ME READING STUFF

"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: h...

"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 Gre...

“Give the poor girl a piece of bread, or a piece of pie. One ton has 2000 pounds. My friend is kind to me; he gave me this new book. The sun, the moon, and the stars are in the sky. Did you hear the cry of the boy who fell in-to the brook? No, sir, I did not. Have you found man-y nuts? No, We have not an-y. The eyes of the hawk are sharp. Sam found a young dead bird on the ground. I will not buy a...

"....'acceptance’ is usually more a matter of fatigue than anything else." "...there is such a thing as raw, unalloyed, agendaless kindness." "...it is permissible to want." LINKS: Find out more about Al-Anon here: https://al-anon.org The "Promises" of Al-Anon: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=the+promises+of+al+anon&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Buy INFINITE JEST here: htt...

"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/...

"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/pro...

“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am not only for myself, what am I? And if not now – – when? -Hillel

“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-ON...

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...

“Literature is love. I think it went like this: drawings in the cave, sounds in the cave, songs in the cave, songs about us. Later, stories about us. Part of what we always did was have sex and fight about it and break each other’s hearts. I guess there’s other kinds of love too. Great friendships. Working together. But poetry and novels are lists of our devotions. We love the feel of making the m...

“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....

"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...

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/product...

...and he chased me without end. LINKS: Buy "I Remember Nightfall" here: https://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/catalog/browse/item/?pubID=8388607 Support Malvern Books in Austin: http://malvernbooks.com The Great Stephanie Goehring: https://twitter.com/eselgoehring My show in Kalamazoo: https://wmich.edu/art/exhibitions/archive/2018-19/robyn-oneil.html Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil M...

Sorry about the blanket statement on Californians. When I get back to the middle of the country, I turn a bit hostile towards the kindness level on the coasts. I like people pleasant. Kill me. I met the sweetest woman named Sandy on a plane yesterday. She told me she lost her husband (to a heart attack), daughter (to an overdose), and granddaughter (to suicide). All in 2 years. She bought herself...

"I am a bandit myself because I kill my brain." - Vaslav Nijinsky LINKS: Buy The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky here: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/48bdm7sz9780252073625.html Follow bansee_beats here: https://www.instagram.com/banshee_beats/ or here: https://twitter.com/banshee_beats Follow Dasi B studio here: https://www.instagram.com/dasibstudio/ Follow Erica who told the story about h...

I see long stemmed roses, but only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. LINKS: Buy The Living Mountain here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/the-living-mountain-nan-shepherd/1014931494/2675516716974?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_New+Marketplace+Shopping+Textbooks_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP211671&gclid=CjwKCAjwzqPcBRAnEiwAzKRgS21MHZNQ3wX52PLVjnRQMpN5_6N7jwdLAOjI9ud4IsGgCc8GhyGl8RoC2ZsQAvD_BwE...

Angry Showers. Me and the strangers in the bubble bath aisle. Angry Showers, Sad Baths. LINKS: Buy Harold Bloom’s "How to Read and Why” here: http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to-Read-and-Why/Harold-Bloom/9780684859071 LA, I’m ready MY OWN WRITING! BE THERE! Sept 2nd, 3pm: http://www.thepophop.com Michigan, let’s do this: https://wmich.edu/art/exhibitions/archive/2018-19/robyn-oneil.html M...

Be good, be you. You be you, they be they. LINKS: Buy Pablo Neruda's The Yellow Heart here: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7B789172C5-292C-43C6-B03F-79F19678A5EF%7D Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"It's true, hope can cause pain." - Joanne Kyger "I one time met an Australian person online and I said something about liking chips and dips and they go 'Oh, I've heard that people eat dip. What is dip?'" -Me "Violence is not a mystery. Or if it is, the solution is so much bigger than just finding out who did it. Whenever there’s a mass shooting, people want to know why. We want to have a motive,...

Dream Rituals: constant food prep, daily baths, daily reading for 24 hours a day, daily taking walks at least 3 hours a day (slowly), effortlessly cleaning, making bookmarks for friends and family with their favorite people on them, stretching at least 30 minutes twice a day, taking a nap without guilt, etc. etc. etc. LINKS: My Seattle show: http://season.cz/exhibit/ Buy Donald Hall's White Apples...

"I like no." -Anne Boyer "I like no." -Robyn O'Neil "History is full of people who just didn't." - Anne Boyer "Kill your rapists." -Robyn O'Neil LINKS: Buy A Handbook of Disappointed Fate by Anne Boyer: https://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/catalog/browse/item/?pubID=558 Buy Garments Against Women: https://ahsahtapress.org/product/boyer-garments/ Anne Boyer's Website: http://www.anneboyer.com Anne Bo...

I lied about the sunset. LINKS: Koko's poem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=66&v=FVuNTiqHys0 Adrienne Butler: https://www.adriennerbutler.com Won't You Be My Neighbor documentary trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhwktRDG_aQ

I wrote a whole awesome thing and then my computer broke down (meaning I lost it) so I don't feel like writing anything again. But basically, sorry I keep talking about other people's urine. LINKS: Buy Mark Strand's Almost Invisible here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/215194/almost-invisible-by-mark-strand/9780375712180/ Upcoming show at Steve Turner: http://steveturner.la/exhibition/th...

THE SHADE I WITNESS ON MY DUSK-TIME WALKS, WATCHING WINDOWS: shade made by a man's thumb on a remote control, open car door shade, garage door closing shade, a dog's tennis ball on grass shade, one crumpled napkin on a table shade, kid on the corner of a couch shade, Larry's shade. LINKS: Link to this poem in the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/10/each-day-unexpected-salvati...