Wake Up - Sweeney, Joyce
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These poems capture a unique and strange detour in the life of the author Joyce Sweeney, who, along with her husband, felt compelled to try and take in a depressed, drug-addicted woman named Irene, in 2008. For three years, the Sweeneys struggled to get Irene help, but she had been suicidal all her life and the battle was lost in January of 2011. Joyce has always turned to poetry to heal her wounds and understand her life. Her first chapbook, IMPERMANENCE (Finishing Line 2008) was her attempt to make sense of her mother's Alzheimer's disease. When Irene took her life, the pain and shock took…mehr

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These poems capture a unique and strange detour in the life of the author Joyce Sweeney, who, along with her husband, felt compelled to try and take in a depressed, drug-addicted woman named Irene, in 2008. For three years, the Sweeneys struggled to get Irene help, but she had been suicidal all her life and the battle was lost in January of 2011. Joyce has always turned to poetry to heal her wounds and understand her life. Her first chapbook, IMPERMANENCE (Finishing Line 2008) was her attempt to make sense of her mother's Alzheimer's disease. When Irene took her life, the pain and shock took form as these poems. Ironically, Irene always said that when she was gone, no one would remember her. Sweeney hopes that as she shares her own experiences, she will help heal others and not let people like Irene be forgotten. Joyce is the author of fourteen young adult novels, many of which were award winners. The most popular among these are PLAYERS, Winslow Press 2000, Free Fall, Delacorte Press, 1998 and Shadow, Delacorte Press 1996. In addition she has another collection of poetry published by Finishing Line Press, IMPERMANENCE, 2008. Joyce is an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Editors, and teaches online writing classes at www.sweeneywritingcoach.com. She is also a founding member of The Playgroup LLC, which produces original work by South Florida Playwrights. Joyce lives in Coral Springs, Florida, with her husband Jay and cat Nitro. She plans to use part of the proceeds of this book to help organizations that counsel potential suicide victims and survivors.
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Joyce Sweeney is the author of fourteen novels for young adults and two chapbooks of poetry. Her first novel, Center Line, won the First Annual Delacorte Press Prize for an Outstanding Young Adult Novel. Many of her books appear on the American Library Association's Best Books List and Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers. Her novel Shadow won the Nevada State Reading Award in 1997. Her novel Players was chosen by Booklist as a Top Ten Sports Book and by Working Mother magazine as a Top Ten for Tweens. Her novel, Headlock (Holt 2006), won a Silver Medal in the 2006 Florida Book Awards and was chosen by the American Library Association as a Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. Her first chapbook of poems, IMPERMANENCE , was published in 2008 by Finishing Line Press. She has had numerous poems, short stories, articles and interviews published; and her play, FIRST PAGE CRITIQUES was produced in 2011. Joyce has also been a writing teacher and coach for 25 years, beginning with teaching five week classes for the Florida Center for the Book, moving to ongoing invitation only workshops and finally to online classes (www.sweeneywritingcoach.com) which reach students nationally and internationally. Developing strong bonds with the students she critiques and instructs is her hallmark. She believes that writers need emotional support as well as strong, craft-based teaching if they are to make the long, arduous, but very worthwhile journey to traditional publication. At this writing, 57 of Joyce's students have successfully made this journey and obtained traditional publishing contracts. In 2011, Joyce and a coalition of local playwrights, directors and actors formed The Playgroup LLC, which conducts workshops for playwrights and actors and produces original works by local playwrights. The Playgroup currently presents three productions a year at their home base, The Willow Theatre in Boca Raton. Joyce lives in Coral Springs with her husband, Jay and caffeine-addicted cat, Nitro.