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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Joyelle McSweeney

Born: 1976 (age 49)
Bio: Joyelle McSweeney is a poet, playwright, novelist, critic, and professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Known for:
- The Necropastoral: Poetry, Media, Occults (2011)
- Percussion Grenade (2012)
- Salamandrine: 8 Gothics (2013)
- The commandrine and other poems (2004)
- Dead Youth, Or, The Leaks: A Play in 4 Acts (2014)