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Robin Beth Schaer

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Robin Beth Schaer
Schaer at the 2015 Texas Book Festival
Schaer at the 2015 Texas Book Festival
Born1971
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
Website
www.robinbethschaer.com

Robin Beth Schaer is an American poet.

Biography

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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

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

Works

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  • 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
  • Amphibian. Columbia University. 2005.

Anthologies

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References

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  1. ^ Rattapallax 11 / Incluye un CD. Lom Ediciones. ISBN 9780015212483. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Washington Square Review". Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  3. ^ KGB Bar. "KGB Bar". kgbbar.com. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Starting Today". uiowa.edu. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Best New Poets 2007 Selections". Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
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