HARRYETTE MULLEN

Reading from her work:
Thursday, February 6
7:00 p.m.
Terrace Room, English Department
Building 460, Room 426

Discussing her work:
Friday, Feburary 7
11:00 a.m.-noon
Terrace Room, English Department
Building 460, Room 426

Harryette Mullen is the author of Sleeping with the Dictionary, a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award, as well as numerous other books of poetry, including S*PeRM**K*T, Muse & Drudge, and Blues Baby. She is also the author of the critical study Freeing the Soul: Race, Subjectivity and Difference in Slave Narratives. Mullen is an associate professor of English at UCLA, where she teaches poetry and African-American literature.

For more on Harryette Mullen, including poems and essays, visit

Electronic Poetry Center/Harryette Mullen Author Page

Modern American Poetry: Harryette Mullen page

Academy of American Poets: Harryette Mullen page