Me Reading Stuff

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.infoBuy EARS here: http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781937658625/ears.aspxonly 15.95Julie Weitz: http://www.julieweitz.com hungryghostbaby instaJared Stanley Book Tour:APRIL 3RD // NEW YORK NY Bert's Brooklyn Poetry ShopAPRIL 4TH // PHILADELPHIA PA Charmed InstrumentsL'Etage624 6th St.PhiladelphiaAPRIL 6TH // BARD COLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON HUDSON, NYBard CollegeCampus Center, Weis Cinema6pmAPRIL 7TH // BOSTON MA 2X2 READING SERIES

"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=123More about Cole Swensen here: http://www.coleswensen.comMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robyn_oneil?lang=enMe 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-abfabBuy Wallace Stevens "The Collected Poems" here: https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Wallace-Stevens-Vintage-International-ebook/dp/B004JHYRAYSee the "Man Attacked by Lion" sculpture I was talking about here: https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/art-talk/at-lacma-picasso-vs-riveraFollow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enFollow me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

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-Anthology-Verse-Antiquity/dp/0393041301Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorCheck me out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

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 here: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/this-is-not-a-novel_david-markson/372712/?gclid=Cj0KEQiAot_FBRCqt8jVsoDKoZABEiQAqFL76KDl92Ch806BjMI-gN_gWGjhIUd2Og5djTQ1xCI5jwkaAmHh8P8HAQ#isbn=1582431337Listen to him on KCRW's Bookworm here: http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/david-marksonFollow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enFollow me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

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-twiceLearn more about Myles on her website. That's right here: http://www.eileenmyles.comListen to her on KCRW's Bookworm w/ Michael Silverblatt here: https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/eileen-myles-i-must-be-living-twice

"You have come to the shore. There are no instructions." - Denise Levertov LINKS:Buy The Collected Poems Of Denise Levertov: http://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-collected-poems/More on Levertov on the New Directions website: http://www.ndbooks.com/author/denise-levertov/Buy Best Maid Pickles here: http://www.bestmaidproducts.comCheck me out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilCheck out my work at Susan Inglett Gallery (up until March 11th) p.s. I LOVE PICKLES!!!!!

My New Year’s Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle - may they never give me peace. -Patricia Highsmith, age 26, at 2:30 am New Year’s Eve 1947 in her journal.LINKS:Buy Highsmith's The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder here: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/The-Animal-Lovers-Book-of-Beastly-Murder/Buy "Red Wind" by Raymond Chandler here: http://www.biblio.com/book/red-wind-chandler-raymond/d/883729357?aid=frg&utm_source=google&utm_medium=product&utm_campaign=feed-details&gclid=Cj0KEQiAuJXFBRDirIGnpZLE-N4BEiQAqV0KGiz9dB2stliY27Nb7XBN771s91AJzkmAZF30e9MnazgaAmry8P8HAQListen to The Blaze w/ Lizzie & Kat here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blaze-lizzie-kat!-original/id949662737?mt=2More about The Blaze here: http://90210blaze.tumblr.comBeverly Hills, 90210 episode Windstruck: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0523000/

Keep yourself warmWhen the pools are freezing,Here, at the bottom of the sky,When the sky is thin, and does not holdAnd the soulis set free. -Haavikko LINKS:Buy World Poetry, An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time here: https://www.amazon.com/World-Poetry-Anthology-Verse-Antiquity/dp/0393041301

"I want...........poets reading to small audiences." - John Wieners“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value.” -Thomas Paine LINKS:My show at Susan Inglett Gallery tomorrow night! Info here: https://mailings.artlogic.net/readonline/99be6bd218024a08819063192317e531Buy John Wieners “Stars Seen in Person, Selected Journals” here: http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100921670&fa=descriptionListen to more about Wieners on KCRW’s Bookworm (my favorite podcast) here: http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/supplication-selected-poems-of-john-wienersScott Huler’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/huler?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorScott Huler’s "Defining the Wind” here: https://www.amazon.com/Defining-Wind-Beaufort-19th-Century-Admiral/dp/1400048850My white noise machine: http://tinyurl.com/gmfr52w

LINKS:Buy Kenneth Koch's Collected Poems here: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/94568/the-collected-poems-of-kenneth-koch-by-kenneth-koch/9780375711190/Buy one of my favorite books of all time, Vasko Popa's Complete Poems here: https://www.abebooks.com/9780856464348/Vasko-Popa-Complete-Poems-1953-1987-0856464341/plpCome see my solo exhibition in NYC next week here: https://mailings.artlogic.net/readonline/99be6bd218024a08819063192317e531Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"I say, let me be, please God, typical."-Donald Barthelme“How you do anything is how you do everything.” - Richard Rohr "I'm sorry." - Me LINKS:Buy Mary Ruefle's My Private Property here: http://www.wavepoetry.com/products/my-private-propertyWave Books is on fire always: http://www.wavepoetry.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

