Me Reading Stuff

Whoa, it's late. I'm tired. I'm greasy. I'm slow. I'm already hungry for breakfast. I'm bragging about how I'm never late to anything. But I'm also gifting you with warrior Novica Tadić's THEY COME FOR ME & MY FIRST RECORD. Get ready. Wear protective gear. Sit down. Drink water; drive on.LINKS:Buy NIGHT MAIL here: https://www.amazon.com/Night-Mail-Selected-Novica-Tadic/dp/0932440592Check out wonderful, thoughtful Stephanie Goehring's work here: http://www.stephaniegoehring.com

WALK ON AIR AGAINST YOUR BETTER JUDGEMENT LINKS:Buy Seamus Heaney's Opened Ground here: http://www.thriftbooks.com/w/opened-ground-selected-poems-1966-1996_seamus-heaney/261559/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwo5--BRCS8ceLjv-XppUBEiQAGp15ELizYkaXkyPIY2qkzE1xHV9_IDw7mTaMwHUnsRvRBxwaAhLs8P8HAQ#isbn=0374526788&pcrid=70112866032&pkw=&pmt=&plc=Talley Dunn Gallery in Dallas (my opening is November 12th): http://www.talleydunn.com

What do Thumbelina, Adam Ant and Alasdair Gillis have in common? Listen to find out! And then share with me your three! Today we read more César Vallejo. This time without croissant on my face. The table is prepared for you. I'll always be there for you. It's a loop. (FRANK)LINKS:Buy César Vallejo's The Complete Poetry (Bilingual) here: http://www.lybrary.com/the-complete-poetry-a-bilingual-edition-p-37002.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwrvq9BRD5gLyrufTqg0YSJACcuF81msJa9MsobE7e9irQg9UL8ydGEGOPPzhb6i_J5jl34RoCcYPw_wcBPlease head over to spanishpoems.blogspot.com for all sorts of brilliant translations! http://spanishpoems.blogspot.com/2004/04/csar-vallejo-trilce-xxviii.htmlAnd there's always The Winged Energy of Delight, Selected Translations by Robert Bly: https://www.amazon.com/Winged-Energy-Delight-Selected-Translations/dp/0060575867Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

In tonight's bonus episode, I read a new poem by Kanye West and talk about my history with people pleasing. Which I have conquered like a goddamned warrior. I also mention my attraction to both being cold and to Mickey Rourke.With love, RobynLINKS:Frank Ocean's "Blonde" on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blonde/id1146195596@caioberns on twitter: https://twitter.com/caiobernsMy StorYe on Watching the Throne (MY FAVE PODCAST!): http://www.watchingthethrone.com/robyn-oneil.htmlMore about the restaurant Kanye wrote about here: https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us.html

“I am a boy in a grey flannel suit. She has found me. I am struck on the nape of the neck. She has kissed me. All is shattered.” – V. Woolf, The Waves“I am a woman in a Target skirt and Old Navy tank top. Someone has emailed me. I have dry skin on my eyelids. My pharmacy just left me a message. All is on my calendar.” – R. O’Neil, Boketto LINKS:Buy "The Waves" here: http://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-waves_virginia-woolf/251790/?gclid=CjwKEAjwudW9BRDcrd30kovf8GkSJAB3hTxFJhp2bOYz8Qj88EosDYfUIvKDKwQEdIfsYiB1xOyj9xoCkLPw_wcB#isbn=0156949601&pcrid=70112865312&pkw=&pmt=&plc=More on "The Waves" here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WavesOrganize your closet with the help of this book: https://www.amazon.com/Organizing-Inside-Out-Second-Foolproof/dp/0805075895/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=TTAH51B9Z5PYES6K4D5XFollow me on those sites here: @robyn_oneil

"With history piling up so fast, almost every day is the anniversary of something awful." - BrainardLINKS:Buy "I Remember" here: http://granarybooks.com/book/13/Joe_Brainard+I_Remember/The film about Joe Brainard available here: http://www.joebrainardfilm.comFollow me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilFollow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/More on Fireflies (Lightning Bugs) here: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/firefly/My apologies.

