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"Blame me if I'm not at loud parties." - Gulnar Salykbay "Please never invite me to a party." - MeHello my friends and enemies! Today I'm super happy to share with you this amazing book I found at my local bookstore. It is the POETRY edition of "Contemporary Kazakh Literature" and this is the first time any of these hundreds of poems have been translated to English. And holy shit they're GOOD. Throw that trash away HARD. I love you.LINKS:Buy Contemporary Kazakh Literature: POETRY here: https://kazakhstan.cambridge.org/poetry/Check out my 20-year survey show at the Modern in Fort Worth here: https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/Upcoming/Robyn-ONeil-WE-THE-MASSES-/5115Get your Robyn O’Neil merch here: https://shop.themodern.orgBuy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"I hated childhoodI hate adulthoodAnd I love being alive." - Mary Ruefle Happy Thanksgiving to anyone who hates and/or loves anything at all. I love you guys. And I need you. And I need this. LINKS:Buy Mary Ruefle's TRANCES OF THE BLAST here: https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/trances-of-the-blastBuy W.S. Merwin's "Migration: New and Selected Poems" here: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7BE438BB84-0D6E-4AB4-B564-0FDB6B4DB0C3%7DBuy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

"I heard screaming. I'm eating my McDonald's." - Charles Ramsey"I heard screaming. I'm eating my McDonalds." - MeLINKS:Interview with American hero Charles Ramsey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcLSI3oyqhsRemix by schmoyoho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZcRU0Op5P4The Great Concavity: https://greatconcavity.podbean.comMy mix on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6taNqrjRkfhYa0TzTWvBRf?si=J4zpr7ahRWWNxYd6WHk9SQMy mix on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/robyn-oneil-we-the-masses/pl.u-2aoq8ZzHGD16EkNCheck out my 20-year survey show at the Modern in Fort Worth here: https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/Upcoming/Robyn-ONeil-WE-THE-MASSES-/5115Get your Robyn O’Neil merch here: https://shop.themodern.orgBuy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

“there are no more words, from now on all talk will take place with the voices stones and trees have.” -Rolf Jacobsen“Today I am finally the person I’ve been trying to be my entire life.” - Me LINKS:Buy Rolf Jacobsen’s The Roads Have Come to an End Now here: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg={81C7BCEC-4F3A-45A6-92C0-143511DD0B22}The F*ck It Diet: https://thefuckitdiet.comFriends of Hazel Hall: https://www.facebook.com/friendsofhazelhallCheck out my 20-year survey show at the Modern in Fort Worth here: https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/Upcoming/Robyn-ONeil-WE-THE-MASSES-/5115Get your Robyn O’Neil merch here: https://shop.themodern.orgBuy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

“I am less of myself and more of the sun;The beat of life is wearing meTo an incomplete oblivion,” - Hazel Hall"I'm 42 years old and upset that someone unfriended me on Facebook." - Me LINKS:Buy Hazel Hall’s Selected Poetry here: https://ahsahtapress.org/book/hazel-hall/Buy Otis McDonald’s new album here: http://www.otismacmusic.comIf you love an alcoholic/addict OR if things just bother you: https://al-anon.orgSign up for a poem-a-day here: https://poets.orgGet your Robyn O’Neil merch here: https://shop.themodern.orgAnd check out my own shop here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopBuy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

“should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?” Mary Ruefle“I love looking at your plate.” - Me LINKS:Buy Mary Ruefle's “Dunce” here: https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/dunceBuy The Blind Plain by Igor Barreto here: https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781935635833/the-blind-plain.aspxBuy Stephanie Goehring’s “from The Water [Inaudible]” here: https://hostpublications.com/products/from-the-water-inaudible-by-stephanie-goehringListen to me on Glasstire here: https://glasstire.com/2019/10/27/sponsored-podcast-an-interview-with-robyn-oneil/Listen to Tyler Green’s interview with me on Modern Art Notes! https://manpodcast.com/portfolio/no-416-robyn-oneil/Check out my 20-year survey show at the Modern in Fort Worth here: https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/Upcoming/Robyn-ONeil-WE-THE-MASSES-/5115Get your Robyn O’Neil merch here: https://shop.themodern.orgAnd check out my own shop here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopBuy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com

“I grab a tomato, I acquire the old coin of autumn, I take in a movie, I’m arranging that kiss and that verse that nested in those immense eyelashes.” - Pablo de Rokha “I pretend to be June Cleaver, but a June with COPS hair and an old Dallas t-shirt. The word “Dallas" written in fluorescent green spray paint letters. And some ill-fitting eggplant colored corduroys from Target. A regretful buy. But we both have glazed carrots. And possibly a quiet tremble.” - Me LINKS:Buy Pablo de Rokha’s “Architecture of Dispersed Life: Selected Poetry” here: https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781848613775/architecture-of-dispersed-life-selected-poetry.aspxVisit Malvern Books: https://malvernbooks.comListen to Tyler Green’s interview with me on Modern Art Notes! https://manpodcast.com/portfolio/no-416-robyn-oneil/Check out my 20-year survey show at the Modern in Fort Worth here: https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/Upcoming/Robyn-ONeil-WE-THE-MASSES-/5115Get your Robyn O’Neil merch here: https://shop.themodern.orgBuy ME READ

