Today’s guest is award-winning poet, James Cagney. Author of Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of Chaos Theory and Martian: The Saint of Loneliness, James is known for his absolutely dynamic live poetry readings, and we are honoured with a reading in this very episode! We discuss how James came to find out he was adopted, and as usual we’ve got questions about why parents keep these things a secret.

Show Notes

Full episode transcript here.

Recommended Resources

Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of Chaos Theory by James Cagney (What’s in a name? Hear more from James about why this title!)
Martian: The Saint of Loneliness by James Cagney
Pact: An Adoption Alliance “We serve adopted children of color and their families” - https://pactadopt.org/

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