For over two decades, James Navé has enjoyed a national reputation as a poet and a performer (see appearance highlights). His poetry, rich with imagery, reflects a playful maturity, an intelligent curiosity, and is driven by a keen sense of narrative. His work has appeared in various publications including The North Carolina Literary Review, Asheville Poetry Review, Summit Magazine, Society of the Muse of the Southwest's yearly review, Chokecherries 1999-2003, and Jagged Edge Mountain Gear Catalogue. Of poetry he says, "It starts with the imaginative utterances in the poet's mind and continues, much as a musical score continues, long after the final draft. Poetry is meant to be read, memorized, published, put to music, and spoken out loud. Poetry is oxygen for the soul. Whenever a poets lifts a pen, the world is better off."
Navé's compelling performance style brings an atmosphere of sophistication, levity, and depth to the stage that encourages audiences to relax, question, and enjoy. He has memorized over 600 poems, co-founded Poetry Alive!, and has performed over 3000 shows and workshops in the United States and in International Schools throughout West Africa, South America, and Europe. He has been featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, as well a local NPR affiliates in Western North Carolina in Alamos, Colorado, and KTAO in Taos, New Mexico, the world's only solar powered commercial radio station. He appeared in Paul Devlin's documentary film, SlamNation and in Kontent Film's TV pilot, KoolJobs. He represented Asheville, NC on three National Slam Teams.
Navé', a native of North Carolina, holds a BA in International Relations from UNC-Asheville and an MFA in Poetry from Vermont College. He once owned a Pizza Restaurant on the coast of Carolina, he can drive from Portland, OR to Charleston, SC without a road map, has won a poetry slam at the Green Mill in Chicago ! with a perfect 30, and camped out on a rooftop in New York Cit! y so he could watch, all at the same time, the Empire State Building, the full moon, Mars closer than it's ever been, and the World Trade Center's two beams of memorial light.

Currently Navé is:
- on the staff at Vermont College where he is developing a performance and reading component for the students enrolled in the low residency MFA in Writing Program
-collaborating with singer/songwriter Walter Parks, lead guitar for Richie Haven's and cellist Stephanie Winters, one of New York's most eclectic and in-demandstring players on a musical improvisational project.
- working on his first full length book of poetry
- finishing a novel about an international photojournalist who gets swallowed up by fundamentalist religion and southern politics.
- collaborating with Taos Artist Paul Pascrealla on a visual arts and poetry project. Their show will open in Santa Fe, Summer 2004.
- developing a series of performance poetryshows that intermingle his new work with the traditional poems of Frost, Eliot, Bishop, Browning, Hughes, Millay, Keats, and Dickinson.
- co-directing the 2004 Taos Poetry Circus with poet and activist Dora McQuaid.
- collaborating with poet, Leslie Ullman and poet and yoga teacher, Jeff Davis to produce The Taos Summer 2004 Writing Salon: A creative writing vacation at The San Geronimo Lodge in Taos.

Navé's current offerings include:
- a series of workshop on writing, performance, memorization, and creativity that make great follow-ups or stand alone for clients who prefer a more focus in the classroom (see workshops).
- writing and creativity coaching, Navé' accepts private clients on limited basis.
-his production company, Taos Creativity Retreats (taoscreativity.com), custom designs events, meetings, conferences, and retreats for private groups, nonprofit organizations, and corporations in Taos, NM as well as other locations in the United States and abroad.