I recently sat down with wonderful poet and reviewer Elizabeth Lund for an interview with NewTV in Boston to chat about my latest anthology, How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope. You can watch that here: https://newtv.org/recent-videos-community/127-poetic-lines/7076-poetic-lines-james-crews…
Gentle Beginnings: Poetry and Self-Compassion Join me and Danusha Lameris as we offer a journey into the moments of stillness and realization poetry can bring. We've selected poems that will help you meet yourself and others with a little more…
I was so honored to see my poem, "Self-Compassion," featured on the Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day series, chosen by editor and poet Kimberly Blaeser. Below is the link and full text of the poem: SELF-COMPASSION by James Crews My…
Please take a moment to check out my poem, "Daylight Saving, Age 5," featured on the podcast The Slowdown with Ada Limón. https://www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2021/11/25/553-daylight-saving-age-5
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…