Robin Beth Schaer's Blog, page 7
September 2, 2015
August 28, 2015
Happy Birthday Bounty. Here she is, the newly-built HMS Bounty...
Happy Birthday Bounty. Here she is, the newly-built HMS Bounty launching intoLunenburg’s harbour on August 27, 1960.
"We lie stiff together, a pair
of matchsticks."
of matchsticks.”
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FromShipbreaking by Robin Beth Schaer, whichJulie Marie Wade reviews at The Rumpus.
(via therumpus)
August 22, 2015
Smash the champagne, throw the streamers, and cast off the...
Smash the champagne, throw the streamers, and cast off the lines!SHIPBREAKINGhas launched into the world!
August 19, 2015
pwmorris:
Sept. 2 at BookCourt in Brooklyn, come celebrate...
Sept. 2 at BookCourt in Brooklyn, come celebrate @robinschaer on the occasion of her debut poetry collection, SHIPBREAKING. I’ll be hosting along with Brooklyn Poet Laureate Tina Chang and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith. There will treats like sweets from Butter & Scotch and Salty Road saltwater taffy plus complimentary beer from Shipyard Beer. (at BookCourt)
August 15, 2015
Join us on September 2 at BookCourt to celebrate the Launch of...
Join us on September 2 at BookCourt to celebrate the Launch of Shipbreaking. Hosted by Brooklyn Poet Laureate Tina Chang, Tracy K. Smith, and PEN’sPaul Morris. With sweets and eats provided by Shipyard Brewery, Salty Road, The Bay NYC, Butter & Scotch&Regatta Ginger Beer.
August 14, 2015
smallpressdistribution:
Adrift in a vanishing city
on the...
Adrift in a vanishing city
on the island at the center of the center of the world.
Storm toward morning, shipbreaking.
Swimmer climbing onto shore,
echoes from the other land.
Shipbreaking stacked among friends at Small Press Distribution.
August 10, 2015
The breakup of Miss Piggy and Kermit may be lowbrow despicable,...
The breakup of Miss Piggy and Kermit may be lowbrow despicable, but Shipbreaking is highbrow brilliant according to The Approval Matrix in New York Magazine
August 4, 2015
“Some poets play the spoons, but Schaer plays the knives. Her...
“Some poets play the spoons, but Schaer plays the knives. Her words are not so much written as carved, her lines not so much offerings as incisions.” —Julie Marie Wade reviews Shipbreaking in The Rumpus.
