The Japanese word ' koan' is a seemingly unanswerable riddle used by practitioners of Zen Buddhism to trigger spiritual enlightenment and understanding. Ghetto Koans: A Personal Archive is a vibrant genre-busting collection of voices, observations and memories that trigger nostalgia of a lost time, lost neighborhood, lost city. Cagney masterfully weaves together monologues, documentary-style narratives, and keen observations, offering a profound glimpse...
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