Mac's Backs and the Coventry Library will host Tess Taylor, editor of Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens and the Hands That Tend Them on Saturday, September 9th at 2 pm in Peace Park at the corner of Coventry and Euclid Heights Blvd. Tess will be joined by poet Robin Beth Schaer.
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Cleveland Poetry Festival
Later Event: September 23
Inkubator Writing Conference
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SELECTED RECENT EVENTS
Literary Cleveland
Writing Fellowship Application Q & A
Cleveland, OH | February 2022
Literary Cleveland
Writing Workshop
Cleveland, OH | January 2021
Cleveland Literary Drafts Festival
Cleveland, OH | October 2019
Paging Columbus
Two Dollar Radio | Columbus, OH | August 2019
Rough Draft Bar & Books
Kingston, NY | July 2019
The Loft's Wordplay Book Festival
Minneapolis, MN | May 2019
Panel: Will the Kids Be Alright
Panelists: Tina Chang, Mira Jacob, Robin Beth Schaer
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY | April 2019
Brews + Prose Reading Series
Cleveland, OH | June 2018
Readers: DeSales Harrison & Robin Beth Schaer
AWP Conference 2018
Tampa, FL | March 2018
Panel 1: Tikkun Olam: Jewish Poets on Mending the World
Panelists: Rosebud Ben-Oni, Joy Katz, Erika Meitner, Sam Sax, Robin Beth Schaer
Panel 2: Into the Expanse: Reinventing the Contemporary Long Poem
Panelists: Marianne Boruch, Sumita Chakrabortty, Deborah Landau, Robin Beth Schaer, Don Share
College of Wooster
Wooster, OH | February 2018
Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival
Bronxville, NY | April 2017
Natural Bridge Debut Writers Series
University of Missouri—St. Louis
St. Louis, MO | March 2017
Yellow Dog Bookshop
Columbia, MO | March 2017
AWP Conference 2017
Washington, DC | February 2017
Panel: Beautiful Mysteries: Science in Fiction and Poetry
Panelists: Amy Brill, Camille Dungy, Martha Southgate, Naomi Williams, Robin Beth Schaer
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH | January 2017
Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY | December 2016
Geary Contemporary Gallery
NYC, NY | December 2016
Readers: Maureen McLane and Robin Beth Schaer
Paintings: Leslie Baum
Palmer Museum of Art
Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA | November 2016
College of Wooster
Wooster, OH | October 2016
John Carroll University
Cleveland, OH | October 2016
Readers: Anthony Tognazzini, Robin Beth Schaer
LitQuake Festival
San Francisco, CA | October 2016
Flight of Poets: Wine and Poetry Pairings
Readers: Tony Barnstone, Cassandra Dallet, Natalie Diaz, Adam Fitzgerald, Brynn Saito, Robin Beth Schaer
Slice Literary Writers’ Conference
Brooklyn, NY | St. Francis College | September 2016
Roots Poetry Series
Brooklyn, NY | Roots Cafe | June 2016
Minor Memorial Library
Roxbury, CT | June 2016
Readers: Allison Amend, Amy Brill, Robin Beth Schaer
Pete’s Candy Store
Brooklyn, NY | April 2016
Readers: Nancy Hightower, Leah Umansky, Robin Beth Schaer
AWP Conference 2016
Los Angeles, CA | March 2016
Panel: Write Like a Mother*: Parenting as a Second Act for Women Writers
Panelists: Elyssa East, Irina Reyn, Jennifer Gilmore, Lizzie Skurnick, Robin Beth Schaer
College of Staten Island
Staten Island, NY | March 2016
Readers: James Hoch, Deborah Landau, Robin Beth Schaer
Winter Shack
Brooklyn, NY | March 2016
Performers: Todd Chandler, Will Chancellor, Robin Beth Schaer
New York University
NYC, NY | March 2016
