Constantia Munda
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Constantia Munda

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My name is Constantia "Connie" Munda, and I am a multi-talented author, illustrator, and Child Protection Services officer. As a single mother of two children and a veteran military officer, I bring a unique perspective to my writing and drawing from my extensive experience in military intelligence.

Drawing inspiration from the original intent of Mother's Day by Anna Jarvis in 1906 as an anti-war holiday, my novel "Mothers Day in the Empire State" challenges the sentimentalized view of motherhood propagated by modern society.

Set in the fictional town of Allegheny in the New York Empire State, I, investigates two mothers accused of child abuse. This novel provides a raw and unflinching look at the challenges faced by American women and children today.




********* Early Reviews *********

"Part narrative part court case, the hybridity of Mothers Day in the Empire State brings the reader closer to the true experience of family pain than either form could on its own. We watch as the law with its rigid rational understanding of human behavior tries to contain and punish generational trauma, while history both personal and global defies all attempts at control. Ribbons of poetry bump up against cold fact hand drawn images become court exhibits. This book is a battle between logic and emotion life and death Its strangeness will linger."

- Dr. Rachel Abramowitz author of "The Birthday of the Dead"


"You have not read a book like "Mothers in the Empire State" before I guarantee it. A retort to a 1615 pamphlet takes the form of illustrations speeches and winding monologues in the style of texts such as Notes from the Underground. Its a hypnotic blend that will keep you turning the pages."

- Dr. Kyle McCord author of "Reunion of the Good Weather Suicide Cult"


"Mothers Day in the Empire State Or An Answer to the Arraignment of Women" by Constantia Connie Munda is an engaging work investigating two complaints of child abuse through the testimony of a CPS officer told as an enduring record of evidence. Literally this book takes the form of a deposition transcript to the Family Court of New York State.

Recalling the work and mission of Rachel Speght the 16th century a poet and polemicist, Munda searches for a modern refutation in her Arraignment of Women. But this is not 1617 it is 2023, and Constantia Connie Mundas work takes a very different form; but is just as necessary and inventive.

With rough vivid satire, word play, a lucid sense of self-awareness, and an acute awareness of the world, Munda denounces child abuse and confronts the methodology of the family and the questions the reach of patriarchy. This is is an excellent book and I too myself looking to the heavens and exclaiming AAAaaammmen!"

- Geoffrey Gatza editor of Blaze VOX books
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