Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Joyelle McSweeney
Born: 1976 (age 48)
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)