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"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/
"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/
“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/
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"I'm mayonnaise." - Florine Stettheimer "I am vinegar." -Me LINKS: Buy Florine Stettheimer's Crystal Flowers here: https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/florine-stettheimer/crystal-flowers-by-florine-stettheimer-edited-by-irene-gammel-and-suzanne-zelazo/ Buy my 2020 Headstone card and/or ME READING STUFF merch here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shop Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Handwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/ Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil
"I've had my share of dirty underwear on the floor." - Martha Stewart "If you like olives, eat an olive." - Me LINKS Buy The School of Life Dictionary here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/tsol-dictionary/ Join my Zoom Artist Talk! Sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5216014057869/WN_9CGGzvD3QDyEHqzPOlGQuQ Buy a ME READING STUFF t-shirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/1948499/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s Check out the good old Shambhala episode here: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mereadingstuff/episodes/2016-02-04T09_41_16-08_00
No hot pink roses, lots of potatoes. One star reviews, reading mean people. I'm always tired. LINKS: Buy Like a New Sun: New Indigenous Mexican Poetry here: http://www.phonememedia.org/artists#/like-a-new-sun Check out the viewing room for my new exhibition at Inman Gallery here: https://inmangallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/9-robyn-o-neil-in-pieces-on-fire/ Buy a ME READING STUFF shirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/1948499/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s Buy Eliot Wienberger's new book here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/angels-and-saints/#/ Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Handwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/ Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil
My dad's favorite occupation is "A worker at Six Flags." LINKS: Buy this book here: https://www.kathykuohome.com/Product/Detail/29995-The-Proust-Questionnaire-Assouline-Hardcover-Book?gclid=CjwKCAjwsMzzBRACEiwAx4lLGzQrjoHuT67dAEiyNWjpbd-BT5RqrFM9NwIvlYe5c1fQ_pbVSfPdORoCaJoQAvD_BwE Learn more about Cécile McLorin Salvant here: http://www.cecilemclorinsalvant.com Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Support the podcast and The Trevor Project by buying a ME READING STUFF shirt: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/2570271/sweatshirt-unisex-pullover-crewneck-black-poly-cotton-s
"The Sea said "Come" to the Brook - The Brook said "Let me grow" - Emily Dickinson LINKS: Buy "Emily Dickinson's Poems: As She Preserved Them" here: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674737969 Support the podcast and The Trevor Project by buying a ME READING STUFF shirt: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/2570271/sweatshirt-unisex-pullover-crewneck-black-poly-cotton-s Donate to Make-A-Wish here: https://wish.org Learn more about The Trevor Project here: https://www.thetrevorproject.org Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en
"Somewhere out there the world must have an end." -Wislawa Szymborska "My sink smells gross." - Me LINKS: Buy "Here" here (haha!): https://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/Here/9780547592091 PLEASE buy a ME READING STUFF tee or sweatshirt! Why? A) They're soft B) The money goes to an important cause. Do that here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s Check out The Trevor Project here: https://give.thetrevorproject.org/give/63307/#!/donation/checkout
"It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there." - William Carlos Williams LINKS: Buy Paterson from New Directions: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/paterson/ If you're interested in my book, here you go: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawings If you want a ME READING STUFF shirt or sweatshirt, here they are: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s
"But that wild sea-hound...unkennelled, called all night all round." - John Freeman "...my heart flopped over and lay still while he passed (as close as i'm to you yes closer made of nothing except loneliness" -E.E. Cummings LINKS: Buy "Solitude" here: http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/classics//catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400044238 Go to the fair! https://artlosangelesfair.com Check out The Grey Market here: https://news.artnet.com/about/tim-schneider-641 Check out Iva here: https://ivaplungerboy.com/home.html Buy a ME READING STUFF shirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en
