Friday Special Blend
Friday May 22nd, 2026 with Susan Johnston
Robyn Sarah discusses We're Somewhere Else Now (Biblioasis, 2025)

Join Susan for a half-hour conversation with poet and author Robyn Sarah, who will also read from her work. Publisher's description: "In her first collection of new poems in a decade, Robyn Sarah chronicles the pandemic years with quiet wisdom and her flair for meshing the familiar with the numinous. We’re Somewhere Else Now moves with ease from the particular to the abstract. These are poems of grief and unexpected change, of quiet awe at the human experience. Each poem is a window for the reader to look into, “lit room to lit room,” tracking desultory days of isolation and uncertainty, while also highlighting reasons to pay attention: playing with a grandchild, the rarity of a leap year, the calls of birds. Three poems from the collection, originally published in The New Quarterly, were nominated for a 2025 National Magazine Award in Poetry." Motel Chelsea event description and ticket link: https://www.motelchelsea.com/post/sunday-may-24-an-afternoon-of-poetry-with-robyn-sarah-and-ken-victor-2-00pm