Joyelle McSweeney
Assistant Professor
Specialty
Poetry
Degrees
B.A., Harvard; M.Phil., Oxford University; M.F.A. University of Iowa Writers' Workshop
Profile
Joyelle McSweeney is the author of The Commandrine and Other Poems and The Red Bird, both from Fence, as well as Nylund, the Sarcographer, a baroque noir novella forthcoming from Tarpaulin Sky Press in Fall 2007, and Flet, a sci-fi novel slated for release by Fence in 2008. Recent works also include a play, Pierrot le Feu: an Epithalamium, an excerpt of which appeared on How2 (http://www.how2journal.com/), and an ongoing translation of The Aeneid. McSweeney is also the co-founder and co-editor of Action Books (www.actionbooks.org), a poetry and translation press, and Action, Yes (www.actionyes.org), a web-quarterly for international writing and hybrid forms. She writes regular reviews for the Constant Critic, Rain Taxi, and the Boston Review.
Recent Publications
“Still Life W/Influences,” “The Wind Domes,” “Persuasion.” In Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century. Edited by Michael Dumanis and Cate Marvin, 266-70. Louisville: Sarabande Books, 2006.
“Araby,” “Apolegit.” PP/FF, An Anthology. Edited by Peter Conners, 16-18 and 118-20. Buffalo, NY: Starcherone Books, 2006.
The Commandrine and Other Poems. New York: FenceBooks, 2004.
The Red Bird. New York: FenceBooks/ Saturnalia Books, 2002.
Contact Information
356 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
(574) 631-7226
Joyelle.McSweeney.5@nd.edu