"That is not it at all, That is not what I meant, at all." - Eliot LINKS: Buy The Waste Land and Other Poems here: https://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/The-Waste-Land-and-Other-Poems/9780156948777 Buy a ME READING STUFF shirt and support The Trevor Project here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en
"My habits are simple, my tastes banal." - Nabokov "When we let our minds wander, we set our brains free. Our brains are most productive when there is no demand that they be reactive.” -Sherry Turkle "I wonder if I have enough Kleenex with lotion to get me through this sinus infection?" - Me LINKS: Buy a ME READING STUFF shirt and all proceeds go to The Trevor Project! https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s Buy "Daily Rituals" here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/198763/daily-rituals-by-mason-currey/9780307273604/ Read Anne Carson's "Shade" piece here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/10/each-day-unexpected-salvation-john-cage Listen to her UCLA lecture here: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2016/10/anne-carson/ Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/313732/reclaiming-conversation-by-sherry-turkle/9780143109792/ Info on my upcoming NYC show here: http://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/upcoming Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” - Virginia Woolf “I wish you secure banisters and poison-free aspirin.” - Me LINKS: Buy "The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis" here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312655396 Buy "Complete Poems" by Vasko Popa here: https://www.mcnallyjackson.com/vasko-popa-complete-poems-1953-1987 Buy my book "20 Years of Drawings" here: https://www.amazon.com/Robyn-ONeil-20-Years-Drawings/dp/0692896511/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543699086&sr=8-1&keywords=Robyn+o%27neil Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Get a ME READING STUFF t-shirt and support the vital LGBTQ organization The Trevor Project here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s Listen to "I'm Going To Make A Cake" by Philip Glass here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfpuHdyYAi8
My coffee already turned cold and I say thank you. My body can't handle much more and I say thank you. My stomach hurts and I say thank you. People I didn't expect to hear from reach out and I say thank you. I am uncomfortable and I say thank you. I will be with my 4-person family and nobody else for Thanksgiving for the first time maybe ever, and I am saying thank you. I will crochet on the plane and I am saying thank you with every stitch and every incorrect move. I will have an aisle seat and I say thank you. Even as every passenger's crotch passes my line of sight on their way to the bathroom, I will say thank you thank you thank you. I didn't want to see your crotch, but thank you. LINKS: Buy "The Winged Energy of Delight" by Robert Bly here: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780060575861/the-winged-energy-of-delight/ Buy "Migration" by W.S. Merwin here: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7BE438BB84-0D6E-4AB4-B564-0FDB6B4DB0C3%7D Buy a ME READING STUFF t-shirt or sweatshirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s Learn more about The Trevor Project here: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/#sm.0001e7yc1j1bu3dpyz1gjgtzawrhx Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en
“Everything war and I can’t get enough of it - and still it almost drives me crazy.” - Georgia O’Keeffe “I like watching old men walk across streets. - Me LINKS: Buy “My Faraway One” here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300166309/my-faraway-one Buy a ME READING STUFF t-shirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff More on The Trevor Project here: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/about/#sm.00000zms3d419g3ezex4idbtuh7n4 My favorite Youtube Channel “BeatleBabe”: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLSyetOa-ut3483mU9GQfyQ My best friend Eric: https://twitter.com/ChopStarNation Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en
"Moonlight in the kitchen is a sign of God." - Anne Carson "The browning of tater tots in a barely-functioning oven is a sign of God." - Robyn O'Neil LINKS: Buy a ME READING STUFF shirt & support The Trevor Project!: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff Buy Anne Carson's Glass, Irony & God here: https://www.ndbooks.com/author/anne-carson/#glass-irony-and-god Buy The Horse Has Six Legs here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/horse-has-six-legs Buy Claudia Rankine's Citizen here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/citizen Buy Mary Ruefle's Most of It here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/citizen Buy Melody Beattie's Codependent No More here: http://melodybeattie.com/books/codependent-no-stop-controlling-others-start-caring/ Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en
