James Cagney
Oakland native James Cagney is the author of Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of Chaos Theory, winner of the 2019 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award. Some of his poems have appeared in Poetry Daily, The Maynard, Anvil Tongue Books, The Racket Journal and in anthologies Colossus: Home and Civil Liberties United. Visit Nomadicpress.org for his book, and TheDirtyRat.blog for more writing.
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Poetry: ‘Teach Your Children to Remain Small and Invisible’
After a mass shooting, frustration and fury inspire this poem by James Cagney.
Dec 21, 2022
Preface to a Photograph —Delano, CA 1976
Poet James Cagney finds the richest words to describe a moment among family.
Mar 16, 2021
Proof
This moving work from poet James Cagney appeared in the Winter 2021 issue of Alta Journal.
Mar 12, 2021