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This is simply me reading stuff. "Stuff" being poems and literature and essays and letters. And I'm also talking and praising and laughing and almost crying and hating and living and dying and loving and some other stuff. I try to keep this under 10 minutes because I have a deep fear of boring peopl…

Robyn O'Neil


    • Jan 7, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 15m AVG DURATION
    • 357 EPISODES

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    The Me Reading Stuff podcast is a delightful and inspiring show hosted by Robyn O'Neil. With her unique blend of humor, artistry, and genuine love for poetry, Robyn introduces listeners to new poets and authors every week, reminding us why we fell in love with literature in the first place. Her podcast is like a breath of fresh air, providing inspiration, laughter, and self-help advice all wrapped into one.

    One of the best aspects of The Me Reading Stuff podcast is Robyn's infectious enthusiasm for the poems she reads. Her genuine reactions and commentary make each episode feel like a conversation with a close friend. Whether she's discussing her own artwork or sharing personal struggles, Robyn's authenticity shines through and creates a sense of connection with her audience. Additionally, her recommendations for books and authors have introduced many listeners to exciting new voices in the literary world.

    Another great aspect of this podcast is its accessibility. Even if you don't consider yourself a poetry enthusiast or have never delved into the world of literature, The Me Reading Stuff podcast provides an approachable entry point. Robyn's down-to-earth style and relatable anecdotes make poetry feel less intimidating and more relatable.

    As for the worst aspects, it can sometimes be challenging to keep up with the pace at which Robyn introduces new poets and authors. While it's exciting to discover new voices each week, it can also be overwhelming to remember them all or find time to explore their work further. However, this is a minor drawback compared to the overall enjoyment and value provided by the podcast.

    In conclusion, The Me Reading Stuff podcast is a gem that combines artistry, humor, self-help advice, and beautiful poetry all in one package. Robyn O'Neil's passion for literature shines through in every episode as she introduces listeners to new voices while also reminding us why we love poetry in the first place. Whether you're an avid reader or new to the world of poetry, this podcast is a wonderful companion that will brighten your day and make you appreciate the power of language.



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    Latest episodes from Me Reading Stuff

    Episode 1: Hello from Robyn and Ricci - An AFTER DARK! episode of ME READING STUFF.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2024 24:44


    "See God, it ain't me.They 'bout to start a world war;I'm just tryna practice peace." - Leikeli47"How the hell you walk outta Heaven?" - Leikeli 47"LEARN A TRADE" - Me"I. CHOOSE. LIFE!" - Ricci OprahTo anyone reading, I've missed you. If anyone out there is struggling with, well anything, I hope you can find the resources that are best, comfortable and affordable to you. I always recommend Al-Anon, as many of my listeners have heard before. I've yet to meet a person who doesn't "qualify" for the miraculous program it can be. And I actually did end up finding tremendous help through Betterhelp.com by the way; that wasn't entirely a joke. So there's that, but it's very expensive. Be kind to yourselves, be extra kind to children, and I'll talk to you very soon. With infinite love to every person reading this, even you, Robynp.s. THE AL-ANON PROMISES If we willingly surrender ourselves to the spiritual discipline of the Twelve Steps, our lives will be transformed. We will become mature, responsible individuals with a great capacity for joy, fulfillment, and wonder. Though we may never be perfect, continued spiritual progress will reveal to us our enormous potential. We will discover that we are worthy of love and loving. We will love others without losing ourselves, and will learn to accept love in return. Our sight, once clouded and confused, will clear and we will be able to perceive realityand recognize truth. Courage and fellowship will replace fear. We will be able to risk failure to develop new, hidden talents. Our lives, no matter how battered and degraded, will yield hope to share with others. We will begin to feel and will come to know the vastness of our emotions, but we will not be slaves to them. Our secrets will no longer bind us in shame. As we gain the ability to forgive ourselves, our families, and the world, our choices willexpand. With dignity we will stand for ourselves, but not against our fellows. Serenity and peace will have meaning for us as we allow our lives and the lives of those we love to flow day by day with God's ease, balance, and grace. No longer terrified, we will discover we are free to delight in life's paradox, mystery, and awe. We will laugh more. Fear will be replaced by faith, and gratitude will come naturally as we realize that our Higher Power is doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves.p. 269-270 "From Survival to Recovery"

