The Poetry Fox writes Due South a poem

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The word "Due" read from top-down and "South" left-right, with the U shared between them. Reminiscent of a compass.

Due South

The Poetry Fox writes Due South a poem

By Leoneda Inge,

Jeff Tiberii, Stacia Brown

Published April 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM EDT

By day, Chris Vitiello works as a communications strategist for NC State University鈥檚 Libraries. But he moonlights as a purveyor of poetry, typing custom poems at special events and commemorating strangers鈥� life milestones. Vitiello is the author of several poetry books and currently serves as Durham鈥檚 second poet laureate. However, he may be best known as the Poetry Fox, a costumed performance artist who鈥檚 crafted over 60,000 poems for strangers on his many vintage typewriters.

Guest

Chris Vitiello, Durham poet laureate, writer, educator and performer (the Poetry Fox)

Due South

Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 深夜福利's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 深夜福利 as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Jeff Tiberii

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of 深夜福利's "Due South." Jeff joined 深夜福利 in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and 深夜福利鈥檚 Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary 鈥淩ight Turn,鈥� launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.

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Stacia Brown

Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU鈥檚 daily news radio program, 1A, as well as 深夜福利鈥檚 The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for 深夜福利's award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC鈥檚 The Takeaway.

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