"I'm not an animal anymore." - Mike Tyson "I like the way you ate lunch today." - MeLINKS:Buy Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion: The Poetry of Sportstalk here: http://www.featherproof.com/catalog/erratic-fire-erratic-passionMy upcoming 20-year survey show: https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/Upcoming/Robyn-ONeil-WE-THE-MASSES-/5115Buy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"My mother gave simple advice to all. Do not grow up to become a baby." - Mary Ruefle"I make perfect nachos." -MeLINKS:Buy Mary Ruefle's Dunce at Wave Poetry:https://www.wavepoetry.com/collections/new/products/dunceThe Story of My Uff Ball (not well-written): http://uffball.blogspot.comMy upcoming 20-year survey show: https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/Upcoming/Robyn-ONeil-WE-THE-MASSES-/5115Ruby City in San Antonio: https://www.rubycity.orgBuy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"Hope wears a strange raincoatand straps a gun inside.” - Mary Ruefle"Goodnight, sweetheart." - MeLINKS:Check out "Like a New Sun: New Indigenous Mexican Poetry" here: http://www.phonememedia.org/like-a-new-sunAnne Boyer's new book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374279349Mary Ruefle's new book "Dunce": https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/dunceMary Ruefle on Bookworm: https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/mary-ruefle-dunceBuy ME READING STUFF Tees and Sweatshirts here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/1948499/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sMore on The Trevor Project here: https://www.thetrevorproject.orgAnother ME READING STUFF on "Like a New Sun": https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mereadingstuff/episodes/2018-09-20T09_01_21-07_00Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me." -Mark Strand"The answer is chicken nuggets." - MeLINKS:Buy Mark Strand's Dark Harbor here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/174449/dark-harbor-by-mark-strand/9780679752790/Buy Mark Strand's Collected Poems here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/236122/collected-poems-by-mark-strand/9780804170857/Ruby City: https://www.rubycity.org/events/My piece at Ruby City: https://www.rubycity.org/artists/robyn-o-neil/My upcoming 20-year survey show: https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/Upcoming/Robyn-ONeil-WE-THE-MASSES-/5115Buy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

“Yes, you can serve me up as salami!” - Aristophanes “If you fall, I’ll be there. – Carpet“You are not going to escape my love.” - Me LINKS:World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse From Antiquity To Our Time here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203921.World_PoetryStendhal Syndrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stendhal_syndromeCy Twombly Gallery: https://www.menil.org/bookstore/products/cy-twombly-galleryVic Berger’s Very Best of JIMMY FALLON: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0MZSmfEeTY&t=554sMy new socks! https://bombas.com/products/womens-performance-ski-snowboard-socks-1?variant=navy-yellow-red

“We will have a total chaos without books, literature, and library.” - Anne Waldman “I just bought some feta cheese.” - MeLINKS:Buy Great American Prose Poems here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Great-American-Prose-Poems/David-Lehman/9780743243506Come see me talk at The Menil! https://www.menil.org/events/3102-artist-talk-robyn-o-neilME READING STUFF episode about Chögyam Trungpa: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mereadingstuff/episodes/2016-02-04T09_41_16-08_00 Buy a ME READING STUFF SHIRT here! https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/1948499/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sMore on The Trevor Project here: https://www.thetrevorproject.orgBuy Bombas! https://bombas.comMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"It is certainly true that the larger and older the living this is, the harder it is to know how to care for it." - Lydia Davis, Priority "Don't you wish you just didn't have a brain sometimes? I do." - MeLINKS:Buy The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312655396Learn more about this Amazon bullshit here: https://www.enmnews.com/2019/08/19/paging-big-brother-in-amazons-bookstore-orwell-gets-a-rewrite/Buy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

“My life is great. And it still sucks.” - MeLINKS:Check out THE WHITE PONY: An Anthology of Chinese Poetry here: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_White_Pony.html?id=Pk8SAAAAYAAJBuy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"Somewhere out there the world must have an end." -Wislawa Szymborska "My sink smells gross." - MeLINKS:Buy "Here" here (haha!): https://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/Here/9780547592091PLEASE buy a ME READING STUFF tee or sweatshirt! Why? A) They're soft B) The money goes to an important cause. Do that here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sCheck out The Trevor Project here: https://give.thetrevorproject.org/give/63307/#!/donation/checkout

“When you’re in the studio painting, there are a lot of people in there with you - your teachers, friends, painters from history, critics…and one by one if you’re really painting, they walk out. And if you’re really painting YOU walk out.” -Philip Guston remembering something he thought John Cage said to him.LINKS:Buy this book here: https://www.hauserwirth.com/publications/9467-philip-guston-the-poetsA badly written version of the story of what my UFF BALL is: http://uffball.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-story-of-my-uff-ball.htmlJaron Lanier: http://www.jaronlanier.com/tenarguments.htmlSherry Turkle: http://www.reclaimingconversationbook.comBuy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

"The beauty of the world is that it holds onto you; at every moment it is touching every inch of your body." - Cole Swensen "I like watching YouTube." - Robyn O'Neil LINKS:Buy "Noon" here: http://www.greeninteger.com/book.cfm?-Cole-Swensen-Noon-&BookID=123Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enBuy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

"It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lackof what is found there." - William Carlos Williams LINKS:Buy Paterson from New Directions: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/paterson/If you're interested in my book, here you go: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawingsIf you want a ME READING STUFF shirt or sweatshirt, here they are: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

"But that wild sea-hound...unkennelled, called all night all round." - John Freeman "...my heart flopped over and lay still while he passed (as close as i'm to you yes closer made of nothing except loneliness" -E.E. CummingsLINKS:Buy "Solitude" here: http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/classics//catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400044238Go to the fair! https://artlosangelesfair.comCheck out The Grey Market here: https://news.artnet.com/about/tim-schneider-641Check out Iva here: https://ivaplungerboy.com/home.htmlBuy a ME READING STUFF shirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en