    Episode 381: Goodbye.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 6:34


    “There is a charming quality, is there not,” he said to me, “in this silence; for hearts that are wounded, as mine is , a novelist whom you will read in time to come, claims that there is no remedy but silence and shadow.  And see you this, my boy, there comes in all lives a time, towards which you still have far to go, when the weary eyes can endure but one kind of light; the light which a fine evening like this prepares for us in the stillroom of darkness, when the ears can listen to no music save what the moonlight breathes through the flute of silence.” - Marcel Proust, Swann's Way."A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man. They are sluggish yet more wayward, and never without a melancholy tinge. Sights and impressions which others brush aside with a glance, a light comment, a smile, occupy him more than their due; they sink silently in, they take on meaning, they become experience, emotion, adventure. Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry." - Thomas Mann, Death in Venice "Good feeling, won't you stay with me just a little longer?" - Violent Femmes "I'll be so alone without you. Maybe you'll be lonesome too." - Price, King & Stewart, You Belong to MeLINKS:Buy Frank Spicer's "My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer".Send your questions/comments/concerns to: info@robynoneil.comMy website: www.robynoneil.com"We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds."Anton Chekhov

    Episode 380: Alfonsina Storni - The She-Wolf

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 27:12


    "I am like the she-wolf. I travel alone and I laugh at the flock." - Alfonsina Storni"My biggest thrill this week was seeing that basket full of mini chips in the salon window." - MeLINKS:Buy Alfonsina Storni's Selected Poems HERE.Check out Western Exhibitions' Drawing Biennial!Watch F. Murray Abraham destroy all artists HERE.Mark Laita's excellent documentary youtube page THE SOFT WHITE UNDERBELLY. *I can't recommend this channel enough. He's doing some serious service here. 

    Episode 379: Mike White - Levi's Letter from Rehab on "Enlightened" + RIP Charles Simic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 26:39


    "We're animals, Amy. And some animals like to party. For me, God is a beer on the beach. Maybe that's fucked up, but at least it's honest." - Levi, Enlightened "Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships." - Charles Simic "Today wasn't anything spectacular and that's what I loved about it." Me, January 2, 2023LINKS:Watch "Enlightened" on HBO HERE.Charles Simic's Obituary.My website: www.robynoneil.comMY SHOP

    Episode 378: Eliot Weinberger - An Elemental Thing (The Rhinoceros)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2023 42:39


    "Modern natural philosophers have found God in the folds of the skin of the rhinoceros." - Voltaire"I found the saltiest, greasiest corn chip at the bottom of this Juanita's bag this morning. It totally blew my mind." - MeLINKS:Buy the book here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/an-elemental-thing/See what you think about these Daniel Ladinsky "HAFIZ" books: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/6/14/fake-hafez-how-a-supreme-persian-poet-of-love-was-erasedAnd please meet Rajiv Surendra AKA Kevin Gnapoor!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uo2nomf4I0

    Episode 377: I'll Be Back!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 9:20


    Checking in after a long illness. Can't wait to start talking with you guys again! LINKS:Send your questions/comments/concerns to: info@robynoneil.comMy website: www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

    Episode 376: Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 52:47


    "We got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries." - Dire Straits "I love turkey sandwiches." - MeLINKS:Check out the Dire Straits video for "Money For Nothing" HERE!See Damien Jurado's website for tickets to his upcoming 25th anniversary show.My #1 Favorite Damien live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1d1eobg9QYMy #2 Favorite Damien live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-SEQrHvd2oMy #3 Favorite Damien live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-kGUJOnuY4My #4 Favorite Damien live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNHTmqAny3UMy #5 Favorite Damien live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcqTZ7P_IKQMy #6 Favorite Damien live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14pegmYlozISend your questions to: info@robynoneil.comMy website: www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

    Episode 375: Anne Carson - The Albertine Workout

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 42:01


    "It is always tricky, the question whether to read an author's work in light of his life or not." -Anne Carson"If you can drink a beer, you can smell patchouli." - MeLINKS:Check out "The Albertine Workout" by Anne Carson HERE and buy it at your nearest independent bookseller.Listen to Anne Carson reading from "The Albertine Workout" HERE. SMELL LINKS:Zum Laundry SoapZum Bar SoapPacha SoapMr. Coffee Mug WarmerAveda Sắp MossLUSH KarmaThe Smell of the Water Turning Tom Ford's Tobacco VanilleAesop Resurrection Aesop Reverence __________________________________See my drawings in "HELL and the Paradisal" HERE.Watch the videos about my work HERE.Get free shipping on all books in my SHOP! (use Coupon Code "BOOK")And here's my WEBSITE. Thank you so much for listening. 

