<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[David Crow Author]]></title><description><![CDATA[True stories can be hard to pull off, even for the best of writers. Award winning writer David Crow has lived a life worthy of telling]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:35:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[My Best Reads of 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[As one year closes and another begins, I take stock of the books that stayed with me. ]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/post/my-best-reads-of-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6956f31c068210d64beadbc5</guid><category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:53:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf041d_1cb867864fdd45008a9c1f27384f088d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_561,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Crow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Farewell to the Friend Who Saved Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[With Henry McCabe. 2017. Last week, I said goodbye to my closest childhood friend, Henry McCabe. It would be difficult to overstate how...]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/post/a-farewell-to-the-friend-who-saved-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c9a69ed69d5f5524017a3a</guid><category><![CDATA[Angels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspirational Stories]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:10:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24dc91_6e5df8e80c7f4741a72b1df729189569~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_635,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Crow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Best Reads of 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Top nonfiction books from my 2024 reading list. Another year of wonderful reads! As we head into 2025, I recommend these nonfiction gems...]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/post/my-best-reads-of-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67744a7a20c3f052c34d7fad</guid><category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 20:51:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24dc91_0631a7176a2f4cc8a86da3e959c30479~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_740,h_374,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Crow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Mom Was Homeless]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was 10 years old, my father abandoned my mother. He packed up everything we owned, ordered his four children into the car, and fled.]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/post/my-mom-was-homeless</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7faa365be9720017ef0248</guid><category><![CDATA[In My Shoes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspirational Stories]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 05:44:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf041d_132826cab6a8470c87aa50394c3af045~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_993,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Crow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Best Reads of 2023]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are my top 11 fiction and nonfiction books from 2023.]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/post/my-best-reads-of-2023</link><guid isPermaLink="false">658304f9ac3f42f72de36e31</guid><category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:31:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf041d_32334a4363094b898e9f980ec1fac493~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_740,h_374,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Crow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[San Quentin Part 3: Dr. Leo Stanley]]></title><description><![CDATA[During our long drives through the desert, my dad would often talk about his prestigious job at San Quentin.]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/post/san-quentin-part-3-dr-leo-stanley</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62fd5565456ef4959938fcba</guid><category><![CDATA[San Quentin]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:53:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf041d_6d1805a440ab471cbc767b0def22ab1d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_907,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Crow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[San Quentin Part 2: The IQ Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Dad was in San Quentin, his score on the IQ test brought him special attention and privilege.]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/post/san-quentin-part-2-the-iq-test</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62c33bfe196d26c730519c19</guid><category><![CDATA[San Quentin]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 20:52:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf041d_be9c79db8ab2471ea328ce3bb7a90a2d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_862,h_574,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Crow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[San Quentin Part 1: The Fish Tank]]></title><description><![CDATA[ When I was a boy, my dad took me on car rides and often blurted out stories about his time in San Quentin State Prison.]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/post/san-quentin-series-the-fish-tank</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62afd065e1119cdeedda40e3</guid><category><![CDATA[San Quentin]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf041d_9f93fa1c227a4f95a3415009d53b90b5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_614,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Crow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Best Reads of 2022]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love both fiction and nonfiction, and here are some of the best books I read in 2022.]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/post/my-best-reads-of-2022</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63c253fec95e1955f8eff1fa</guid><category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspirational Stories]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2023 19:57:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf041d_f65428403db6423bbb8526cfa1b1a059~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_740,h_374,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Crow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Crow Book Review: “A Place of Thin Veil”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bob Rosebrough’s book about Gallup, New Mexico, A Place of Thin Veil, offers an excellent history lesson about a fascinating town.]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/post/the-crow-book-review-a-place-of-thin-veil</link><guid isPermaLink="false">631e823133a85b1c9c6d6789</guid><category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[American History]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2022 02:13:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf041d_af85ac334d444e64ba9567cbd1a5424f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_900,h_455,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Crow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dyslexia Is My Superpower]]></title><description><![CDATA[Readers often ask me how I deal with dyslexia. 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For the serious...]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/post/the-crow-holiday-book-guide-2021</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61aafea4e08cf90016fe4c50</guid><category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 00:46:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf041d_64ffa4532b9948b593af599e9f928aec~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_567,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Crow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Angels: Rex Kontz and Tough Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[When we lived on the Navajo Indian Reservation in the 1960s, Mr. Rex Kontz was Fort Defiance’s postmaster. 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When I was a young kid, nothing felt better than running far into the desert.]]></description><link>https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/post/i-run-therefore-i-am</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5dfdad3f70331900183fa8e0</guid><category><![CDATA[Inspirational Stories]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 04:27:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf041d_d6ffcc42f46b4f6eb82790e3a204c7fe~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_512,h_346,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Crow</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>