Judy Halebsky

Poet

Oakland, CA
California US

Author's Bio

Judy Halebsky is the author of the poetry collections Tree Line and Sky=Empty, which won the New Issues Prize.Fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Millay Colony, and the Canada Council for the Arts have supported her work. Her poems have been published in APR, Field, Zyzzyva and elsewhere. Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, she moved to California to study poetry at Mills College. She is an associate professor at Dominican University of California and teaches in their low-residency MFA program. She lives in Oakland with her nature guide spouse and young daughter.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Yuba Flows (Hip Pocket Press, 2007)
Book:
Sky=Empty (New Issues Press, 2010)
Chapbooks:
Space/Gap/Interval/Distance (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2012)
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Japanese for Daydreamers (Finishing Line Press, 2008)
Journals: ,
Five Fingers Review
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Hotel Amerika
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Ping Pong
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Poetry Now
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Redivider
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Runes: A Review of Poetry
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Prizes won: 

New Issues Poetry Prize, Sixteen Rivers Press Chapbook Award for Poets Under Forty

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, French, Japanese
Born in: 
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
Raised in: 
Canada
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Last update: May 03, 2019