Robin Beth Schaer Explained

Robin Beth Schaer is an American poet.

Biography

Born in 1971, she graduated from Colgate University and Columbia University, and has taught at Columbia University, The New School, Cooper Union, Oberlin College and worked at the Academy of American Poets.

She is the author of one book of poetry, Shipbreaking. Her work has appeared in Rattapallax,^[1] Denver Quarterly, Guernica, Painted Bride Quarterly, and Barrow Street, Washington Square.^[2]

She currently teaches at Case Western Reserve University and has worked as a deckhand aboard the Bounty, and lived in New York City.

Awards

• Yaddo
• Djerassi Resident Artists Program
• Saltonstall Foundation Fellowship
• Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship ^[3]

Works

• Shipbreaking (Anhinga 2015)
• "Falling Overboard", on the loss of HMS Bounty during Hurricane Sandy, "Paris Review", November 2012
• "Flight Distance", "Tornado", and "Wildfire", "The Awl", October 21. 2010
• "Insomnia", Guernica, September 2005
• "Mourning"; "After Mourning", Rattapallax
• "Endangerment Finding", Poems for the First 100 Days, April 22, 2009
• Book: Amphibian. Columbia University. 2005 .

Anthologies

• Book: Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama's First 100 Days . Rachel Zucker . Arielle Greenberg . University Of Iowa Press . 2010 . 978-1-58729-871-4 . registration . ^[4]
• Book: Best New Poets, 2007. registration. Natasha Trethewey . Jeb Livingood. Samovar Press. 2007. 978-0-9766296-2-7 . ^[5]

External links

• "Official Homepage"
• "Three Poems By Robin Beth Schaer", "The Awl"
• "Robin Beth Schaer", Fishouse
• "Robin Beth Schaer reads “Bright star! would I were steadfast as thou art” by John Keats", Poets on Poets

Notes and References

1. Book: Rattapallax 11 / Incluye un CD. Lom Ediciones . 9780015212483. 1 May 2015.
2. Web site: Washington Square Review . 2009-08-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090529103632/http://www.washingtonsquarereview.com/issues.html . 2009-05-29 .
3. Web site: KGB Bar. KGB Bar. kgbbar.com. 1 May 2015.
4. Web site: Starting Today. uiowa.edu. 1 May 2015.
5. Web site: Best New Poets 2007 Selections . 2012-11-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120208100203/http://www.bestnewpoets.org/2007selections.html . 2012-02-08 .