Description
Poetry. Music and drama as weapons of productive destruction. This collection by prize-winning, massively influential literary star Joyelle McSweeney explodes the twinned and dangerous notions that images are pretty, and that they land predictably. Power struggles in all contexts and the driving ever-presence of a lexicon of puissance make this a bracing read, not for the faint of heart or mind.
Author Bio
Joyelle McSweeney is the author of three books of poetry and three books of prose, most of which also contain plays. Her most recent titles include DEAD YOUTH, OR, THE LEAKS (Litmus Press, 2014), SALAMANDRINE, 8 GOTHICS (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2013), and PERCUSSION GRENADE (Fence, 2012). She is a founder of the international press Action Books and a contributor to the culture site Montevidayo.org. She teaches at the University of Notre Dame. The Necropastoral: Poetry, Media, Occults, a book of transnational, transgenre poetics essays, is forthcoming from the University of Michigan's Poets on Poetry Series in Winter, 2015.
Author City: SOUTH BEND, IN USA