Kari Gunter-Seymour is Poet Laureate of Ohio, curator/host of the online series Spoken & Heard, and Executive Director of the Women of Appalachia Project and editor of its anthology series Women Speak. She is the author of three award-winning collections of poetry, with her most recent, Dirt Songs (EastOver Press) having won the 2025 IPPY Bronze Award and the 2025 Feathered Quill Award. Her work has been featured in the American Book Review, Poem-a-Day, World Literature Today, and The New York Times. Find her at www.karigunterseymourpoet.com.