Readers: Tess Taylor, Robyn Schiff, Robin Beth Schaer
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH | March 2016
Readers: Margaret Ross & Robin Beth Schaer
Mac’s Backs - Books on Coventry
Cleveland, OH | March 2016
Readers: Mary Weems & Robin Beth Schaer
Franklin Park Reading Series
Brooklyn, NY | February 2016
Readers: Robert Lopez, Mira Ptacin, Tony Tulathimutte, Tommy Pico, Robin Beth Schaer
New York Harbor School
Governors Island, NY | December 2015
Readers: Naomi Williams & Robin Beth Schaer
Morbid Anatomy Museum
Brooklyn, NY | December 2015
Readers: Naomi Williams & Robin Beth Schaer
KGB Monday Night Poetry
NYC, NY | December 2015
Readers: Tom Sleigh, Katie Byrum, Robin Beth Schaer
Moby-Dick: A Marathon Reading
NYC, NY | Whitney Musuem | November 2015
Word Up Bookstore
Washington Heights, NY | November 2015
Readers: Sean Singer, Cate Marvin, Robin Beth Schaer
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL | November 2015
Presented by the Warehouse Reading Series
Readers: Deborah Landau & Robin Beth Schaer
Other Words Conference 2015
St. Augustine, FL | November 2015
Presented by the Florida Literary Arts Coalition
Readers: Earl Braggs, Christine Poreba, Robin Beth Schaer
Flagler College
St. Augustine, FL | November 2015
Stetson University
DeLand, FL | November 2015
Valencia College
Orlando, FL | November 2015
Florida Southern College
Lakeland, FL | Danforth Chapel | November 2015
McNally Jackson Books
NYC, NY | October 2015
Presented by the Poetry Society of America
Readers: Cate Marvin and Robin Beth Schaer
Texas Book Festival 2015
Austin, TX | October 2015
Readers: Paul Otremba & Robin Beth Schaer
Austin Lit Crawl
Austin, TX | The Volstead | October 2015
Readers: Thea Brown, Nick Flynn, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Gregory Pardlo, Robin Beth Schaer
Couplet Reading Series
NYC, NY | The Delancey | October 2015
Readers: Sandra Beasley, Wesley Rothman, Susan Bruce, Barbara Ungar, Robin Beth Schaer
Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn, NY | 61 Local | September 2015
Readers: Anna North & Robin Beth Schaer
Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop
Brooklyn, NY | September 2015
Readers: Joan Naviyuk Kane, Orlando White, Danielle Vogel, Robin Beth Schaer
Shipbreaking Book Release Reading & Party
Brooklyn, NY | BookCourt | September 2015
Special Guests: Tracy K. Smith, Tina Chang, Paul Morris
Bryant Park
NYC, NY | June 2015
Presented by Mark Doty
Readers: Tina Chang Tracy K. Smith, Brenda Shaughnessy, Robin Beth Schaer
Lit at Lark
Brooklyn, NY | January 2015
Readers: Robin Beth Schaer, Matt Longabucco, Nancy Hightower, Lisa Marie Basile, Kevin Kinsella
Housing Works
NYC, NY | April 2014
Readers: Judith Baumel, Jaime Shearn Coan, Jay Deshpande, Robin Beth Schaer, Ocean Vuong
Lit Crawl 2013
NYC, NY | September 14, 2013
Whales, Wenches & Winches
Readers: Amy Brill, Elyssa East, Oona Patrick, Robin Beth Schaer
AWP Conference 2013
Boston, MA | March 2013
Sea Change: Writing Remade of the New England Coast
Readers: Amy Brill, Amber Dermont, Elyssa East, Robin Beth Schaer, Anna Solomon
Lit Crawl 2012
NYC, NY | September 2012
PEN America Poets
Readers: Tina Chang, Deborah Landau, Monica Youn, Robin Beth Schaer
Bomb Magazine Reading
Brooklyn, NY | February 2012
PEN America Poets
Readers: Alexander Chee, Robin Beth Schaer, Tina Chang, Myla Goldberg
Franklin Park Reading Series
Brooklyn, NY | October 2011
Readers: Alexander Chee, Sara Rose Etter, Scott McClanahan, Blake Butler, Robin Beth Schaer