    Episode 374: Daniil Kharms - The Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 24:59


    "I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no anxiety about doing nothing by my own fault, my conscience was clear, and I was happy. This was when I was in prison." - Daniil Kharms "I'm exhausted." - MeLINKS:Buy "Today I Wrote Nothing" HERE (or wherever you buy books except Amazon).Buy a ME READING STUFF slut shirt or hoodie HERE! See my drawings in "HELL and the Paradisal" HERE.Watch the videos about my work HERE.Get free shipping on all books in my SHOP! (use Coupon Code "BOOK")And here's my WEBSITE. Thank you so much for listening. 

    Episode 373: Patrizia Cavalli - My Poems Won't Change the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 22:55


    “I think I want, but what is it that I want?Do I want something? I don't know." - Patrizia Cavalli "Kids tend to think of my violence as funny." - MeLINKS:Buy Patrizia Cavalli's "My Poems Won't Change the World" HERE.Check out my American Movie podcast HERE. Buy a "ME READING STUFF" shirt or sweatshirt HERE. See my drawings in "HELL and the Paradisal" HERE.Get free shipping on all books in my SHOP! (use Coupon Code "BOOK")And here's my WEBSITE. Thank you so much for listening. 

    Episode 372: Mary Ruefle - On Beginnings

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 35:14


    "You hear so much talk about risk-taking in poetry. Lying is a form of risk-taking, but no one talks about that." - Mary Ruefle"The End." - Me______________________________________________LINKS:Buy Madness, Rack, and Honey at WAVE BOOKS.Buy a "ME READING STUFF" shirt or sweatshirt HERE. See my drawings in "HELL and the Paradisal" HERE.Get free shipping on all books in my SHOP! (use Coupon Code "BOOK")And here's my WEBSITE. Thank you so much for listening. 

    Episode 371: Mark Strand - The Mailman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 33:54


    "We all have reasons for moving. I move to keep things whole." - Mark Strand"Have you guys seen the new squeezable sauerkraut?!?" - MeLINKS:Purchase Mark Strand's "Selected Poems" HERE.Check out my Artforum review!Buy a "ME READING STUFF" shirt or sweatshirt HERE. See my drawings in "HELL and the Paradisal" HERE.Get free shipping on all books in my SHOP! (use Coupon Code "BOOK")Check out Easton's Books in Mount Vernon, Washington HERE.Learn more about The Trevor Project!And here's my WEBSITE. 

    Episode 370: C.K. Williams & Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 36:42


    "Such fun waking up though! Such fun too if you don't! Keep dying! Keep writing it down!" - C.K. Williams"Message received." - MeLINKS:Buy "Writers Writing Dying" by C.K. Williams HERE.Buy "Rest" by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang HERE.Sign up for my newsletter HERE.Check out my show at Inman Gallery HERE. 

    Episode 369: The Workaholics Anonymous Book of Recovery

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022 41:56


    "Jeff, roommate: Left my stuff all over the house; left the fridge a mess. Mary, friend: Promised to make her a clock. Made it, but never gave it to her." -Workaholics Anonymous"Monica, Starbucks boss: Pretended I got a "gig" in Hollywood to be killed off in a horror movie. Never returned to job.Peter, Gallery Owner: Lied during a studio visit about how long I'd lived in California for no reason at all. I added ten years to the actual total."  - MeLINKS:Purchase any of the Workaholics Anonymous. books mentioned in this episode on the WORKAHOLICS ANONYMOUS WEBSITE.Visit my website HERE.Visit my shop HERE.

