Interviews, Articles, Conversations, and Poems
In Audio, Video, & Digital Print
A SELECTION OF AUDIO INTERVIEWS
Listen to Con-versations

WVIA's Erika Funke with Craig after their conversation on ArtScene, August 28, 2025
WVIA ArtScene - with Erika Funke
Erika and Craig discuss "And If You Saw Me" - Craig's latest book, a new and selected work covering over 40 years of writing around the world - and their shared history in Northeastern PA's art scene
Troubadours & Raconteurs - with E.W. Conundrum Demure
E.W. and Craig exchange thoughts on Being Stone Sober, The Gate of Heaven Parking Lot, Baseball Bats on Asphalt, Being the Only Protestant in the Neighborhood, Handwriting on the Wall, & more
Poetry Spoken Here - with Charlie Rossiter
Charlie and Craig chat about "Thumb Notes Almanac: Hitchhiking the Marcellus Shale" which chronicles Craig's hitchhiking through Northeastern Pennsylvania's fracking country during its peak
WVIA ArtScene - with Erika Funke
Erika, Craig, and Dr. Phil Yevics cover the Creative Letter-Writing Workshops offered via Peer 2 Peer and the Lackawanna County Reentry Task Force, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Scranton
Troubadours & Raconteurs - with E.W. Conundrum Demure
E.W. and Craig exchange thoughts on Walking Around, Wounds & Triumphs, Catching a Breath, Defeating Fear, Oddballs & Eccentrics and so much more
WVIA ArtScene - with Erika Funke
Erika and Craig talk about his poetry collection, "Fifteen Stones," poems written from Italy, Chile, and Northeastern PA in anticipation of a reading and signing at the Springville Schoolhouse Art Studios
VIDEOS - POEMS & INTERVIEWS
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With Italian Filmmaker Girolamo Macina, Soncino Italy
Photo: Aldo Villagrossi Crotti
A SELECTION OF PRINT ARTICLES
Articles & Poems in Print
in PA, the US, & Internationally

With Elvana Zaimi (translator), Entela Kasi (poet & writer of PEN Albania), and Kimberly Crafton (writer & cultural worker) in Tirana, Albania
Photo: Edward Ni

With Thomas Chepaitis (writer & minister of foreign affairs for The Republic of Užupis) in Tartu, Estonia
Photo: Edward Ni

At St. Mary's College in Maryland for a Gallery Talk about fracking, "Notes from The Marcellus Shale.
Photo: St. Mary's College
诗只是两个人的中美关系 (at Tartu Poetry Festival with Edward Ni)
October 2018 - Tartu Int'l Poetry Fest. (Tartu, Estonia)
September 2018 - Literatura Menas (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Amerikietis Rašytojas C.Czury: „Iki Devyniolikos Nemokėjęs Skaityti, Tapau Rašytoju“
September 2018 - Kultūra (Vilnius, Lithuania)
May 2018 - ValleDell'Oglio Magazine (Palazzolo Sull'Oglio, Italy)
Poem Fusion - La Potente Artedi Communicare con Se Stessi
December 2017 - Crema Online
Sept 2016 - Poets & Writers
Thought and Language: Poetry and Words. Il festival
internazionale di poesia Virgilio di Mantova
July 2016 - Versante Ripido
PA Poet Swaps Out Coal Mines for Gas Lines
June 2016 - Press Republican, Plattsburg NY
From Czury to Yevtushenko - Da Czury a Evtusenko: Quattro Giorni con la Grande Poesia
May 2016 - Gazzetta di Mantova, Italy
February 2016 - Misericordia University, PA
Craig Czury Returns to Soncino - Il Grande Ritorno di Craig Czury
March 2015 - PrimaPagina, Italy
A Poet's Journey - Interview with Craig Czury
January 2015 - Berks Encore News
Craig Czury Visita Soncino - Il Grande Poeta Americano Stregato dal Borgo
December 2014 - PrimaPagina, Italy
Gallery Talk - Fracking PA: Documentary Practice and Environmental Activism
November 2014 - St. Mary's College of Maryland
50 Years of Awards - The F. Lammot Belin Arts Scholarship 50th Anniversary Program
October 2014 - The Scranton Times Tribune
Presentan libro sobre escritores de Tarapacá y Pennsylvania
June 2014 - Universidad Arturo Prat del Estado de Chile
"Notes from The Marcellus Shale"
Poems of Craig Czury with the Photos of Bill Crandall
online catalog from the exhibit at St. Mary's College, MD
Fracking PA: Documentary Practice & Environmental Justice
Fall 2014, St. Mary's College, MD
Interview by WHYY's Susan Phillips for State Impact
Article and NPR Radio Interview - October 2012
Berks County Poet Laureate Explores Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale
September 2012, Reading Eagle
Hitchhiking Poet Chronicles Life in the Marcellus Shale
September 2012, Marcellus Drilling News
Berks County Introduces Its Fourth Poet Laureate
November 2010 - News Not Blues
Students in Argentina Study Poetry of Czury
April 2012, Poesia en la Escuela Escribe
UNA Plaque in Shamokin Inspires Coal Region Poet (pg. 3)
January 1984, The Ukrainian Weekly