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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.htmlBig Cat Rescue: https://bigcatrescue.orgMe on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on twitter: https://twitter.com/robyn_oneil?lang=en

"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_DRS_NOOK+EBooks_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP75008Learn more about Sam Shepard's Day Out of Days here: http://www.sam-shepard.com/dayoutofdays.htmlMe on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

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 guys. Hopefully this improvement will last. And I'm wishing you well as always. XO, RobynLINKS:May Sarton's The House by the Sea: https://openroadmedia.com/ebook/The-House-by-the-Sea/9781497646353Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

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, recording you a new episode. That's my biggest goal. I've missed you all very much, and thanks for putting up with me. I really appreciate the love and support.LINKS: Catullus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catullus Anna Akhmatova: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/anna-akhmatova The Akhmatova book I read from: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/poems-of-anna-andreevna-akhmatova-anna-akhmatova/1122976878?ean=9780393300147&pcta=n&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Shopping+Textbooks_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP17&k_clickid=3x17 Joe Brainard: http://www.joebrainard.org/BIO_MAIN.htm (he's hot)

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 your patience. Hopefully I'll be back soon. I miss you guys and I miss being able to talk things out. LINKS:Buy the book! http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/30082/mark-strand/Mark Strand on KCRW: http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/mark-strand-a-blizzard-of-one

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.com for only $14.95.LINKS:http://www.featherproof.com/catalog/erratic-fire-erratic-passion

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