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You could say the Atlantic triangle trade
was a win-win-win deal. Intrepid traders profited
by transporting essential goods. Enterprising
settlers developed savage land, creating wealth
and opportunity. Recruited Africans practiced
marketable skills and built up
solid résumés, working as unpaid interns.
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From Regaining Unconsciousness by Harryette Mullen. Copyright © 2025 by Harryette Mullen. Reprinted with the permission of Graywolf Press. All rights reserved.
Harryette Mullen
Harryette Mullen is the author of eight books of poetry, including Urban Tumbleweed, Recyclopedia, and Sleeping with the Dictionary, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She is Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of California–Los Angeles.
