Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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)