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Vermont poet laureate Bianca Stone, one year into her role

Bianca Stone was appointed to a four-year term as poet laureate in May 2024.
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Bianca Stone was appointed to a four-year term as poet laureate in May 2024.

The Brandon-based poet and visual artist Bianca Stone has been Vermont's poet laureate for nearly a year. She grew up surrounded by writers, including her grandmother . Bianca Stone is the creative director of the Ruth Stone House in Goshen, a gathering space for people interested in poetry and the creative arts, and the author of five volumes of poetry.

Stone joins Vermont Edition to help us mark National Poetry Month and update us on the projects she's pursuing as poet laureate.

Earlier segments in this episode of Vermont Edition covered recent federal cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services and how those changes will affect Meals on Wheels, Head Start and heating assistance for low income people.

Broadcast live on Thursday, April 9, 2025, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
Andrea Laurion joined ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children’s birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.