Bianca Stone

Bianca Stone, born in 1983, is a Vermont-based poet and scholar currently serving as Vermont’s poet laureate. Stone is the author of many books, including the poetry collections “What is Otherwise Infinite” (Tin House 2022) which received the 2022 Vermont Book Award, and “The Near and Distant World” (Tin House 2026). Her poetry and writings have appeared widely in such magazines as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Poets and Writers, and The Nation. In 2013 she co-founded the poetry-based nonprofit, Ruth Stone House, where she organizes events and retreats, teaches classes on poetry and poetic study, hosts the Ode & Psyche Podcast.