Under the rumble of the trains, readers will roar with laughter at the insightfull and hilarious crewroom conversations that also reveal the love and dedication TA workers have for thier jobs. Readers will also gain a new appreciation for the men and women who move the people of the world's greatest city and make the nation's largest transit system work.
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Horace Mungin is a writer and poet. He has published two collections of poetry and serveral other books. He was born in South Carolina and raised in New York City. Horace was a paratrooper with the 82nd airborne divison. He attented college at Fordham University in NYC. Horace loves to visit museums and planetariums.
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Horace Mungin was born in Hollywood, South Carolina in 1941. He grew up in New York City where he attended public schools, and majored in English at Fordham University. He served three years in the U.S. Army and was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division. He lived in New York until 1989.
Horace started writing poetry in the late sixties, just after the genesis of the National Black Arts Movement. During this period, he published two Broadside volumes of poetry, "Dope Hustler's Jazz, '68" and "Now See Here, Homes, '69." Some of his early writings appeared in The New York Times, literary magazines, and poetry anthologies. The African-American Book Club, Inc. selected Horace as its Artist of the Month in June of 1969. Later that same year, he published a collection of short fiction. In the early seventies, Horace helped found Black Forum Magazine, a widely acclaimed, national publication for writers. Horace also edited Press-Time, a literary newsletter until 1984.
In the late seventies, Horace wrote a column for a Charleston, SC weekly newspaper. The column employed satire to explore a variety of political and social issues.
The column was discontinued for a while then syndicated to ten other weekly newspapers and had a six year run. In 1991 a collection of those columns were published under the title "Sleepy Willie Talks about Life." In May of 2001, "Sleepy Willie Sings the Blues," the second book in the Sleepy Willie series was published. Horace wants to write one more Sleepy Willie book to complete the series. In 2004, the author published "The Devil Beats His Wife," a collection of short stories rooted in the Charleston, South Carolina area. In 2006 "San Juan Hill" a fictional coming of age memoir of three young boys growing up in a New York City public housing project was published. His latest book is "Subway; After the Irish," an account of his years as a New York City Subway conductor.
Horace has published in Essence magazine, Encore newsmagazine, Black Books Bulletin, Disc & That, The Lincoln Review, Blind Beggar Press, Ninety-Six Sampler of South Carolina Poetry, the Point newspaper, Nommo, Black Out Loud and The New York Times. Horace Mungin is listed in the S. C. Writers Directory and the Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers. He has read his works at the New School for Social Research, Furman University, Moja Arts Festival, and Piccolo Spoleto. His short fiction has won the Piccolo Spoleto Fiction Open two years running ('01, '02).
Horace and his wife, Gussie, live in Ridgeville, SC. He is contemplating another collection of Southern based short fiction as his next project. They have three sons and six grandchildren.
Horace started writing poetry in the late sixties, just after the genesis of the National Black Arts Movement. During this period, he published two Broadside volumes of poetry, "Dope Hustler's Jazz, '68" and "Now See Here, Homes, '69." Some of his early writings appeared in The New York Times, literary magazines, and poetry anthologies. The African-American Book Club, Inc. selected Horace as its Artist of the Month in June of 1969. Later that same year, he published a collection of short fiction. In the early seventies, Horace helped found Black Forum Magazine, a widely acclaimed, national publication for writers. Horace also edited Press-Time, a literary newsletter until 1984.
In the late seventies, Horace wrote a column for a Charleston, SC weekly newspaper. The column employed satire to explore a variety of political and social issues.
The column was discontinued for a while then syndicated to ten other weekly newspapers and had a six year run. In 1991 a collection of those columns were published under the title "Sleepy Willie Talks about Life." In May of 2001, "Sleepy Willie Sings the Blues," the second book in the Sleepy Willie series was published. Horace wants to write one more Sleepy Willie book to complete the series. In 2004, the author published "The Devil Beats His Wife," a collection of short stories rooted in the Charleston, South Carolina area. In 2006 "San Juan Hill" a fictional coming of age memoir of three young boys growing up in a New York City public housing project was published. His latest book is "Subway; After the Irish," an account of his years as a New York City Subway conductor.
Horace has published in Essence magazine, Encore newsmagazine, Black Books Bulletin, Disc & That, The Lincoln Review, Blind Beggar Press, Ninety-Six Sampler of South Carolina Poetry, the Point newspaper, Nommo, Black Out Loud and The New York Times. Horace Mungin is listed in the S. C. Writers Directory and the Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers. He has read his works at the New School for Social Research, Furman University, Moja Arts Festival, and Piccolo Spoleto. His short fiction has won the Piccolo Spoleto Fiction Open two years running ('01, '02).
Horace and his wife, Gussie, live in Ridgeville, SC. He is contemplating another collection of Southern based short fiction as his next project. They have three sons and six grandchildren.
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Much more than a mode of transportation ...,
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This review is from: Subway: After The Irish (Paperback)
Before moving to Baltimore, I had had little experience riding most types of mass transportation. Back at home in Louisville, I occasionally took the bus places, but most of my other experiences were infrequent. I can count on one hand the number of cities (Chicago, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco) where I had ridden some form of public transit.But after being in Baltimore for two years, including a job in D.C., I quickly saw the light rail, subway, commuter train and bus from a completely different angle. That's exactly what I hoped to get out of "Subway - After the Irish" by Horace Mungin. I was not disappointed. Mungin's historical fiction novel traverses the ins and outs of the New York subway system through a tumultuous time period primarily during the '60s and '70s. The focus switches between the work on the subway (and the stress that can come with it), various political issues and general chit-chat that oftentimes connected work , current issues and pleasure. Reading "Subway" almost makes you feel as if you are one of the workers with the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority, or maybe an innocent bystander riding one of the long legs of a route. The emotions throughout the men and women vary from fear to adulation to depression to acceptance during the book's journey. And those descriptors are not necessarily in any particular order, because it depends on whether or not you want to take the role of conductor or passenger. At the very least, I think you'll have a better appreciation of the folks who run the mass transportation units near you. And if you're interested in the political and ethnic events surrounding New York during this time period, then you'll find an extra bonus in "Subway." All aboard!
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Great info-Great story,
This review is from: Subway: After The Irish (Paperback)
This is a great book for those who are or were affiliated with the transit authority.
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