His essays have been published in many anthologies, including Novello: Ten Years of Great American Writing (2000).
"Dealer's Choice," Crowther's column on southern letters and culture, has been featured in The Oxford American since 1994.
He lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina with his wife, novelist Lee Smith.
In 1992 his syndicated column received the Baltimore Sun's H. L. Mencken Writing Award and in 1998 it won the American Association of Newsweeklies first prize for commentary, shared with Nat Hentoff of the Village Voice.
[1] Crowther's poem "Christian Soldiers" was selected for the 2019 Pushcart Prize series.