"My name, my pronoun - a grey void." - Pizarnik OH and the word is MASCOT. Realized that while publishing this damn thing. My apologies. There is static and atmosphere roaming through my brain right now. Which feels really good actually. It's the result of serious productivity. Love to all. Robyn, the President. LINKS:Buy Pizarnik's A Musical Hell HERE: http://www.indiebound.org/book/978081122096More on Pizarnik on the fantastic New Directions website: 5http://www.ndbooks.com/book/a-musical-hell/Check out Stephanie Goehring here: http://www.stephaniegoehring.comAnd watch here read at Malvern Books here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDDNjGumW4A&feature=youtu.be&app=desktopGrapevine High School Mustangs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapevine_High_SchoolFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/and Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

After 6 days of not leaving the house, I'm coming at you loud and strong and without Vitamin D. Cuddle with your stuffed animals while listening to this one! LINKS:Buy "In the Moremarrow / En la masmedula" by Oliverio Girondo, Translated by Molly Weigel here at Action Books: http://actionbooks.org/oliverio-girondo-moremarrow/Check out information about The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner PhD here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dance-of-anger-harriet-lerner/1100553621Follow me on Twitter and Instagram @robyn_oneil

“My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.” -Patricia Highsmith SAME times a million.Today, as rusty water drips on my head, I present to you two separate readings about how the earliest occupants of the Americas discovered the wheel, but only as a children's toy. Kids first I guess. Stay strong my friends. I love you very much. Oh, and I heard your cries via the Podomatic "We Want More" button or whatever that is, so I'll be giving you an After Dark episode this week. I'm looking forward to it! I have so much I want to read you guys. Thank you so much for listening and caring. Let us proclaim the mystery of faith.LINKS:Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/Buy Vasko Popa's Complete Poems here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/vasko-popa-complete-poems-vasko-popa/1107427332?ean=9780856464331&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP439&k_clickid=3x439Buy John D'A

Today, we celebrate the end of relationships. We shall find peace. We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds in Tommy's backyard. We will quote RuPaul's self-love benediction and we will get on with our day even if we can't button our pants.LINKS:Buy Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost here: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/293600/a-field-guide-to-getting-lost-by-rebecca-solnit/9780143037248/More on Rebecca Solnit here: http://rebeccasolnit.netRuPaul on Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syy9KnJhE4gMore on my BFF E. Tyler Lindvall here: http://www.believermag.com/issues/200402/?read=tool_invacare_folding_shower_chairDominos: https://www.dominos.com/en/

The white noise of my dishwasher (baller) guides us through the beginning of what is sure to be a sweet day. I encourage 30 minutes of being good to yourself and I won't take no for an answer. I (for no reason) tell you something about Kurt Russell you might or might not know. And I ask who you loved in 2006. Also what's great about being alive? Tell me everything. I'm here. LINKS:Read Steve's full piece on Fatherhood for LitHub here: http://lithub.com/fatherhood-ruining-the-writing-career-saving-the-writing/Read an excerpt from Steve's book "Breaking into the Backcountry" here: http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Breaking-into-the-Backcountry,674653.aspxFollow Steve on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/The_Big_QuietWatch an Electric Literature animation based on one line from a Steve Edwards piece here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ9x1yu8F6U

“The Flood doesn’t come as a punishment, or a warning, or even as a lesson, but instead it seems to come because floods will sometimes come - leaving us with nothing but the opportunity to rebuild.” - John D’Agata, The Making of the American Essay“It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” - Frederick DouglassLINKS:More on D’Agata and his Graywolf Press books: https://www.graywolfpress.org/author-list/john-dagataD’Agata on KCRW’s Bookworm: http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/john-dagata-the-making-of-the-american-essayAntony & The Johnsons-“Another World”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp23w0v-GB8

My laptop battery is down to 11% so I gotta get this thing published. I also need food. I also would love to hear you guys tell me about an artist/writer/filmmaker you hated until you loved. I'm looking outside as I type this, and the world looks hazy and dreamy and exactly like I prefer it. So out I go to walk in it. With my Yeezus praying skeleton shirt on and Kay Ryan's deep tracks in my head. I'm ready for anything. LINKS:Buy Kay Ryan books here: http://www.discoverbooks.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=0802142222&gclid=CjwKEAjw-_e7BRDs97mdpJzXwh0SJABSdUH0-Gtg3bcVQ0V9EEvLjeWYASBoKmXY0Ipgrx4u06phzhoC-GPw_wcBand here: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-06181-9/Listen to Watching the Throne here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/watching-throne-lyrical-analysis/id1023488671?mt=2My favorite Kanye West song "New Slaves" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyOL-f_UO5k

The 4th of July seemed like a time to celebrate American sports, so I give you the weird words of Metta World Peace and some devastating ones from Doc Rivers. Thanks again to Pasha Malla and Jeff Parker for this book. It never fails to amuse/excite/move me. I gotta get back to the elbow macaroni and murder. Shoutout to all the pasta though. LINKS:Buy Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion here: http://www.featherproof.com/catalog/erratic-fire-erratic-passionAn excerpt from the book here: http://www.featherproof.com/excerpt-erratic-fireBuy Longing for the Bomb here: http://uncpress.unc.edu/books/12408.htmlMore about Lindsey A. Freeman here: http://www.lindseyfreeman.netAnd follow Lindsey on twitter @sociologybomb