    Episode 368: Robinson Jeffers - The World's Wonders

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2022 35:52


    "I have also seen doom." -Robinson Jeffers"As you can see, I need to breathe." - Robyn O'NeilLINKS:Buy Robinson Jeffers' Selected Poems Hit up my website www.robynoneil.com

    Episode 367: Anne Boyer - Garments Against Women (again)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 27:59


    "I think mostly about clothes, sex, food, and seasonal variations. I have done so much to be ordinary and made a record of this: first I was born, next I was a child, then I learned things and did things and loved and had those who loved me and often felt alone. My body was sometimes well, then sometimes unwell. I got nearer to death, as did you." - Anne Boyer LINKS:Buy Anne Boyer's Garments Against Women HERE. www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram

    Episode 366: Elsa Gidlow - Of a Certain Friendship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 45:08


    "I have loved too terribly and too much Ever to have any fear of love." - Elsa Gidlow"Indoor plumbing is my favorite invention." - MeLINKS:Buy Elsa Gidlow books HERE! Poem-a-Daywww.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram

    Episode 365: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang - Rest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 70:18


    boketto - to stare vacantly without doing anythingfriend - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affectionperfectionist - a person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfection LINKS:Buy Rest : Why You Get More Done When You Work LessInfo on my show AMERICAN ANIMALSOnline Viewing Room for AMERICAN ANIMALSCatalogue for AMERICAN ANIMALSwww.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram

    Episode 364: Patricia Highsmith - Her Diaries and Notebooks (and a conversation with Damien Jurado!)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 50:03


    “My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.” - Patricia Highsmith "Honestly, same." - Me LINKS:Buy Patricia Highsmith - Her Diaries and NotebooksInfo on my show AMERICAN ANIMALSOnline Viewing Room for AMERICAN ANIMALSCatalogue for AMERICAN ANIMALSwww.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram

    Episode 363: Chika Sagawa - Composition in Three Primary Colors

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 21:45


    "The post office is a mile away." -Chika Sagawa "Forgive yourself, forgive others, buy those refried beans." - MeLINKS:Buy The Collected Poems of Chika Sagawa here: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780593230015Info on my show AMERICAN ANIMALS here: https://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/191-robyn-o-neil-american-animals-april-28-2022-june-4/overview/Online Viewing Room for AMERICAN ANIMALS: https://www.inglettgallery.com/viewing-room/42-robyn-o-neil-american-animals/Catalogue for AMERICAN ANIMALS: https://en.calameo.com/susan-inglett-gallery/read/006031000dd8300a9821f?pagefxopacity=0My website: www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

    Episode 362: Kevin Prufer - Black Woods (and Bill Callahan lyrics)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 26:39


    "Bury me in wood / And I will splinter / Bury me in stone / And I will quake / Bury me in water / And I will geyser / Bury me in fire / And I'm gonna phoenix" - Bill Callahan"My favorite website is whodatedwho.com" - MeLINKS:Kevin Prufer's website: https://www.kevinprufer.comInfo on my show AMERICAN ANIMALS here: https://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/191-robyn-o-neil-american-animals-april-28-2022-june-4/overview/Online Viewing Room for AMERICAN ANIMALS: https://www.inglettgallery.com/viewing-room/42-robyn-o-neil-american-animals/Catalogue for AMERICAN ANIMALS: https://en.calameo.com/susan-inglett-gallery/read/006031000dd8300a9821f?pagefxopacity=0My website: www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

    Episode 361: Yosef Ibn Zabara - My Ex - Look at These People - The Physician

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 26:40


    "Take pleasure today in the friend at your side; tomorrow he'll leave, and the joy will die." - Avraham Ibn EzraLINKS:Buy "The Dream of the Poem" here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691121956/the-dream-of-the-poemInfo on my show AMERICAN ANIMALS here: https://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/191-robyn-o-neil-american-animals-april-28-2022-june-4/overview/Online Viewing Room for AMERICAN ANIMALS: https://www.inglettgallery.com/viewing-room/42-robyn-o-neil-american-animals/Catalogue for AMERICAN ANIMALS: https://en.calameo.com/susan-inglett-gallery/read/006031000dd8300a9821f?pagefxopacity=0My website: www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

    Episode 359: The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, Edited by Eliot Weinberger

