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October 22, 2015

“Only heaven is full of furniture. / We harness ourselves over and over, / wherever hope is a yellow...

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“Only heaven is full of furniture. / We harness ourselves over and over, / wherever hope is a yellow shore.”

–from“Nomad” by Robin Beth Schaer viaPoem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets.

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Published on October 22, 2015 07:26

October 6, 2015

Support Independent Bookstores! Find a copy of SHIPBREAKING at...



Support Independent Bookstores! Find a copy of SHIPBREAKING at your local bookshop using IndieBound.

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Published on October 06, 2015 04:55

October 4, 2015

Last night, I read on Delancey, the street of my...

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Last night, I read on Delancey, the street of my ancestors.

Thanks! @coupletreadingseries

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Published on October 04, 2015 15:29

September 23, 2015

September 22, 2015

rachelfershleiser:

I don’t read a ton of poetry, but when I do...



rachelfershleiser:

I don’t read a ton of poetry, but when I do its by robinbethschaer!

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Published on September 22, 2015 17:29

September 13, 2015

Taking the show on the road. NY, TX & FL this fall. VT, OH,...



Taking the show on the road. NY, TX & FL this fall. VT, OH, CA and beyond in the spring. Come say hello and sing some Willie Nelson to me.

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Published on September 13, 2015 12:18

September 10, 2015

SHIPBREAKING launched into the world on 9/2 with a party hosted...


Before the Beer and Books Ran Out




Tina Chang, Amy Brill, Catherine Lacey


Will Chancellor and Paul Morris


Ricardo Maldonado, Nathalie Handal, Tracy K. Smith, Kristen French, Tina Chang, Michael Archer




Ricardo Maldonado, Billy Merrell, Jason Schneiderman, Angelo Nikolopoulos


Jess Row and Meghan O'Rourke


Matt Applebaum and James Hannaham

SHIPBREAKING launched into the world on 9/2 with a party hosted by Tina Chang, Tracy K. Smith, and Paul W. Morris at BookCourt in Brooklyn, NY. Sea sha...

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Published on September 10, 2015 05:38

September 9, 2015

This week, SHIPBREAKING is on BookCourt’s bestseller list,...



This week, SHIPBREAKING is on BookCourt’s bestseller list, sandwiched between two Ferrantes. Get them all for 30% off!

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Published on September 09, 2015 07:08

September 7, 2015

Episode 38: Robin Beth Schaer & Sarah Ruhl

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This episode brings you poems and essays that reach into the natural world, into the body, into the ocean, onto the stage, into science, into history, and into the natural disasters and tiny interruptions that bring life crashing over us. Robin Beth Schaer reads poems from her new book, Shipbreaking, and playwright Sarah Ruhl reads from her collection, 100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater,...

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Published on September 07, 2015 07:29

September 3, 2015

The view from the podium at the Shipbreaking launch at BookCourt...



The view from the podium at the Shipbreaking launch at BookCourt on September 2. I have a love hangover from looking at all these beautiful faces.

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Published on September 03, 2015 15:06