"Promise me you're not here to sew discord in the fields of my peace." - Oprah on Twitter last night. LINKS:Buy Robert Bly's "The Winged Energy of Delight" here: http://www.ebookmall.com/ebook/the-winged-energy-of-delight/robert-bly/9780060575861?gclid=Cj0KEQjwhtO7BRCtwuO9gfTH-fQBEiQAdJ8FY4MhSNa7nS00K6jLvFiFr_E2L8Q8P4L50njO8u4NmgEaAsbj8P8HAQMore about Tomas Tranströmer here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_TranströmerBuy Tranströmer's "The Great Enigma" here: http://www.lybrary.com/the-great-enigma-new-collected-poems-p-212123.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwhtO7BRCtwuO9gfTH-fQBEiQAdJ8FY0rbW1qrGIYoQR_z9050EFbDap09M0x_9u755EcCn4YaAnPO8P8HAQSee the tweets of Oprah Winfrey here: https://twitter.com/Oprah?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorMore on #greenleaf here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenleaf_(TV_series)

Shower first, coffee later! Don't make that into a shirt. Worst phrase ever: "Happy wife; happy life." I hate that show "Everybody Loves Raymond" because it's the tv show version of that phrase. Anyway, today we read the intro to Lolita. Which makes me very uncomfortable even though these might be my favorite 4 paragraphs in the history of literature. Listen to find out more. It's all a big tangle of thorns really. LINKS:Buy Lolita here: https://www.loa.org/books/9-novels-1955-1962Buy the 8-week Mindfulness book here: https://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Eight-Week-Finding-Peace-Frantic/dp/1609618955?ie=UTF8&adid=18JH0YN34F9SRSAMCXCY&camp=14573&creative=327641&creativeASIN=1609618955&linkCode=as1&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Frcm.amazon.com%2Fe%2Fcm%3Ft%3Dminfinpeainaf-20%26o%3D1%26p%3D8%26l%3Das1%26asins%3D1609618955%26ref%3Dtf_til%26fc1%3D000000%26IS2%3D1%26lt1%3D_blank%26m%3Damazon%26lc1%3D0000FF%26bc1%3D000000%26bg1%3DFFFFFF%26f%3Difr&ref_=as_li_tf_til&tag=minfinpeainaf-20Free Mind

On ME READING STUFF, I've read you Whitman, e.e. cummings, Rilke, Gertrude Stein and so many more. And yeah.....now I'm reading you Heidi Montag. Haters gonna hate. "Hoppin' out the Maserati, all I see is paparazzi snapping pictures for the front cover of a magazine. So I pose in everything I wear, love to make the people stare. Always center of attention lookin' so bootylicious." LINKS:Download Heidi's album Superficial here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/superficial/id348940801Watch the official video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDN6Z60iccQCharlie talking to Spencer about crystals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxVmuJTNnqcMy favorite crystal shop here in LA: http://spellboundsky.com

156 episodes and counting! Twice a week (sometimes more) for exactly a year now, I have shared my loves and hates with you. I've shared the poems, letters and various other literary excerpts that make my brain and heart weak with awe. And you've been very kind to me every step of the way. I love you all for caring. And I can not thank you enough for your support. But all of this truly goes out to the poets of the world. Without you all, humanity is a disgrace. LINKS:Buy The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens here: http://www.lybrary.com/the-collected-poems-of-wallace-stevens-p-592194.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwqJ67BRCzzJ7Hy-LYlFYSJABwp9PGDblZOF3hKBxsCvtwFN53nFhZFEbZdTacW2o0zA14XRoCKLHw_wcBMe: http://robynoneil.comhttps://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilhttps://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/

Someone called me loud the other day. I'm trying to be quieter. I promise I'll get back to that Heidi Montag song. And John D'Agata. But for now, I give you Lucille Clifton. xo, RobynLINKS:Buy "Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000" through BOA Editions: https://www.boaeditions.org/collections/lucille-cliftonMore on Lucille here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_CliftonDonate to The Trevor Project here: http://www.thetrevorproject.orgDon't Be Cruel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd7dCbEfTs4My Prerogative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cDLZqe735kToo Close for Comfort Rainbow Wall: https://cinemastarlets.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/41.jpg

"But of all sadness this was sad..." LINKS: Even a few dollars helps: https://www.gofundme.com/pulsevictimsfundBrady Campaign: http://www.bradycampaign.orgThe Coalition to Stop Gun Violence: http://csgv.orgBuy the book that contains this Stephen Crane poem here: http://www.discoverbooks.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=1598530933&gclid=Cj0KEQjws_m6BRCv37WbtNmJs-IBEiQAWKKt0HUXOz67UhnCiyHrzMMQXapB6qofVx97SHy7CIfIvEkaAqE_8P8HAQ