05/16/2025
Kari Gunter-Seymour: Where I Come From It’s Pronounced "App-A-Lach-A”
Thurs. May 22
Thurber Center, 91 Jefferson Ave., Columbus OH 43215
(next to the Thurber House)
7:30 Presentation begins.
FREE and open to the public.
Many people forget that Ohio consists of 32 Appalachian counties nestled within the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and the Appalachian Plateau, characterized by rough, irregular hills and hollows, formed by the terminal edge of a glacier thousands of years ago. Ms. Gunter-Seymour will discuss her own writing and her efforts to encourage and include other writers.
Generations of extraction—iron, timber, Big Coal and Big Pharma have resulted in a skewed view of the region along with a thick layer of preconceived prejudices. Many of us come from ancestries full of remarkable women and men who worked the fields, then the factories or retail (some still do) children on their hip or strapped to their back. From this we draw our strength, endurance, and determination to stand proud of who we are and where we come from and work to pay it forward to our own and future generations.
This program has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy Demands Wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed do not necessarily represent those of Ohio Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
