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Horace Mungin

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Truth & Absurdities (New)

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A Different Point of View - $15.00 - New

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March 2013

The poems in this book were written over a forty-seven year period, between 1965 and 2012. They are arranged in two sections. The first section I call The Reconstruction. The poems in this section represent the era when my literary universe was formulating anew 1979 to the present. This reframing of my mind-set started a decade or so after the end of legal segregation in the South and the establishment of a handful of national laws to protect the civil rights of African Americans. This was also when restrictions on black people in almost every field of endeavor started crumbling down. The second section of the book is called The Insurrection. The poems in this section represent the period of the movement – the turbulent sixties when individuals and organizations were rebelling against America’s culture of racism. During this time I tried to form words into poems that described, encouraged or aided the insurrection. This is how I was made to feel that I was a part of the movement by having it shape my thinking and my literature. This section contains poems expressed in aggressive petitions for black liberation and racial justice - the passionate radical flames of my youth.

 

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Poetic Portraits: The African People of San Juan Hill - 2011
 
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Poetic Portraits
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New and exciting return to poetry for Mungin

 

Come along on this anthropological urban dig through the Ruins of 1950’s San Juan Hill. The author has landscaped the customs, Language, and social habits of the people of a New York City community. 191 subjects of the Amsterdam community were sketched in poetic portraits that uncover the unique quality that exist among them; a quality that united them into a solid nurturing community.

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Subway: After the Irish - signed copies: $15.00

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A rumble through the history of the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority that focuses on the decade of the sixties and seventies, a time when the work force changed from Irish-American to African-American and the struggle to control the leadership of Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union. The ride is engrossing, witty, bumpy and on time.

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San Juan Hill - Signed: $16.00

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San Juan Hill is an inspirational story of the strength and survival of a young boy growing up in NYC's Amsterdam Projects in the 50s/60s. Faced with peer pressure, racism and drugs, ... but anchored by a strong southern family, the young man emerges ready to take his first leap towards success. - Jarnila Richardson, President, Amsterdam Reunion Committee, New York, NY

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Sleepy Willie Talks About Life

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... certainly Sleepy Willie continues our Langston's use of the popular ironic form, like the classic "simple" pieces. Just as we discovered Simple wasn't really, we'll see right away that Sleepy Willie ain't nearly ... Irony is the weapon of the powerless and as they say in the joint, Willie (and brother Mungin, who's been around for a long while, since the time of the swell of the Black Arts movement) is laying on symbol, very heavy, but with a light and amusing touch. - Amiri Baraka Poet, Playwright, Political Activist, Newark, New Jersey

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The Devil Beats His Wife - signed

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Horace Mungin is a master at his task (story telling). He keeps you waiting to inhale each word and sentence he has composed. His suspense is magical. - MB Morant Author and Publisher, North Augusta, Georgia

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Sleepy Willie Sings the Blues: $15.00 Signed

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This is a must have. The author combines southern roots with northern sensibilities to create a piece that speaks to us all. In the spirit of Langston Hughes Mr. Mungin disarm critics and demagogues forcing them to see the reality of the common man. In a world filled with hurtful and degrading dialogue "Sleepy Willie" makes his point while putting a smile on your face. - John Bradley Book Reviewer Atlanta, Georgia

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