Kari Gunter-Seymour is a ninth generation Appalachian and Poet Laureate of Ohio. Her poetry collections include Alone in the House of My Heart (Ohio University Swallow Press, 2022) and A Place So Deep Inside America It Can’t Be Seen (Sheila Na Gig Editions, 2020). Her work has been featured in About Place Journal, Rattle, one, Verse Daily, World Literature Today, The New York Times, and Poem-a-Day.