Harryette Mullen teaches creative writing, American poetry, and African American literature at UCLA. Her books include Regaining Unconsciousness (Graywolf, 2025), Her Silver-Tongued Companion (Edinburgh University, 2024) Open Leaves (Black Sunflowers, 2023), Urban Tumbleweed (Graywolf, 2013), Recyclopedia (Graywolf, 2006), and Sleeping with the Dictionary (University of California, 2002), as well as a collection of essays and interviews, The Cracks Between (University of Alabama, 2012).