A Place So Deep Inside America It Can't Be Seen: Poems

In a time of inflated posturing and relentless self-promotion Kari Gunter-Seymours poems offer quiet intensity. Her work provides a refuge where ones curiosity intelligence and awareness of the complexities of contemporary Appalachian female culture and the struggle to hold on to old ways while embracing the new take shape. The work is firmly and unapologetically attached to the poets home soil.More than merely commenting Gunter-Seymours work searches for meaning. It takes readers outside and indoors into the world and into bodies and minds a foray into the tangled bonds of family weighted with memories. Her work speaks to a knowing that as the threads of our lives unravel so too gifts materialize. Here relationship issues trauma and disappointment are transformed into a journey of revelation a testament to the complexity and power of love even as it contends with circumstances beyond its control.Each poem is earthy and rich filled with imagery exploring beyond the boundaries of feminism science and spirituality. There is specific cultural musicality of language and line a strong sense of observation giving readers a renewed sense of understanding and discovery of todays Appalachian woman.