Gunter-Seymour is a ninth generation Appalachian and editor of I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing, Ohio's Appalachian Voices, funded by the Academy of American Poets and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the Women of Appalachia Project(TM) anthologies, Women Speak, volumes 1-7 and Essentially Athens Ohio, an anthology focused on landmarks, tales and experiences of those living in or deeply connected to Athens county. She holds a B.F.A. in graphic design and an M.A. in commercial photography and is a retired instructor in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. A poem she wrote in support of families living in poverty in Athens County, OH, went viral and has been seen by over 100,000 people, resulting in thousands of dollars donated to her local food pantry. She is the winner of the 2021 Lascaux Prize in Poetry. She is Poet Laureate of Ohio.
Mark Halliday, Director of Creative Writing, Ohio University writes: "This abundant anthology encompasses many styles and vantage points and backgrounds, creating a richly detailed tapestry of human experience in Appalachian Ohio. There is a pervasive sense of stoical courage in dealing with the rough edges of life; and many poems recognize and honor that struggle in the lives of past generations. The cumulative evocation of imaginative persistence in wooded valleys and on winding hilly roads and in hundreds of towns is seriously moving."Dinty W. Moore, Author of The Mindful Writer writes: "I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing, Ohio's Appalachian Voices brings to life the graceful rolling hills, the pockets and valleys, the generous souls, the vivid fruits and plants and birdlife that make Appalachian Ohio so entirely unforgettable. This diverse collection of precise, evocative poems sings the praises of a singular place and a people. A truly wonderful book."
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