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Harryette Mullen, celebrated poet, literary scholar and professor in the UCLA Department of English, has a singular way of connecting readers with the world around them.

Before you went, you sipped smooth dark honey, pleasure we nearly forget. With all of eternity looming dead ahead, you started expiring when you were still youthful. Adventurous, lively, you capsized your kayak in rapid currents, regarding how damage accelerates torment when boring insects meet drought-stricken trees. Ever shredding pristine sheets of reason, bold protagonist escaped from our book bag. We collect your ripped linen, torn trim of old rags.