITHOUT YOU! #ohiopoetlaureateemeritus @kentuckypress.bsky.social

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT PRE-SALES ARE. If you have the means, I would be honored if you could support me and the wonderful @kentuckypress.bsky.social THANK YOU SO MUCH, FRIENDS! www.kentuckypress.com/9781985904866/all-that-teethes-within/ @salvationsouth.com #ohiopoetlaureateemeritus

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Bracken Magazine @brackenmagazine.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Photos from Bracken's AWP offsite on March 6 with Passager at Pratt Street Ale House! Pictured reading here are @karigunterseymour.bsky.social, @robbiegamblewriter.bsky.social, and Sarah Browning

Pratt Street Ale House: a little bit of old Baltimore right across the street from the Convention Center

Kari Gunter-Seymour reading at Pratt Street Ale House

Robbie Gamble reading at Pratt Street Ale House

Sarah Browning reading at Pratt Street Ale House

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Bracken Magazine @brackenmagazine.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Going to AWP? Please join Bracken for our offsite reading with Passager on Friday, 3/6, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Pratt Street Ale House across from the Convention Center. Readers: Sarah Browning, Julie Choffel, Julia Lisella, Diana Whitney, @karigunterseymour.bsky.social, and @anyakirshbaum.bsky.social.

Lake at dusk surrounded by dried reeds and cattails. The water reflects a wintry sky and bare cottonwood trees. Photo by Jed Meyers.

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

FRIENDS! MY POEM “OH YOU WOMAN OF APPALACHIA” HAS A STARRING ROLE IN BFW’s THIRD EDITION: “ADVANCED LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE!” Thank you to editor extraordinaire Renee Shea! #oplemeritus #OhioUniversityPress&SwallowPress

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

HOLD THE PHONE. WILL YOU LOOK AT THIS LINE UP! Get these on your calendar, friends. REGISTRATION LINKS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. A huge thank you to our sponsor the Ohio Arts Council and our "showcaster" Sheila-Na-Gig Editions.

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

THAT'S A WRAP! It has been my great honor to serve as Ohio's Poet Laureate for the past six years. THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY TIME IN SERVICE EXTRAORDINARY, FRIENDS! I am humbled as I look back at so many opportunities. Best wishes to our new laureate, soon to be announced! #ohiopoetlaureateemeritus

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

THE GIVING SEASON IS UPON ON US. My small press, EastOver Press, is a great resource for gifting. eastoverpress.com/books/poetry... 🌲 #ohiopoetlaureate #awardwinningpoetry

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Not the sun, but the Waning Gibbous moon turning midnight into playtime. My sleep cannot keep itself from open eyes, a quickening of the blood! #ohiopoetlaureate #Moondance

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

THEN THERE IS THIS… Thank you University Press of Kentucky for believing in me and my work. #ohiopoetlaurete #everydayamountaintoclimb #universitypressofkentucky

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

My publishers at EastOver Press surprised me with this! I did not know they had nominated DIRT SONGS. Needless to say, I am humbled and thrilled. eastoverpress.com/books/poetry...

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

As always, I am happy to be involved in a panel at AWP, especially with these amazing folks (see below). See y'all in Baltimore! #ohiopoetlaureate #awp26 #workingtopreserveappalachianvoices

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

FRIENDS! I HAVE A POEM UP ON @voxpopuliworange.bsky.social TODAY! A huge thank you to Michael Simms for selecting it. voxpopulisphere.com/2025/08/18/k... #ohiopoetlaureate #shakirashakira #shakirafans

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

My poem AMESVILLE GIRLS, published in DIRT SONGS, is up on POETRY TOWN today. georgebilgere.com/so/edPX7sle9... THANK YOU #GeorgeBilgere! #ohiopoetlaureate #EastOverPress

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

SO EXCITED TO HAVE NURTURED THE GROWTH OF 12 BABY PAWPAW TREES FROM SEEDS FROM FRUIT MY SON SHARED FROM HIS PROPERTY. They came up in a clump the second year after I tucked in the seeds. The seeds had been in my refrigerator for nearly eight months when I planted them. #ohiopoetlaureate

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Big thank you to Michael Simms at Vox Populi for featuring my poem today. Read the entire poem here: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/07/02/k... Happy 4th y’all! #ohiopoetlaureate

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

DEATH IS SO HARD, FRIENDS. This one is for all who sometimes need to take a few moments for remembrance. BE GENTLE WITH YOURSELVES. 💗 #ohiopoetlaureate #BrackenMagazine Editors: Jed Myers and Kate Deimling

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Spent an afternoon with my inmate students at Chillicothe Correctional Institution. THERE WAS SINGING AND GUITARS. I presented THREE WRITING AWARDS (more here than at any other of the 18 prisons I teach at). But for addiction, many here would not be behind bars. WE HAVE TO WORK HARDER, FRIENDS!

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

THE LAND PROVIDES IF WE ADD A BIT OF SPIT AND GRIT! I am ever AWED and SO GRATEFUL! #blessed #ohiopoetlaureate #appalachianfoodways #richohiosoil

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

SPEECHLESS! Thank you to the jurors at #IPPYawards and to #EastOverPress for believing in me and my work. #ohiopoetlaureate #grateful #nevergiveup

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

SO EXCITED TO CREATE THE WNNER’S AWARDS FOR THIS YEAR’S WRITING CONTEST FOR OHIO’S INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS! The writing was SO GOOD. I am beyond honored to do this project every year — writing workshops and the contest, engaging eighteen prisons. I LOVE MY JOB! #ohiopoetlaureate

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I made batches of wild violet and dandelion jelly last week. INCREDIBLY DECADENT! It takes hundreds of blossoms and a bit of preprep, but every step is very Zen. Cool chemistry too. The violet “brew” starts out aqua, then purple, then magenta when citrus is added. The dandelion, from green to gold.

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

CENTRAL OHIO FRIENDS, PLEASE JOIN ME! IMMA BRING IT AND THERE WILL BE SINGING! #ohiopoetlaureate #thealdussociety #EastOverPress #OhioUniversityPress&SwallowPress

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

BEST DAY AT THE A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series at Marshall University! I taught a student workshop, did a podcast, had a decadent dinner, shared poems and fellowship with a wonderful audience. It was a beautiful drive down and back! AND ART STRINGER WAS IN THE AUDIENCE! #ohiopoetlaureate

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The wonderful Cat Pleska greeted me at dinner last night with this news: My poem OH YOU WOMAN OF APPALACHIA is featured on "WAKE UP CALL." What? HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY MONTH! www.karigunterseymourpoet.com/_files/ugd/8... #ohiopoetlaureate #NPM25 THANK YOU @katiepittman.bsky.social!

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