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I don't know if I'm capable of ANYTHING at this point or ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I did just go to the grocery store in a city I'm not familiar with just to get Saltines, so I accomplished that. I love Saltines and am 100% more comfortable when I have them at arm's length. I also just put on my sweatpants again because I have two hours to kill. That counts for something. I guess I'm equating "doing som...

In summary, I DON'T have a crush on Jeffrey Dahmer even though I pretty much said I did. I DO have a crush on Rainboy. I AM very depressed right now. I WILL be in San Francisco this weekend. I WILL kick you out of the podcast if you're an awful human being. I DO have a perfectionism issue. I wish things were different, I want to tell you you'll be happy, and I DO love you. Many thanks for listenin...

"I praise the failure of those with ambition, the authors of leaflets and notebooks of nothing." - Mark Strand. "Me too, boo." - Me p.s. does anyone read these? LINKS: Buy Mark Strand's Collected Poems here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/236122/collected-poems-by-mark-strand/9780804170857/ If you're in San Antonio, come on out to my lecture and book signing Friday, October 20th. Details...

Today we go back to our self-hatred rating system to see where we're all at these days. I'm a 4.7 out of 10. I explain my love of my high school closet, but I don't go into details just so you can imagine me way more interesting than I actually am. And then, we let Etel Adnan take over. “Morality is violence. An invisible violence at first. Love is a supreme violence, hidden deep in the darkness o...

Things I like: Tak Fujimoto, Janet Jackson, casseroles. Things I don't like: the feel of terra cotta, my acne, jelly inside donuts. "There is still one difference left between us. You have a tenderness grown weary and I have a weariness grown tender." - Dulce María Loynaz LINKS: Buy Absolute Solitude here: https://archipelagobooks.org/book/absolute-solitude/ Check out Stephanie Goehring's work her...

This is a one-off. I said I'll never have a guest on my podcast, but I changed my mind. My dad is my favorite person to have conversations with, and being with him and my mom the past two days made me so happy that I wanted to share a piece of it with you. I hope some of you like listening to us. And there's also ANNE CARSON! I love you guys, Robyn LINKS: Buy Anne Carson's Short Talks here: https:...

"I created all these alters within myself. I created a whole team within myself." -Herschel Walker LINKS Come on out Saturday night Dallas! Info about my book release party at Talley Dunn Gallery here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1453848888032717/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%22108%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D Buy Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion here: http://www.featherproof.com/catalog...

“Sometimes I think no matter how one is born, no matter how one acts, there is something out of gear with one somewhere, and that must be changed. Life at its best is a grand corrective.” - Jessie Redmon Fauset LINKS Read more about Jessie Redmon Fauset in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-forgotten-work-of-jessie-redmon-fauset Buy her novel “There Is Confusion” here:...

A nurse called me a pee pee girl. I love San Antonio. John Ashbery died today. He loved movies. I do too. So do you. I’ve missed you. LINKS Buy John Ashbery’s Planisphere: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/planisphere-john-ashbery/1016147783/2675161923307?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP1948&k_clickid=3x1948 Buy my new book here: htt...

Send in your Kleenex CEO poems! mereadingstuff@icloud.com LINKS: https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/trances-of-the-blast

"It is a mistake to hope, but not a biggie." -Mary Ruefle LINKS: Follow me on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Buy Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties here: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Rilke-on-Love-and-Other-Difficulties/ Buy Vasko Popa's Complete Poems here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/vasko-popa-vas...

"The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream." -Wallace Stevens. Good luck topping that line. LINKS: Wallace Stevens - The Collected Poems: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/251420/the-collected-poems-of-wallace-stevens-by-wallace-stevens/9781101911686/ Me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Me on twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Email David your contest entri...

I'm back for today! Talking again about pubic hair and vasectomies. I also give a little shoutout to the size of my grandma's breasts, so there's a little something for everyone today. LINKS: Scars by Blaga Dimitrova: http://www.ivypressprinceton.com/book3.html Big Cat Rescue: https://bigcatrescue.org Me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Me on twitter: https://twitter.com/...

