{"product_id":"9781937347017","title":"Making a Clean Space in the Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking a Clean Space in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e by Paula Yup\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaula  Yup  is  a  poet  of  vision  and  reflection  whose  verse  is accessible  and  quietly  profound.  The  poems  in \u003ci\u003e Making  a Clean Space  in  the  Sky\u003c\/i\u003e cast  a  collective  spell  and  illuminate  life,  love, and loss. — Wally Lamb, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hour I First Believed  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThese are quotidian poems out of an exotic locale to most of us, Majuro, The Republic of the Marshall Islands.  Though “as easy as prose,” as Robert Lowell said of his last collection of poems, like his they arrest, linger in memory as Paula Yup writes a “waterfall of words\/which I must drink.”  — Parker Towle, author of \u003ci\u003eWeather Is No Womb \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMaking  a  Clean  Space  in  the  Sky\u003c\/i\u003e,  Paula  Yup  immerses  her readers  powerfully  in  a  personal  past  scarred  by  abuse  and  self doubt.   But  through  these  revelations  of  pain  also  come   a \u003cbr\u003eforgiveness  and  a  tenderness,  an  embracing  of  the  self  and  the other.   Sometimes  using  an  innovative  syntax,  sometimes  just telling  it  like  it  is,  but  with  a  subtlety,  craft  and  control  that \u003cbr\u003ecaptivates you, she reveals many levels of awareness at once. — Rustin Larson, author of\u003ci\u003e Crazy Star \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wine-Dark House \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePaula  Yup’s  poetry  is  full  of  vivid  scenes  and  strong  emotion, tempered  with  a  unique  sense  of  humor  that  softens  the  hurt  of \u003cbr\u003ebeing human. Even though she now feels the exile of Pacific island life,  her  past  years  in  diverse  cultures—-Phoenix,  Tokyo,  Woods Hole,  Spokane—make  her  sharp  eyes  focus  clearly.   —  Elinor Benedict, author of \u003ci\u003eAll That Divides Us\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLate News from the Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evening Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051811258608,"sku":"9781937347017","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937347017_p0.jpg?v=1763663639","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937347017","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}