Interviews Photo by Kari Gunter-Seymour / www.karigunterseymourpoet.com Kari Gunter-Seymour (b. 1955) is having a moment—soon to become two years of moments since she was appointed in June 2020 to a two-year term as the Poet Laureate of Ohio. Her 2020 collection, A Place So Deep Inside America It Can’t Be Seen, earned her the additional title of Ohio Poet of the Year. Former US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey chose Gunter-Seymour’s words as the final lines in the PBS American Portrait crowdsourced video poem, “Remix: For My People”: “Every word a sepulcher, every syllable a stone rolled away.” In 2021 Gunter-Seymour was one of twenty-three poets laureate, municipal and state, to receive a $50,000 fellowship grant from the Academy of American Poets, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She recently accepted an additional position as artist-in-residence in the “Pages” literacy program for the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University. Formerly Poet Laureate of Athens, Ohio, where she taught graphic communications at Ohio University, Gunter-Seymour currently lives in Albany, Ohio. Renee Shea: Your tenure as poet laureate began and continues in an unprecedented and challenging situation. How’s it going? Kari Gunter-Seymour: As we all know, the pandemic struck really hard in March 2020, so by the time I was appointed in June, I had already immersed myself in a great deal of virtual programming. In the first... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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A new set of five poems goes live on London tubes on July 1st for four weeks. Some deal specifically with the urgent issue of climate change. Others reflect more generally on how human beings take solace and meaning from their living world of earth, sea and sky.The poems:Still Life with Sea... Continue reading at British Council global
[ British Council global | 2019-06-26 17:36:35 UTC ]
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Riots and parades have made LGBTQ people visible. But a new anthology of writings from before, during, and after Stonewall shows the inward changes as more essential. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2019-06-26 14:29:00 UTC ]
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They turned down Ulysses and Animal Farm, but still shaped 20th‑century literatureAll publishing houses have archives, but for anyone interested in 20th-century literature the archive of Faber & Faber is a fabled treasure house. This is the firm that was, as Toby Faber puts it, “midwife at... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-20 11:00:08 UTC ]
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An indie publisher has been forced to find a new venue to launch its anti-Brexit poetry anthology Bollocks to Brexit: An Anthology of Poems and Short Fiction after the church where it was due to be held refused to host the event, citing issues with political balance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-20 07:09:36 UTC ]
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Author, journalist, and New York Times op-ed columnist Gail Collins may be personally responsible for saving the mental health of untold numbers of readers who depend on her witty, incisive takes on the world to get them through another day in Crazytown. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Eleanor Birne has joined PEW Literary as associate agent this month, moving from David Godwin Associates, and has already done a deal with Faber on Amber Medland’s debut novel about mental health and the impact of the #metoo movement. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trigger Publishing will launch trade-focused children’s mental health and wellbeing imprint Upside Down Books later this year, with Alli Brydon, formerly of the Bright Agency, joining as commissioning editor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On this week’s show, Claire and Sian meet up at London book fair to discuss the trends and biggest books announced for 2019 and 2020. Then they sit down with neuropsychologist AK Benjamin and novelist Anthony Good, who have written two very different books turning the tables on therapy.... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Intan Paramaditha will be appearing alongside Syd Moore to discuss re-writing old stories and myths with a contemporary, feminist slant at the Essex Book Festival on 15 March 2019 at 19.00. Find out more and book tickets here. What’s exciting about Indonesian literature at the moment, and... Continue reading at British Council global
[ British Council global | 2019-02-21 11:15:36 UTC ]
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A number of poetry titles are in the running for this year’s CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway awards, with titles about Norse myths, suffragettes, mental health and human rights also on the longlists. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie press Dodo Ink is publishing a "broad and fascinating" anthology of essays by a host of writers on mental health in January 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Octopus Publishing Group imprint Cassell has acquired the first book by ex-Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge, discussing the effect of isolation on mental health. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Almost evenly divided between fiction and nonfiction, the 2019 Wellcome Book Prize longlist features issues of gender, identity, mental health and medicine. The post Wellcome Book Prize Announces Its 10th Anniversary Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a shift, American readers have become more interested in books about mental health than about diet and exercise, according to data released by bookstore chain Barnes & Noble. The data, collected around the New Year's season, seems to indicate that readers' annual resolutions are focusing... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has acquired the Sheldon Press, a specialist medical, mental health and self-help imprint of the Christian knowledge publisher SPCK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A major publisher opening a regional office in the north of England; closer collaboration between indie publishers and indie bookshops; thriving book trends including feminism, vegan cookery, publishing around mental health, and feelgood fiction; and continued growth for audio are among the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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An odyssey through the landscapes of winter became a meditation on mental health and the human condition for writer Horatio Clare. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Atlantic Books has signed The Natural Health Service by political journalist Isabel Hardman. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Penguin Random House and Hachette titles dominate the World Book Night 2018 list, which this year has a spotlight on mental health. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daphne Merkin’s new book, This Close to Happy: A Reckoning With Depression, is at once an exploration of her own mental health and a memoir of her experiences growing up in an Orthodox Jewish family with a complicated, domineering mother. “My mother was only nice to me when I was sick,” Merkin... Continue reading at Slate
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