ME READING STUFF

Is the world populated by children? Have you had any? If so, why? If not, why? Do you suck on adult bottles? Do I? Can't wait to read that essay on happiness. LINKS: Buy “Nobody’s Home” by Dubravka Ugresic (Essays) here: https://www.openletterbooks.org/products/nobodys-home Previous Dubravka Ugresic episode: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mereadingstuff/episodes/2018-03-22T21_55_49-07_00 Me on...

Don't murder me, don't murder her. Don't murder him and don't be hateful to that group of humans. Also don't hunt. Plant something and call home. Don't throw up unless you're on chemo (or dealing with something similar), and enjoy your breezes. I am your friend, but I can't always be there. LINKS: Buy "short", edited by Alan Ziegler here: http://www.perseabooks.com/detail.php?bookID=109 Learn more...

"Hey, a computer took your place, Daddy." - Dusty Rhodes, The American Dream "Hey, I'm about to make a Buddha Bowl, Daddy." - Robyn O'Neil LINKS: Dusty Rhodes "Hard Time Blues" Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9py4aMK3aIU Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion by Pasha Malla & Jeff Parker: http://www.featherproof.com/catalog/erratic-fire-erratic-passion Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_O...

Just wanted to say a proper goodbye since I don't know when exactly I'll be back. I'll do my best to return to boring you to death with questions about foodstuffs ASAP. I love you guys! LINKS: https://www.robynoneil.com Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"Will I be able On this unrest-field To raise you a tent of my hands" -Far Within Us (1943) (Popa) "I will be able Under this peaceful strike To bury you fields of surrender" -Far Past This (2018) (O'Neil) LINKS: Buy Vasko Popa's Complete Poems here: http://www.mcnallyjackson.com/vasko-popa-complete-poems-1953-1987 My show in Houston: https://www.deasil.art Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn...

"It's Ted. It's Vera's Boy." -Ted Kooser "It's Robyn. It's Jim and Wendy's girl." - Me LINKS: Buy Delights & Shadows here: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7B5DB744E9-E4AB-4314-A21F-C4C84A317273%7D

I had a rectangular pupil. I had a hot dog shaped pupil. I had a clover shaped pupil. And now it is round. LINKS: Buy Ugrešić's book and learn more about her from New Directions: https://www.ndbooks.com/author/dubravka-ugresic/ Follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Follow me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%...

Today I tell the story of “Barry”, a man who offered to pay me $40,000 for 2 hours of work. Nope, it wasn’t for sex work! Listen to this podcast to find out what he wanted me to do. But more importantly, listen to hear from TODD: “Even when your own biography is breaking and entering into taboo areas, blazing and stabbing and juicing the days into their glistening parts our stories deepen as they...

"Being happy is for what?" LINKS: Buy Near to the Wild Heart here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/near-to-the-wild-heart1/ Me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Me on twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Microwave-able Heating Pads: https://www.thewarmingstore.com/herbal-heat-pack.html?productid=herbal-heat-pack&channelid=FROOG&utm_source=CSE&utm_medium=Google...

Tonight is the night I finally share the Q&A I did with Kevin Corrigan in NYC in January. Truly the highlight of my life. Listen here to hear him perform a dramatic reading of a poem he constructed out of the titles of my drawings. I still kind of do not believe this happened. But there is this recording of it, so apparently it did. But I still don't think so. Maybe nothing in my life has happ...

Special thanks to my backup choir: Frankie and The Driers. Also, about that room I am. The most trafficked bathroom in a family home. I've seen things is what that means. I've seen things and have been forced to accept the worst & most human of things. Imagine it. I love you. LINKS: Buy Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/the-flowers-of-evil-charles-baudelai...

"In the Aztec empire, every fifty-two years, once in an average lifetime, the world was on the verge of coming to an end. The sun would no longer move, night would be eternal, and man-eating demons would descend to rule the earth." - Eliot Weinberger "In Kingwood, Texas, one afternoon in 2008, a woman and her dog Henry took a walk around their blistering neighborhood. A trio of preteen boys shoute...

Let's talk about little girl's skulls & 13 year-old boys drawing. Let's talk about you saddling horses and then we'll watch what you got in store. Let's talk about green onions and terra cotta (just to lighten the mood). Then push me out of your car. I'll dream of tigers. I'll continue to be loud and too much and big. XO, Robyn LINKS: Instagram: @vera.sola FB: Facebook.com/verasolasound Web: w...

