I hope you’ll join Parker and I for this heart expanding conversation with poet, James Crews. In this conversation we talk about slowing down and becoming more awake to daily wonder, drawing strength from the divine in the smallest details, We discuss the importance of joy and beauty, the inspiration found in the natural world, change and impermanence, and the process of grief and healing. We also talk about the welcoming and interactive nature of his books and anthologies.
For more about James and his luminous poetry, books, anthologies, retreats, courses and his “Poetry is Life” Substack offering visit www.jamescrews.netrews.net or Substack: James Crews - Poetry Is Life
To Purchase “The Sacred Everyday: Poems of Peace & Stillness” visit Bookshop.org
Here is a bit more about James and his works —James Crews is the editor of several bestselling anthologies, including The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy and How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope, which has over 100,000 copies in print. He has been featured in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The New York Times Magazine, and on NPR’s Morning Edition. James is the author of four prize-winning books of poetry and essays—The Book of What Stays, Telling My Father, Bluebird, and Every Waking Moment—Kindness Will Save the World: Stories of Compassion and Connection.
His last collection “Turning Toward Grief”is a beautiful book about the process of loss, grief and healing. His newest book, “Everyday Sacred: Poems of Peace and Stillness” will be released October 27th. He has a beautiful Substack offering called “Poetry is Life” James also speaks and leads workshops on kindness, mindfulness, and writing for self-compassion. He lives with his husband on forty rocky acres in the woods of Southern Vermont.
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