We finally have ME READING STUFF shirts & sweatshirts now!!! And proceeds go to The Trevor Project! And they're VERY soft. Soft clothes are good. What else is good? Blankets. Pets with fur. Salads. Walks. Getting older. Rolling with it. Stretching. One day at a time. Sleepovers. Magazines. Crocheting. Going to sleep. Goodnight. LINKS: ME READING STUFF SHIRTS!!! https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff Buy "Music by Philip Glass" here: https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/MUSIC-PHILIP-GLASS-Harper-Row/526474547/bd More on Christopher Knowles here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Knowles The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/about/#sm.00000d0qe9aog8d0vzdh7iaayab9p Zum Laundry Stuff: https://www.indigowild.com/home-cleaning/zum-clean-laundry-soap.html Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en
I leave tomorrow for a Ted Bundy Bookclub, which takes place on a lazy river in Mexico. Find out more about that on this episode of Me Reading Stuff. "I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality." -Mark Strand Hell yes to that, Mr. Strand. LINKS: Mark Strand's Collected Poems: http://knopfdoubleday.com/author/30082/mark-strand/ I'm on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor I'm on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/ Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stranger_Beside_Me More on Lt. Joe Kenda and Homicide Hunter on Investigation Discovery: http://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/homicide-hunter-joe-kenda/
Kids, grab your sleeping bags, gather 'round, and turn on your flashlights...because it's storYe time! That's right, artist Robyn O'Neil sits down with Chris and Travis to talk about Kanye West because everyone else is annoyed when she talks about Kanye West and she.needs.to.talk.about.KANYE.WEST. We go deep into this stan's insane obsession (that the WTT Crew can relate to a little bit too well) with Mr. West, how her opinion of him and his music has changed over time, how his lyrics have helped her through some rough moments, and why she is now a full-blown Keeping Up With the Kardashians addict. Check out Robyn's podcast! It's called "Me Reading Stuff" and you can find it on iTunes. Also check out http://robynoneil.com for some of her awesome artwork!
An unplanned thematic event on ME READING STUFF: poems about grass and about how things just go on and on and on. And it's ok. LINKS: Buy the Holub book "Poems Before & After" here: http://bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/poems-before-after-848 Buy Sandburg's "The Complete Poems" here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/the-complete-poems-of-carl-sandburg-carl-sandburg/1111826976/2672386761103?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP2988&k_clickid=3x2988 Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil And on Instagram, where I will no longer post 4 photos in one day: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/
Greetings from a rare Saturday night in the shittiest part of Beverly Hills. Today my athletic neighbor caught two people having sex behind my car in our parking garage and got really concerned about it. Then I made really disgusting orange chicken for dinner. And later my cat threw up. And my feet are abnormally cold. Anyway, something about this combo of events made me realize tonight was as good as any for a ME READING STUFF check-in. So here I am, reading to you about the end of the world as envisioned by Czeslaw Milosz. Maybe a bee was circling those two people behind my car? One never knows, Robyn
Thanks to artist & ME READING STUFF listener, Marcy Thomas, I'm doing the unthinkable. I'm reading Sylvia Plath's "Daddy." I've always really disliked Plath, and I loathe The Bell Jar. Furthermore, I've never said the words "daddy" & "jew" so often in my entire 38 years of existing. Also mentioned: my brain thinks it bought a donkey figurine in China, but I haven't even been to China. I have however been to East Texas. LINKS: http://marcyjthomas.weebly.com https://jasonpreu.wordpress.com http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/opinion/oliver-sacks-on-learning-he-has-terminal-cancer.html?_r=0
There's been a lot of poetry being flung around ME READING STUFF these days, so today I switch it up a bit. I read you a short story by Margaret Atwood that is as devastating as it is hilarious. It's an important one. It's from her 1983 book, "Murder in the Dark" & was published again in 1992 in "Good Bones." You should go buy one of those. Here's to authentic endings, Robyn p.s. only 1 week left in the Channing Tatum erotic poetry contest!
This is what we do over here at ME READING STUFF occasionally. As the lights of the city dim, and the glorious people of the Land beg for provocation & sweet nothings, we turn that $50 mic on and we READ. We read about Channing Tatum learning about what incense is and living near a Whole Foods. We read about Channing Tatum understanding the difference between dead bird feathers and sex toys. And we also read a poem by the great Frank O'Hara. We do it all over here, and we do it for you. Are you breathing? I am, but barely. Sincerely, Robyn