In the Midst of It All: Shine on Sister!!

By Jennifer Mungin

This is food for thought. The author examines today’s society with her unique viewpoint. She speaks of life, love and politics. The author makes you think outside of the conventional and see things from a different perspective. This book will make you smile and or bring you to tears , but you will have felt better for reading this book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Dec 2, 2021
• ISBN: 9781663218124

Jennifer Mungin

The author is a native of Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Long Island University with a Bachelor’s in Sociology. She minored in anthropology and loves the arts. In New York you could catch her at the Museum of Modern Art or at the Brooklyn Museum. She also lived in Harlem for seven years and you could catch her reciting her poetry at the Countee Cullen Library or studying at the Schoemberg. She performed at the Jazz and Poetry Den in Brunswick Georgia, where she currently resides with her family.

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ISBN: 978-1-6632-1813-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6632-1812-4 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021918567

iUniverse rev. date: 12/02/2021

Contents

Preface

Hunger (A Prayer)

Out Loud Life

Fire

COVID

In the Midst of It All

Question

I’m Good

Brown-Skin Girl

Catch me I’m falling

College Grad

Cry

Politics

Find our way back

The One Who Knows

ABC

Bonnie

Butterflies

Library

Dreams

I got It

Just Like You Said

Family Reunion

On and On

Red

Blue

Green

Pink

White

Soldier

Missing Pieces

Immigrant

It’s Time

Diamonds

Dangerous Women

The Haters

The Sweetest One

Our Planet

Wintertime

Wisdom

Rat-a-tat-tat

Orange

The Morning Sun

Music

Spirit

Some Days

Her

Speak to Me

Love

4

Moms

Bites, Licks, and Tastes

Honey Locs

Military

Today

Brilliance

Love, Peace, and Hair Grease

Love (your thoughts)

Family

Life

Racism

Preface

Why am I writing this book?

This is a bit of inspiration for these turbulent times.

These past few years have been rough. The rise in racism and the murders of George Floyd, Brianna Taylor, and Ahmaud Aubrey have been traumatic. We also have the pandemic. I lost loved ones to the pandemic and I live a few miles from where Ahmaud