James C. Nave
James Carl Navé, Jr. | |
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| Born | Asheville, NC |
| Occupation | poet, storyteller, creative educator |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | poetry, creative nonfiction |
| Notable works | The 100 Days, How to Read for an Audience |
| Website | |
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James C. Nave James C. Navé is an American poet, storyteller, and creative educator. He is the author of three books of poetry: The Road, Looking at Light, and The 100 Days,[1] and the co-author of the Twice 5 Miles guide How to Read for an Audience [2]. He is director of poetry for LEAF - the Lake Eden Arts Festival - and has hosted their poetry slam since its inception in 1995. [3] He also hosts a weekly interview show, Twice 5 Miles Radio: Fertile Ground for Conversations Worth Listening To and Remembering, which airs on WPVM-FM community radio in Asheville, NC,[4] and KCEI Cultural Energy Radio in Taos, NM.
Professional Life
After early ventures as co-owner of a pizza restaurant and a T-shirt company, in 1984 Navé co-founded Poetry Alive!, sending teams of poets to perform poetry from the curriculum for elementary and middle school students. Poetry Alive! has reached over 10 million students to date.[5][6]
From 1997-2003, Navé partnered with Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way, to design and run Artist's Way Creativity Camps in Taos, NM and other places around the US.[7] In 2003, he partnered with Allegra Huston to found The Writing Salon, later renamed Imaginative Storm Writing Workshops, teaching multi-day intensives in the US and abroad. From 2007-2011, they conducted creativity retreats for the screenwriting students at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
In 2019 Navé and Huston co-founded the publishing company Twice 5 Miles Guides: The Stuff Nobody Teaches You.
References
- ↑ https://taospress.com
- ↑ https://www.taosnews.com/tempo/how-to-books-offered-by-huston-and-nav/article_959a1d36-6a47-5ac1-a85a-2688d9619631.html
- ↑ https://theleaf.org
- ↑ https://wpvmfm.org/?s=TWICE+5
- ↑ https://poets.org/listing/poetry-alive
- ↑ https://mountainx.com/arts/word-play-poetry-alive-celebrates-30-years/
- ↑ https://puretaos.com/artists/NaveJames/index.shtml
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