Imagine there are people who, when they are reading, that’s all they’re doing, just reading. I have friends who sit transfixed, as if transformed or transported to who knows where, comatose in front of their book. I tell my students if you’re going to be a writer, walk around with a hammer in your hand, […]
Craig Czury
Craig Czury has spent three decades conducting poetry, life-writing, and writing as healing workshops in schools, universities, community centers, juvenile detention centers, homeless shelters, and mental hospitals. A lecturer at Albright University, an editor, publisher, and tireless arts advocate, Craig is the author of over 20 books of poetry, most recently THUMB NOTES ALMANAC: HITCHHIKING THE MARCELLUS SHALE, a poetry documentary woven from his hitchhiking interviews and observations taken while hitchhiking through the heart of "fracking" in his home region of Northeastern Pennsylvania. He is the co-host and artistic director of The Old School Poetry Series at The Springville Schoolhouse Art Studios, where he lives, works and plays bocce. His book, Fifteen Stones, is forthcoming from New York Quarterly Books this fall. craigczury.com