James Crews

Facilitator James Crews is the author of Turning Toward Grief: Reflections on Life, Loss and Appreciation and Breathing Room: Poems of Rest and Retreat. He is the editor of bestselling poetry anthologies The Wonder of Small Things and How to Love the World. He has been featured on NPR’s “Morning Edition” and in People Magazine, The Boston Globe, The New York Times Magazine, The Sun Magazine, and The Washington Post. James lives with his husband in Vermont where they are restoring habitat for pollinators.

Upcoming Programs by James Crews

Breathing Room: Writing for Self-Compassion and Rest

April 23 - 25, 2027

Poet Ross Gay asks, “What if joy, instead of refuge or relief from heartbreak, is what effloresces from us as we help each other carry our heartbreaks?” Tenderness and belonging are available to all of us when we open our hearts and allow ourselves to be touched by the whole spectrum of human emotion - […]