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 47:20


    "I've listened to rain all my life. My hair's white now, and I still don't know night rain on a spring river." - Lu YuLINKS:More on this book and where to purchase it here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-new-directions-anthology-of-classical-chinese-poetry/?source=searchMy upcoming show at Susan Inglett Gallery: https://www.inglettgallery.comMy website: www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Erin Whitehead's Instagram: @girlwithatail

    Episode 358: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "A Starling"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 37:03


    “Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart"Be my coworker. I'd love a bag." - MeLINKS:Check out my source for this week's reading, Christopher Burn's "Poetry Changes Lives": https://www.poetrychangeslives.com/mozarts-funeral-for-his-pet-starling/Send your questions to: info@robynoneil.comMy website: www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

    Episode 357: Mark Strand & Vladimir Nabokov

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 57:18


    “The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness." - Vladimir Nabokov"If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more humane and decent world." - Mark Strand"If you get a stye, you'll know you're not alone." -MeLINKS:Buy Mark Strand's Collected Poems: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/236122/collected-poems-by-mark-strand/Buy Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/236122/collected-poems-by-mark-strand/Send your questions to: info@robynoneil.comMy website: www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

    Episode 356: Choi Seungja - Phone Bells Keep Ringing for Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 37:03


    "That I am alive is no more than an endless rumor." - Choi Seungja"You don't want an ombre hairstyle on your teeth." - Mep.s. I have an ombre hairstyle on my teethLINKS:More on Choi Seungja and "Phone Bells Keep Ringing for Me" here: https://actionbooks.org/choi-seungja-phone-bells/More on Stephanie Goehring here: https://hostpublications.com/products/from-the-water-inaudible-by-stephanie-goehringInterested in crafting with me? Here's the watercolor book I mentioned: https://www.powells.com/book/-9781624148804/1-0?gclid=Cj0KCQiAraSPBhDuARIsAM3Js4pDlydMLFqfiZJf2JOyp_Zati5XelnHGMbtNP3KIM3-CxBMIg6z_nIaAo9aEALw_wcBMy website: www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

    Episode 355: Robert Creeley - A Day Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 24:55


    "For love - I would split open your head and put a candle in behind the eyes." - Robert Creeley "I will not use my mid-stream urine; I will go to the drug store." - MeLINKS:Robert Creeley's "A Day Book: Tuesday, November 19, 1968": https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/a-day-book_robert-creeley/1408332/item/2488639/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAuP-OBhDqARIsAD4XHpdlixwlnKU5CcaAS7Kq8stZOC_t5pTdq5HlIFK-mhVIgVsBc5Q5vdUaApV5EALw_wcB#idiq=2488639&edition=4524274Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMy website: www.robynoneil.com

    Episode 354: Kassia St. Clair - Acid Yellow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 34:32


    "Pueblo, Concrete, Maniac" - MeLINKS:Buy The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/552503/the-secret-lives-of-color-by-kassia-st-clair/Purchase the new 10" single "Take Your Time" by Damien Jurado here: https://damienjurado.bigcartel.com/product/take-your-time-limited-edition-10-singleMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMy website: www.robynoneil.com

    Episode 353: Jameson O'Hara Laurens - Spell for a Drowning Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 47:45


    "Dear Everyone, Let me disappoint you." - Sort of Jameson O'Hara Laurents, sort of me. LINKS:Buy Medaeum by James O'Hara Laurens here: https://henrymiller.org/2016/11/01/announcing-the-publication-of-medaeum-by-jameson-ohara-laurens/Listen to "Once Upon a Time at Bennington College": http://www.lilianolik.com/once-upon-a-time-at-bennington-collegeWarm your mug: https://www.mrcoffee.com/accessories/mug-warmers/mr.coffee-mug-warmer/SAP_MWBLKPDQRB.htmlHop Your John: https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/hoppin_john/Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMy website: www.robynoneil.com

    Episode 352: Graham Burnam - The Thing That Got My Fun

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 74:48


    "I like ancient Chinese poetry." - Graham Burnam "I'd like to publish a Graham Burnam book of poetry." - Me LINKS:D.W. Burnam's work: https://www.instagram.com/d.w._burnam/Dawn Cerny's work: https://www.instagram.com/cerny_studio/Everyman's Pocket LIbrary's Solitude: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400044238Buy my Lion shirt at Inman Gallery here: https://inman-gallery.square.site/product/robyn-o-neil-yong-kiang-hotel-lion-t-shirt/304?cs=true&cst=customSusan Inglett Gallery: https://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMy website: www.robynoneil.com