"The coarse salt on the pretzels fills me with such glee I can't express it." -W. Herzog"The ribbed indentations of the Ore-Ida crinkle cut french fries gives me life. Also, I have no problem with iceberg lettuce." - R. O'NeilLINKS:Buy Werner Herzog's Of Walking in Ice here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/of-walking-in-iceGo to Rogue Film School here: http://roguefilmschool.comMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilIceberg Lettuce: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/t/53adc70ce4b074ad242a0e52/1403897614112/?format=750w

“I like to read because it kills me.” -Mary RuefleLINKS:Buy Mary Ruefle’s new book “My Private Property” at Wave Books here: http://www.wavepoetry.com/products/my-private-propertyNYC, come see me: http://www.inglettgallery.com/oneil-3-february-2017LA, come see me: https://revisingloneliness.com/2017/01/09/i-present-two-at-echo-park-film-center/Trailer for my film: https://vimeo.com/26486761Echo Park Film Center: http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.orgMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/

(I'll be back next week, I promise) (and I'm sorry) Can you head out into the world without issue? Can you think about your past and be all "ehhh, it was ok, no big deal." Can you attend a party and enjoy it? Can you just eat regular, healthy meals & head to the gym after work and not overthink the whole thing? Well good for you! Please listen to another reading of Anne Boyer from her astounding book "Garments Against Women" which can be purchased through the link below. I can not explain how much I revere this book. If I could give it every single award there is, I would do exactly that. I love you guys, Robyn Buy the book here: https://ahsahtapress.org/product/boyer-garments/ Learn more about Anne Boyer here: http://www.anneboyer.comAnd here: https://twitter.com/anne_boyer?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorAnd here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2015/08/literature-is-against-us-in-conversation-with-anne-boyer/

You know the old proverb, "If you follow bikini models on instagram, your eyes and brain will dull into nothingness." Well, let's keep in mind the other one, "If you follow smart, interesting & talented people on instagram, your insides will glow & you'll become more intelligent with every scroll downward." I follow Water Liars on instagram, so my insides get to glow a lot.And thanks for all the positive reviews and feedback on iTunes! Keep 'em coming, friends.Reaching infinity, RobynLINKS!Me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/Water Liars: http://www.waterliarsmusic.comWater Liars Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waterliars/Buy "Astonishments" here: http://www.paracletepress.com/astonishments-selected-poems-of-anna-kamienska.html

God help you. Jesus help you. Everybody else help you. Everybody. Everybody make happy. Make everybody happy. Be a comedian.-Bill BorchardtLINKS:Buy "American Movie" here: http://www.secondspin.com/s/product/1012045?c3apiks=362_969172&cid=1334109&gclid=Cj0KEQjw09C5BRDy972s6q2y4egBEiQA5_guv8XgnJNJAAm7lQ0ecVlCU5GrwPsb6aX7fK3NlCMJ1CQaAq1W8P8HAQ#.VzS7PccleRsWatch this scene here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDAUhfFO6mUFollow Mark Borchardt on twitter: https://twitter.com/morethescarier?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

It goes like this. Nude Body. Bed. Public hairs detach and stick to blankets. They migrate north. They attach to pillow cases and jump onto human faces. End of story. LINKS:More on Robert Yarber: http://www.robertyarber.comBuy 50 Texas Artists by Annette Carlozzi here: https://www.amazon.com/50-Texas-Artists-ANNETTE-CARLOZZI/dp/B00AQ5ENNEDavid Drury's new project Folded Shorts here: https://www.instagram.com/foldedshorts/David Drury on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/DavDruryBuy The Best American Non Required Reading 2003 here: https://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Nonrequired-Reading-2003/dp/0618246967Collected Poems Mark Strand here: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/236122/collected-poems-by-mark-strand/

Today I admit some things and I ask some questions. I didn't talk about it, but I thought about steamed vegetables while recording this. Cabbage. And finally, never has a poet illustrated my way of crushing on people in high school more accurately. "If you come anywhere near my house, I will close my sandalwood doors, and lock you in." -MirabaiLINKS:Buy Robert Bly's The Winged Energy of Delight here: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780060575861/the-winged-energy-of-delightMore on Mirabai here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeeraMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/Luby's Shooting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_shooting

No dogs in this race. Too many dogs in other races. Is it even "race?" Is it "fight?" Either way, too many dogs. Too many races. Way too many fights. LINKS:Buy The Wesleyan Tradition: Four Decades of American Poetry here: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8195-2210-8More on Donald Revell here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/donald-revellMe on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/Me on twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil