James Crews is the author of The Book of What Stays, a collection of poetry published by the University of Nebraska Press. In his free time, James writes for basalt magazine, which he co-edits and regularly contributes to the (London) Times Literary Supplement. He has worked as a salesman of bespoke wallpaper, an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer and an English teacher in rural Oregon. He is now living and teaching in Lincoln, Nebraska where he’s working on a PhD.