"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 "I love communicatin' language with you." - Me, not on my A game. LINKS: Buy Mark Strand's Almost Invisible here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/almost-invisible-mark-strand/1102305106?ean=9780307957641&st=PLA&sid=NOK_...

Hi guys! Today I'm feeling physically better today than I have since March, so I figured I need to say hello while I have a little energy. Not my best podcast, but I've missed this. And I've missed you. Times are rough, my body hates me, the world is in turmoil, but that's why we read and share and watch Amanda Bynes movies. In other words, we are not painting only fans at the moment. I love you g...

Hi guys! Thank you so much for all the nice reach arounds. Just kidding. Thanks for reaching out, wishing me well & sending me all the healing thoughts. Great news - I didn't get horrible news from my cardiologist! I'm still not the picture of health, but there's a game plan. So it'll be a long process for me, but I should start feeling a bit more like myself soon. I will be back next week, re...

In case you guys read these, I thought I'd briefly let you know why I'm only posting old episodes again. I've had issues with my heart since I was a little kid, and they just keep getting worse. It's been an awful and scary month, but I am supposed to find out my cardiologist's game plan next Wednesday, April 26th. So send me some love/prayers/vibes/health/thoughts/anything. I need it. Thanks for...

LINKS: Buy Autobiography of Red here: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/24642/autobiography-of-red-by-anne-carson/9780375701290/ And truly one of the most moving experiences of my life was listening/watching Anne Carson's performance "Lecture on the History of Skywriting" at The Hammer: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2016/10/anne-carson/

This book is "a compendium of found poems pieced together form the post-game interviews of professional athletes." say writers Jeff Parker and Pasha Malla. This is a collection of truly remarkable, gorgeous, funny, bizarre & poignant poems by people like Ron Artest, Kevin Garnett, George Best and Tiger Woods. I can not recommend this book enough. It is phenomenal. Preorder it on featherproof.c...

I'm so so sorry everybody! I'm caffeine-free for medical reasons and don't feel like myself. It sounds like I'm accidentally unplugged from an outlet. But I'm gonna keep on keepin' on. Truckin' LINKS: JARED STANLEY: http://jared-stanley.info Buy EARS here: http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781937658625/ears.aspx only 15.95 Julie Weitz: http://www.julieweitz.com hungryghostbaby insta Jared Stanley...

"We are still not clear about the role of irregularity in the functioning of the human heart." - Cole Swensen LINKS: Buy Noon from Green Integer here: http://www.greeninteger.com/book.cfm?-Cole-Swensen-Noon-&BookID=123 More about Cole Swensen here: http://www.coleswensen.com Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robyn_oneil?lang=en Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

No more Q-tips and take the giant down. "Not that I promote assault." LINKS: Listen to my guest appearance on KCRW & McSweeney's The Organist here: https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/the-organist/its-very-indian-to-watch-abfab Buy Wallace Stevens "The Collected Poems" here: https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Wallace-Stevens-Vintage-International-ebook/dp/B004JHYRAY See the "Man Attacked by...

I hate and I love. You may ask me why. I don’t know, but I feel it and I suffer. –Catullus I wash my hands and I do sad errands. You may do the same, but let me know if you develop a crush on the CEO of Papa Johns because I’m over here in love with Marcia Clark. –Robyn O’Neil LINKS: Buy World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time here: https://www.amazon.com/World-Poetry-Antholo...

Today my pants were so tight I forgot to plug my mic into the computer. Audio troubles due to too much takeout. Human troubles due to too much of everything. But hey, as Markson reminds us, we're all gonna die anyway. Markson proposed a Death-of-the-Month-Club. David Markson died in his own bed and his entire library went directly to the Strand Bookstore. LINKS: Buy Markson's This Is Not A Novel h...

JOBS: Petsitting, babysitting, Chick-fil-A, Moskatels, Movies n' Videos, package wrapping, rapping, library archives, Delta, University Art Gallery, library periodicals & microfiche, Starbucks, pet portraiture, office manager (office supplies!)...and now this. LINKS: Buy "I Must Be Living Twice" by Eileen Myles here: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062389084/i-must-be-living-twice Learn more...