The Imagined Galaxies of Ruth Stone On her 89th birthday, the lauded American poet reflects on the joys and pains of life that have shaped her poetry. NPR's Melissa Block spends a day with Stone and her family at her farmhouse in Goshen, Vt.

The Imagined Galaxies of Ruth Stone

The Imagined Galaxies of Ruth Stone

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On her 89th birthday, the lauded American poet reflects on the joys and pains of life that have shaped her poetry.

NPR's Melissa Block spends a day with Stone and her family at her farmhouse in Goshen, Vt.