    Episode 351: Marlene Dietrich - Daily Rituals

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 19:28


    "Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting." - Marlene Dietrich "If there is a supreme being, he's crazy." - Marlene Dietrich LINKS:Buy Mason Currey's "Daily Rituals: Women at Work" here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/604080/daily-rituals-women-at-work-by-mason-currey/9781524732950?ref=PRHB7BD76FBDB&aid=14813&linkid=PRHB7BD76FBDBBuy my Lion shirt at Inman Gallery here: https://inman-gallery.square.site/product/robyn-o-neil-yong-kiang-hotel-lion-t-shirt/304?cs=true&cst=customSusan Inglett Gallery: https://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMy website: www.robynoneil.com

    Episode 350: David Markson - This is Not a Novel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 34:20


    “Tennessee Williams choked to death on the plastic cap of a nasal spray.” - David Markson"I didn't breathe well today. You could hear me breathing too much." - MeLINKS:Buy "This is Not a Novel" at your local independent bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781619027145Buy my Lion shirt at Inman Gallery here: https://inman-gallery.square.site/product/robyn-o-neil-yong-kiang-hotel-lion-t-shirt/304?cs=true&cst=customMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMy website: www.robynoneil.com

    Episode 349: Sebastián de Covarrubias Horozco - Treasure of the Castilian or Spanish Language (Selected & Translated by Janet Hendrickson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 20:48


    "What I've aimed for as a translator is transparency, but in pieces, like high small windows in a tall room that let in only moving fragments of the picture of the sky." - Janet Hendrickson"Uhhhhh Sebastián, lions ARE cool." - MeLINKS:Buy Treasure of the Castilian or Spanish Language here: https://bookshop.org/books/treasure-of-the-castilian-or-spanish-language/9780811228602Buy Dave Eggers's "The Every" with my drawings on the cover here: https://electric-works.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-every-by-dave-eggers-robyn-oneil-coverBuy from my shop here: https://www.robynoneil.com/product-page/2021-headstone-greeting-cardBuy Stephanie Goehring's "From the Water [Inaudible]" here: https://hostpublications.com/products/from-the-water-inaudible-by-stephanie-goehringMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

    Episode 348: Wislawa Szymborska - Nonreading

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 20:14


    "Perhaps two in a thousand people like poetry." - Wislawa Szymborska “There's a lot to think about isn't there?” -Mr Rogers LINKS:Buy Wislawa Szymborska's "Here" here: https://bookshop.org/books/here-9780547592091/9780547592091Buy "The Every" by Dave Eggers with my drawings on the cover here: https://electric-works.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-every-by-dave-eggers-robyn-oneil-coverBuy my 2021 Greeting Card for the contest to win a drawing here: https://www.robynoneil.com/product-page/2021-headstone-greeting-cardMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

    Episode 347: Charles Simic - Dime-Store Alchemy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 24:59


    “He who cannot howl will not find his pack.” - Charles Simic "...unusual feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment, unexpected and more abiding than usual." - Joseph Cornell LINKS:Buy Charles Simic's Dime-Store Alchemy here: https://www.nyrb.com/products/dime-store-alchemy-1?variant=1094929469Order my 2021 Headstone Greeting Cards here: https://www.robynoneil.com/cardsandstickersMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

    Episode 346: Anna Akhmatova - Seventh Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 32:30


    "If you only knew from what rubbish Poetry grows, knowing no shame." - Anna Akhmatova "You don't need friends everybody. Just have fun with yourself." - Me LINKS:Buy The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova here: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780939010271Order your greeting cards here: https://www.robynoneil.com/cardsandstickersBuy a ME READING STUFF shirt or sweatshirt to support The Trevor Project here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/1948499/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sVisit my work at the Dallas Art Fair here: https://www.dallasartfair.comMy website: www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

    Episode 345: Melody Thomas Scott - Always Young and Restless

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 21:08


    She stabbed Clint Eastwood. She can make one tear run down her right cheek on command. I made a chef salad and don't take care of myself well anymore. LINKS:Buy "Always Young and Restless: My Life On and Off America's #1 Daytime Drama" here: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781635766943Order your greeting cards here: https://www.robynoneil.com/cardsandstickersMy website: www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

