James Crews is the author of Unlocking the Heart: Writing for Mindfulness, Courage & Self-Compassion and editor of several bestselling 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), Healing the Divide, The Path to Kindness (winner of the Nautilus Award), and How to Love the World, which has over 100,000 copies in print. 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. He is the author of seven prize-winning books of poetry, including Turning Toward Grief. James lives with his husband on 40 rocky acres in Vermont that they are restoring to a habitat for pollinators and native species.