Robin Beth Schaer's Blog, page 6
October 22, 2015
“Only heaven is full of furniture. / We harness ourselves over and over, / wherever hope is a yellow...

“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.
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.
October 4, 2015
Last night, I read on Delancey, the street of my...
A photo posted by Robin Beth Schaer (@robinschaer) on Oct 4, 2015 at 6:36am PDT
Last night, I read on Delancey, the street of my ancestors.
Thanks! @coupletreadingseries
September 23, 2015
BuzzFeed found me the perfect dress: “24 Books That Perfectly...
September 22, 2015
rachelfershleiser:
I don’t read a ton of poetry, but when I do...
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.
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...
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!
September 7, 2015
Episode 38: Robin Beth Schaer & Sarah Ruhl
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,...
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.