    Episode 344: A.L. Snijders - Night Train (translated by Lydia Davis)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 30:18


    "Everything has its story." - A.L. Snijders"I'm a soap opera scholar." - MeLINKS:Buy Night Train by A.L. Snijders here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/night-train/Register for my lecture here: https://finearts.wsu.edu/event/robyn-oneil-virtual-artist-talk/Visit my shop here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopSupport The Trevor Project by buying ME READING STUFF shirts here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/1948499/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sMore on The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org

    Episode 343: Werner Herzog - Conquest of the Useless

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 48:00


    "Read, read, read, read, read. Those who read own the world; those who immerse themselves in the Internet or watch too much television lose it. If you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker. Our civilization is suffering profound wounds because of the wholesale abandonment of reading by contemporary society." - Werner HerzogLINKS:Buy Werner Herzog's Conquest of the Useless here (ON SALE!): https://www.harpercollins.com/products/conquest-of-the-useless-werner-herzog?variant=32207602352162Head to my shop and use your Coupon Code "FALL PARTY"!: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopMy Website: https://www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

    Episode 342: Kool Keith & Fran Lebowitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 23:54


    "You workin' hard lady? I don't believe you." - Kool Keith"Are you an original? I don't believe you." - MeLINKS:Kool Keith's "Matthew": https://koolkeith.bandcamp.com/album/matthewListen to "I Don't Believe You" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH4Y16Hb6RMBuy The Fran Lebowitz Reader here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/99063/the-fran-lebowitz-reader-by-fran-lebowitz/Head to my shop and use your Coupon Code!: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopMy Website: https://www.robynoneil.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

    Episode 341: Anne Boyer - Garments Against Women (Yes, again)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 18:15


    "You should know this: that feed is your poem.” - Anne Boyer"You should know this: that thing you casually do is probably not your art. But it actually might be your art. Totally depends on the person." - MeLINKS:Buy Garments Against Women here: https://www.mobythegreat.com/books/anne-boyer/garments-against-women/9780141990217?gclid=CjwKCAjwtfqKBhBoEiwAZuesiNrZKfmdDm3cfsCp_4cA3ysYNXTUAvX3YEHFst5LXVIBjpTnI2LkUxoCXXUQAvD_BwEMy Website: https://www.robynoneil.comMy Shop: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

    Episode 340: The School of Life Dictionary - Ugliness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 25:10


    "Beauty is as rare as mass murder." - The School of Life Dictionary "I need better bras, but refuse to wear good bras anymore." - MeLINKS:Buy the new Dave Eggers book The Every here: https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/the-every?taxon_id=1 or here: https://electric-works.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-every-by-dave-eggersBuy The School of Life Dictionary here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/us/tsol-dictionary/My Website: https://www.robynoneil.comMy Shop: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

    Episode 339: Keaton Patti - I Forced a Bot to Write This Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 27:31


    "She had no horses but thought she did." -Keaton Patti's Bot"Garlic powder is prob the most important thing to me." - Yours TrulyLINKS:Buy "I Forced a Bot to Write This Book" here: https://linktr.ee/IForcedABotMy Website: https://www.robynoneil.comMy Shop: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilBuy Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion: The Poetry of Sportstalk here: https://www.powells.com/book/-9780983186342/7-2?gclid=CjwKCAjwy7CKBhBMEiwA0Eb7auLscGfwGsSozQGpn_i3kClSEhUk6NJ8ow_qAxkX0Fqxf40Cf5U0VhoCKTwQAvD_BwE

    Episode 338: Etel Adnan - The Arab Apocalypse

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 26:27


    "The books I'm writing are houses that I build for myself." - Etel Adnan"The books I'm reading about demons are making me nervous." - (Catholic) MeLINKS:Buy The 2 volume Etel Adnan reader here: https://nightboat.org/book/to-look-at-the-sea-is-to-become-what-one-is/Support me and my shop here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopCheck out the show I'm in with the Studio Archive Project: https://studioarchiveproject.comSunglasses? Readers? Check this place out! https://www.sunglassmuseum.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

