Poem of the Week
This week's poem is "I Confess" by Alison Luterman from Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection, the anthology that I recently edited. I love moments like these when you just want to reach out to a stranger and spark…
New Poem in Third Wednesday!
This poem of close attention was written at my favorite cafe in Montreal--a place called Brume. Thanks to the editors of Third Wednesday for publishing it and naming it a Poem of Merit in the One Sentence Poetry Contest.
Healing the Divide Is YPPL’s August Pick!
Young People's Poet Laureate, Naomi Shihab Nye, has chosen Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection as her Book Recommendation for August through the Poetry Foundation! Take a look at what she had to say below about this anthology. Naomi has…
Igniting Creativity Workshop
This fall, every Saturday in September from 1pm-3:30pm, I'll be teaching a workshop on Igniting Creativity: Writing Poetry with Green Mountain Academy of Life-Long Learning (GMALL) in Manchester, Vermont. Please consider joining me if you can; no previous writing experience…
Poem in Coal Hill Review!
I was so pleased to have "Tablet" published in Coal Hill Review, a wonderful journal put out by Autumn House Press. This poem is from my newest manuscript, Bluebird, all about life in Vermont, and hopefully soon to be published!: Tablet by James Crews…
Poem in New York By Rail!
It was a lazy afternoon ride from New York City last year, and I didn't want to spend the hours looking at my cell phone. I'd left my earbuds at home too, so I sat there as we passed by…
Reading at Next Chapter Booksellers.
Recently, I was lucky enough to read with numerous contributors to Healing the Divide at Next Chapter Booksellers in St. Paul, Minnesota. The other readers included Margaret Hasse, Marge Saiser, Tom Hennen, Thomas R. Smith, and Connie Wanek. Connie and I have…
Interview with Art+Lit Lab in Madison!
Check out my interview with Art+Lit Lab here; they hosted us for a Healing the Divide reading back in May. You can purchase copies of Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection here. ALL: Do you have an origin story? What…
Brilliant Light Publishing.
I'm so pleased to be listed with Brilliant Light Publishing whose express purpose is “to promote the work of poets and writers from the New England community who illuminate the inner and outer states of our natural and cultural environment.” Here…
TLS Poem of the Week.
You can read my introduction to Anna Kamienska's "Thanking" in The Times Literary Supplement: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/poem-week-thanking/