Joyelle McSweeney

Joyelle McSweeney is the author of The Necropastoral (Spork Press, 2011), poems and essays featuring collages by Andrew Shuta; two hybrid novels, Flet (Fence, 2008) and Nylund, the Sarcographer (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2007); and the poetry books The Red Bird and The Commandrine, both from Fence. She is co-founder of Action Books and Action, Yes, a press and web-quarterly for international writing and hybrid forms, as well as the collective culture blog montevidayo.com. Two books are forthcoming in 2012: Percussion Grenade, Poems & Plays, from Fence, and Salamandrine, 8 Gothics, from Tarpaulin Sky Press. She lives in Indiana and teaches at Notre Dame.