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Johnson poet Sarah Audsley on upending poetic expectations

Sarah Audsley / Carolyn Kehler
Carolyn Kehler
Sarah Audsley is the author of the 2023 poetry collection, Landlocked X.

Sarah Audsley is a poet and author of the book Landlock X. A Korean American adoptee, Audsley’s experiences growing up as person of color in Vermont grace her poetic work.

Audsley is a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. She lives in Johnson, where she works as the writing program director at the Vermont Studio Center. Audsley is a member of The Starlings Collective, a creative collective of BIPOC adoptee writers and artists.

This episode of Vermont Edition also featured an interview with New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss about his new memoir, You Can Never Die.

Broadcast live on Wednesday, April 30, 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.