Following the publication of the anthology, How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope, my newest collection, The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy, is now available for pre-order here, or wherever books are sold. This new book offers 100…
I'm excited to share the news that Danusha Laméris and I will be offering a winter session of our Poetry of Resilience webinar with special guests including Ada Limón, Mark Nepo, Camille Dungy, and Naomi Shihab Nye. Additional guests soon…
When you get a moment, please consider checking out my interview with the wise and generous Elizabeth Lund on her show, Poetic Lines. I've been a big fan of Elizabeth's poetry reviews for a long time, so it was a…
If anyone would like signed copies of any of my books, I'm happy to announce a partnership with my local indie bookstore, Battenkill Books. Just purchase at the link below from their website, and leave a note in the comments…
In this six-week webinar, Danusha Laméris and I will look at poetry as a tool for living a better life, a practice of seeing. We’ll read poems, discuss craft and technique with some of their, (and all of our!), favorite poets.…
I'm so grateful to the folks at Lynx House/University of Washington Press for putting together a book of poetry more beautiful than I could have imagined! Thanks especially to Christopher Howell, David Axelrod, and Jodi Varon for making this book…
I was so thrilled to join Becky Karush on her wonderful podcast, Read to Me. You can listen to the episode (and mini-episode) at these links: Main Episode - https://www.readtomepod.com/season2episodes/james-crews Mini Episode - https://www.readtomepod.com/season2episodes/mini-james-crews
Mark Nepo joined Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and myself for Stubborn Praise: Poetry to Meet the Here and Now. He talked about the teachers we find nearby, and how to balance our own desire to give with the deep need for…
I had such a good time reading with friends at my local bookstore, The Northshire, here in Vermont. I was joined by Jane Hirshfield, Danusha Lameris, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, and January Gill O'Neil to launch my latest anthology, How to Love…
I recently read with Ross Gay in support of my new anthology, How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope with Third Place Books in Seattle. You can watch the video below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0_svCV9HUk&t=3s