Dr. Harryette Mullen

Biography

Harryette Mullen is a distinguished Professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). With a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, awarded in 1990, Mullen has significantly contributed to the fields of African-American literature, poetry, and American literature. Her poetry collection, Recyclopedia, published by Graywolf in 2006, received the PEN Margins Award in 2007. Furthermore, her book, The Sleeping Dictionary, published by the University of California in 2002, was a finalist for several prestigious awards, including the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as the Los Angeles Book Prize. In 2005, she was honored with a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and received a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in 2004. Mullen's work reflects a deep engagement with Creative Writing, African American Literature, and Black Diaspora Studies, making her a vital voice in contemporary literary criticism and practice.

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