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In her first collection of poems, Zenobia Lundy takes us into the heart of West Philadelphia during the years following the arrival of thousands of black families who came north during the Great Migration seeking jobs and a better future. Lundy's neighborhood and the world beyond becomes highly alive in her hands as she explores the depth and breadth of ordinary black people in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement and into the 21st century. Intimate, at times painful, portraits bring us into the heart of what connects us all no matter our beliefs or skin color; and offers a hopeful future.

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"In Reflections of Us, Zenobia's verses offer inspiration and insight into her life as a reflection of the times. They respond to family, love, marriage, children, neighbors, events, and to her need to write. Although interwoven with the social justice struggles of the past sixty years, her observations ""gently. . .rest/ in the womb of her past."" - J. C. Todd, author of Beyond Repair ""Poets must learn how to balance staring out the window while looking in the mirror. Zenobia Lundy in her first collection of poems writes about the neighborhood that surrounds her while looking at her own reflection. Poets are either observers or witnesses depending on the degree of their compassion for their fellow human beings. Lundy's poems are wrapped in simplicity and tenderness. Outside the window she sees the hopelessness and the hope. Reflections of Us teaches us to survive; these poems could be elders in a church humming with the choir while fanning their fans. At the center of Lundy's book is the goodness we all need to celebrate another day."" - E. Ethelbert Miller, Writer and Literary Activist living; author of When Your Wife has Tommy John Surgery and Other Baseball Stories"

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