Name: Presentation: "Gardening & Poetry" by Alitta Leachman and Gary Crump
Start: 2025-10-20T12:30:00-05:00
Location: Owensboro Community & Technical College

Presentation: "Gardening & Poetry" by Alitta Leachman and Gary Crump

EVENT DETAILS: Oct. 20* Gardening & Poetry presentation with Alitta Leachman and Gary Crump, 12:30 p.m., ATC 107 (Main Campus)
MORE INFO: Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is excited to continue the Fall 2025 Common Reading program, which this semester centers on The Wonder of Small Things, an anthology edited by poet James Crews.
"OCTC's Common Reading program is about more than just a book-it's about building connections and sparking meaningful conversations," said Kaye Brown, Professor of English and Co-Chair of the OCTC Common Reading Committee. "James Crews's work invites us to pause, notice the beauty in everyday life, and discover the power of poetry to bring us together."
About James Crews James Crews is the editor of several bestselling anthologies, including The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy and How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope, which has sold more than 100,000 copies. His work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, The Christian Science Monitor, and on NPR's Morning Edition. Crews is the author of four prize-winning books of poetry-The Book of What Stays, Telling My Father, Bluebird, and Every Waking Moment-as well as a book of essays, Kindness Will Save the World: Stories of Compassion and Connection. He speaks and leads workshops on kindness, mindfulness, and writing for self-compassion, and lives with his husband on forty acres in the woods of Southern Vermont. To learn more about James Crews and his books, visit https://www.jamescrews.net.
"Over the years, OCTC's nationally recognized Common Reading program has provided an opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and community members to come together and share ideas and be inspired," said Dr. Scott Williams, OCTC President. "We stay committed to inspiring our students and community, and we take pride in our Common Reading program."
For more information about the Common Reading program, please contact Tonya Northenor at [email protected]. You can also visit our website to learn more about the program and associated events which are open to the public; please visit https://owensboro.kctcs.edu/about/student-life/common-reading/index.aspx.