Jana­ka Stucky is a Jew­ish mys­ti­cal poet, per­former, and found­ing edi­tor of the award-win­ning press Black Ocean. He is the author of four poet­ry col­lec­tions includ­ing Ascend Ascend (April 2019). He has taught or per­formed in over 60 cities around the world and is a two-time Nation­al Haiku Champion.