Category Archives: Wildcard

What the Heck is Trimmings?

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Taylor Dixon

For my wildcard post, I was interested in how the academic world responded to the publishing of Trimmings by Harryette Mullen. Gertrude Stein, the poet whom Mullen drew much inspiration from, was a controversial figure in her own right, and I … Continue reading →

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Mullen Imitation

Posted on April 3, 2014 by kaburrel

I thought Harryette Mullen’s Trimmings was fascinating this week. She’s very punny and intelligent and I like the way she chose to use material items as a route to express larger social issues or concepts. I would imagine even one of … Continue reading →

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Unsettling Femininity: An Imitation of Mullen’s Prose Poem

Posted on April 3, 2014 by BrittenyR

For this imitation, I wanted to capture Mullen’s ability to contrast a simple image with an unsettling or controversial topic, especially in regard to female sexuality and the effects of commercialism. In one of her poems from Trimmings, which begins “Becoming, … Continue reading →

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Harryette Mullen Inspired Prose Poem

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Sydney Beckner

I decided on trying to imitate Mullen’s style of prose poetry while maintaining her use of clothing and material things to suggest something larger about my life. It was hard to come up with something even close to what Mullen … Continue reading →

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You’re in the Wrong Place, My Friend

Posted on April 3, 2014 by matthew.horton

Bob Dylan lived the life of a poet, a vagabond, a folksinger, a rock star and many other lives over the years.  He is known to be a voracious reader and a very serious reader of poetry.  One key influence … Continue reading →

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Why I Don’t Like Puns: Response to Haryette Mullen’s Recylcopedia

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Katherine Bartter

When I think of puns I immediately think of a socially inept individual who knows no other way to break the ice during an event with strangers other than to suddenly exclaim, “You know what the worst part about these … Continue reading →

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The Nineties…and The Little Mullen

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Jessica French

As a child “raised” in the nineties, I was able to witness, first-hand, the changes that reverberated into the Twenty-first Century.  Here are some of the decade’s highlights and possible connections to Harryette Mullen’s Recyclopedia: Trimmings, S*PeRM**K*T, and Muse & … Continue reading →

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