Joyelle McSweeney (born 1976) is a poet, playwright, novelist, critic, and professor at the
University of Notre Dame. Her books include
Salamandrine: 8 gothics (2013) and
Nylund, the Sarcographer (2007), both from
Tarpaulin Sky Press, as well as
Percussion Grenade (2012),
Flet (2007),
The Commandrine and Other Poems (2004), and
The Red Bird (2001), the latter four published by
Fence Books. Her reviews appear at
The Constant Critic and elsewhere, and her poetry has appeared in the
Boston Review,
Poetry magazine,
Octopus Magazine, GultCult, and
Tarpaulin Sky, among many other places. Along with her husband Johannes Goransson, she is the founder of
Action Books which has published a number of contemporary authors including Lara Glenum,
Tao Lin, Arielle Greenburg, and
Hiromi Ito. She recently added to
The &NOW Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing by &NOW Books, which released in May 2013.