Authors / Harryette Mullen

Harryette Mullen’s books include Her Silver-Tongued Companion, Open Leaves, Urban Tumbleweed, Recyclopedia, Sleeping with the Dictionary, and a collection of essays and interviews, The Cracks Between. A new poetry collection, Regaining Unconsciousness, is forthcoming from Graywolf in 2025.

Poetry

Hero vs. Common Fate

“It is the hero’s instinct to move / in a different direction, away from the crowd—”

Harryette Mullen September 6, 2024