    Episode 337: Marie Howe - What the Living Do

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 23:08


    “Without devotion any life becomes a stranger's story...told for the body to forget what it once loved.” - Marie Howe“Death is our friend precisely because it brings us into absolute and passionate presence with all that is here, that is natural, that is love… Life always says Yes and No simultaneously. Death (I implore you to believe) is the true Yea-sayer. It stands before eternity and says only: Yes.” - Rainer Maria RilkeLINKS:Buy Marie Howe's What the Living Do: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393318869Buy Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies & The Sonnets to Orpheus here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/154356/duino-elegies-and-the-sonnets-to-orpheus-by-rainer-maria-rilke-edited-and-translated-by-stephen-mitchell/Check out Tyler Bright Hilton's work here: https://www.tylerbrighthilton.com and here: https://www.instagram.com/tyler_bright_hilton/Caddis Reading Glasses who are PRO AGING - YAY!: https://caddislife.comSunglass Museum: https://www.sunglassmuseum.comPrive Revaux: https://priverevaux.comCheck out my website here: www.robynoneil.comShop my shop here: www.robynoneil.com/shopMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

    Episode 336: Songs from the Quechua - Translated by Mark Strand

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 18:30


    "I am raising a fly with wings of gold" - Songs from the Quechua"I want to be on The Young and the Restless." - MeLINKS:Buy "Looking for Poetry, Translations by Mark Strand: here: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375709883?aff=penguinrandomCheck out my website here: www.robynoneil.comShop my shop here: www.robynoneil.com/shopMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

    Episode 335: Reader's Digest & Spike Carlsen

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 24:53


    "Garbage collectors pick up 6,424 pounds of your trash a year." - Spike Carlsen "Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain." - Robert Gary LeeLINKS:Buy Spike Carlsen's "A Walk Around the Block" here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-walk-around-the-block-spike-carlsen?variant=33021712793634Check out Reader's Digest here: https://www.rd.comIf you're worried about someone else's drinking: https://al-anon.orgCheck out my website here: www.robynoneil.comShop my shop here: www.robynoneil.com/shopMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

    Episode 334: Tomas Tranströmer - Below Zero

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 20:37


    "We are at a party that doesn't love us." - Tomas Tranströmer"We sure the fuck are." - MeLINKS:Buy Tomas Tranströmer's "The Great Enigma" here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-great-enigma/My shop: https://www.robynoneil.com/shop

    Episode 333: Claudia Rankine - Intermission in Four Acts

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 19:25


    Recommendation Corner: rest, relaxation, television, couch time, fun foods, salads, the right amount of water, markers, stamp collecting, sticker collecting, sleep schedule, walking, isolating. Not Recommended: overuse of smartphone, beating yourself up, expecting, ignoring your body, snapping, irregular bathing, forgetting to eat, isolating.LINKS:Buy Claudia Rankine's Plot here: https://groveatlantic.com/book/plot/Buy Great American Prose Poems here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Great-American-Prose-Poems/David-Lehman/9780743243506Check out my shop here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopFollow me on Instagram (and be there for the Live event on Monday the 16th): https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

    Episode 332: Samantha Irby - Wow, No Thank You

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 26:23


    "I've been stuck with a smelly, actively decaying body that I never asked for and am constantly on the receiving end of confusing, overwhelming messages for how to properly care for and feed it." - Samantha Irby"What she said." - MeLINKS:Buy Samantha Irby's books here: https://www.booksoup.com/search/site/samantha%20irbyCheck out my website here: www.robynoneil.comShop my shop here: www.robynoneil.com/shopMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

    Episode 331: Anne Carson - Short Talk on My Task

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 29:51


    Shade I've Dealt With Today: Shade inside my trash can full of dark chocolate wrappers, shade in my new lip balm box, on whale skin scars, shade inside my own stomach, shade in between my lips and those blankets, fuzzy shade forcing its way out from under my dying dill plant, shade under my mouth on the phone, shade under a printout I made of Louise Lasser, shade beneath lost items. LINKS: Check out my show at Moskowitz Bayse Gallery in Los Angeles: http://www.moskowitzbayse.com Check out the profile of my life in the studio during the pandemic: https://inglettgallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/ My shop! https://www.robynoneil.com/shop Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Handwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

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