I'm on fire in an annoying way tonight. But don't worry, I apologize for it. There was also a bit of a snafu where I almost told you to watch the new CAT STEVENS comedy special on Netflix. Can you imagine that shit? Someone should make that for real. And lastly my leaky, unsteady heart set off an impassioned round of applause for each one of you. LINKS: Trailer for American Movie: https://www.yout...

My hotel was worried about me, I bought a cookie, I am a bat and a coyote, I will write tonight, I have things going on. LINKS: Buy Mary Ruefle's On Imagination here: http://www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/on-imagination-mary-ruefle Come see me and Kevin Corrigan Saturday NYC!: http://www.inglettgallery.com/content/3-news/20180113-robyn-o-neil-kevin-corrigan/o-neil_invitation.pdf Hit me up on In...

"For my sisters who remember everything differently..." LINKS: Buy "Displeasures of the Table" here: http://www.greeninteger.com/book.cfm?-Martha-Ronk-Displeasures-of-the-Table-&BookID=44 My SVA evening on Jan 9th: http://www.sva.edu/events/events-exhibitions/robyn-oneil-lecture-and-screening Info about my book signing at Susan Inglett Gallery on Jan 13th: http://www.inglettgallery.com Trailer...

"Overheard in the moonlight. Overcome in the moonlight." - Claudia Rankine I love listening to you. LINKS: Buy Citizen here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/citizen Learn more about HERO TO THE WORLD Claudia Rankine here: http://claudiarankine.com Buy the book of my artwork here (just click under HARDCOVER and there are plenty available still): https://www.amazon.com/Robyn-ONeil-20-Years-Drawi...

“When the mind is exhausted of images, it invents its own.” -Gary Snyder Tonight I talk (again) about the ample chest of my grandma and what that meant to me when we hugged. After that, I accidentally talk shit about people who have muscles. And then I read a couple of very short poems & end the podcast more satisfied with life than I've ever sounded in the history of my time on the planet. It...

"I forgot who said, 'The poet is like a mechanic in love with the engine of his car.' " - Charles Simic "I love dark, royalty free hip hop." -Me LINKS: Buy The Horse Has Six Legs here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/horse-has-six-legs Learn more about Charles Simic here: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/charles-simic Listen to my interview on We Eat Art here: http://www.weeatart.com/blog/2...

Fuzzy things, apples, water, dusk, pencils, good books, nice people, funny people, couches and cooking magazines, extreme weather, people's necks, water again, walking, creating healthy boundaries, taking notes, reading, taking baths, grandmas, potatoes, salads, potato salad, vinegar, pickles, blankets, soft clothes, silence, accepting, making sure people know they're loved. LINKS: Look how cheap...

I will be feet from John Goodman tomorrow. My energy level is low. I once went to the proctologist. I'm vulnerable and I like that. The horse knows that his owner is a torturer. Watch your back. LINKS: Buy W.H. Auden's Collected Poems here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/6183/collected-poems-by-w-h-auden/ Amazon link to my book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0692896511/ref=tmm_...

I knew these people. These two people. They were in love with each other. LINKS: Sam Shepard: http://www.sam-shepard.com The audio of this scene: http://theresearchsociety.tumblr.com/post/12347992593/i-knew-these-people-ry-cooder-with-harry-dean Wim Wenders: http://www.wim-wenders.com Paris, Texas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas_(film) Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me...

"We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds." - Anton Chekhov "Drink some water, eat an apple, be quiet, take a walk, and get the fuck outta here!" - Me LINKS: Ben Horne (Richard Beymer) and his bike story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9QihlBt5Mo Western Exhibitions in Chicago: http://westernexhibitions.com My favorite Tig Notaro performance: https:...

Today, Thanksgiving, I finally tell you my Christian Bale fight story. It's too bad I did a terrible job of telling it. Whether you're sweating in the kitchen, hiding resentments or just being forced to hug a weird cousin, spend a little time with me. Go outside and hide for a while. Take some breaths. Remember it'll all be over soon. And hey, if you're one of those Americans that just loves the H...

Dear Reader, Remember Aileen Wuornos' hair? That's what mine looks like right now. I always thought I kinda looked like her (with more frequent baths) anyway. I'm downing sparkling water and Alka Seltzer. This is my bacchanal. With love, Robyn Year by year the monkey's mask reveals the monkey. -Basho LINKS: Buy "Animals Strike Curious Poses" here: http://www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/animals-s...