Sky=Empty (New Issues Poetry & Prose) [Paperback]

Judy Halebsky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 29, 2010 | Series: New Issues Poetry & Prose

Winner of the 2009 New Issues Poetry Prize, selected by Marvin Bell.

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About the Author

Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Judy Halebsky was recently in Japan studying noh theatre on a research scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT).

Product Details

• Paperback: 83 pages
• Publisher: New Issues Poetry & Prose; First edition (March 29, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930974914
• ISBN-13: 978-1930974913
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,870,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Striking poetry reminds us everything is a translation, March 31, 2010

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Jan E. Vanstavern (Portland, ORE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sky=Empty (New Issues Poetry & Prose) (Paperback)

I just got this book and couldn't stop reading it--the poems remind me of what I love about the best poetry: they are completely original without trying to be cute or cliche, and they have such a spare and distinctive syntax and style of blending and comparing things that they almost teach readers a new language of their own. It's so mysterious and engaging how these poems run narrative and emotion through a high wire act of languages (Judy writes in English, is from Canada, lived in the US, and now in Japan) in a search for meaning--so that both her poems with explicit translations in them, and her poems about simply being a child in Halifax, all stretch and walk looking for the words to pin things down. As Marvin Bell says on the back cover (it was a prize winner, he was the judge), this is a book that people will want to buy a second copy to give to a friend. Everyone who loves distinctive voices in contemporary poetry should have this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Sky=Empty Book of Poetry, September 18, 2011

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This review is from: Sky=Empty (New Issues Poetry & Prose) (Paperback)

These beautifully written poems were wondeful to read. I found my own feelings so often in them. I understand that in Japanese sky means empty. Such a haunting sort of comparison that can mean so much. I recommend this book to anyone either a poetry reader or writer who wants to feel quite moved and who wants to see a new side of life. I look for more from this young poet.