The Japanese word 'koan' is a seemingly unanswerable riddle used by practitioners of Zen Buddhism to trigger spiritual enlightenment and understanding.
Author Biography
James Cagney is an African American poet currently living in Oakland, Ca. He authored two poetry collections: Black Steel Magnolias In The Hour Of Chaos Theory and MARTIAN: The Saint of Loneliness. His books won the 2021 James Laughlin Award from Academy of American Poets and the 2019 Josephine Miles Award from PEN Oakland. His poems have appeared in Alta, Zyzzyva, Poetry Daily, Best American Poetry 2022, Black Imagination: Black Voices on Black Futures, Powerful, Black Powerful: Black Voices Reimagine Revolution, Beat Not Beat, Civil Liberties United and Colossus: Home, among others.
