Robin Beth Schaer | |
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 Schaer at the 2015 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | 1971 |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | American |
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Robin Beth Schaer is an American poet.
Robin Beth Schaer | |
|---|---|
| Schaer at the 2015 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | 1971 |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | American |
| Website | |
| www | |
Robin Beth Schaer is an American poet.
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.
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