James Crews is the author of Turning Toward Grief: Reflections on Life, Loss & Appreciation, and editor of several best-selling poetry anthologies, including Love Is for All of Us, a collection of LGBTQ+ love poems co-edited with his husband, Brad Peacock. He has also edited The Wonder of Small Things (winner of the New England Book Award), The Path to Kindness (winner of the Nautilus Award), and How to Love the World, which has sold more than 100,000 copies to date. 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 offers a writing community via Zoom called The Monthly Pause.