ME READING STUFF

Episode 5: 🎁 Friday Night Giftisode 🌮

March 09, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 125 MB

With love, Robyn LINKS: The De Palma trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97XoMjwoZ5w Indiebound for buying absolute any of the books I mention, always: https://www.indiebound.org/ Cowboy Tommy // Cowboy Teddy Bear // Electric Fireplace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSqVnHN3q9E

Episode 4: P.S. 1: How my dog Henry's DNA ended up at the home of a Vanderpump Rules cast member's apartment.

January 27, 2024 00:00 - 16 minutes - 30.8 MB

THE ROBYN'S GATE PODCAST on PATREON!

Episode 2: ❤️‍🩹 ME READING STUFF ➸ ROBYN'S GATE ❤️‍🩹

January 13, 2024 00:00 - 54 minutes - 101 MB

🌁 THE ROBYN'S GATE PODCAST 🌁 patreon.com/ROBYNSGATE

Episode 1: Hello from Robyn and Ricci - An AFTER DARK! episode of ME READING STUFF

January 07, 2024 00:00 - 24 minutes - 45.7 MB

"See God, it ain't me. They 'bout to start a world war, I'm just tryna practice peace." - Leikeli47 "How the hell you walk outta Heaven?" - Leikeli 47 "LEARN A TRADE" - Me "I. CHOOSE. LIFE!" - Ricci Oprah To anyone reading, I've missed you. If anyone out there is struggling with, well anything, I hope you can find the resources that are best, most comfortable and affordable to you. I always recommend Al-Anon, as many of my listeners have heard before. I've yet to meet a pers...

Episode 381: Goodbye.

January 30, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 12 MB

“There is a charming quality, is there not,” he said to me, “in this silence; for hearts that are wounded, as mine is , a novelist whom you will read in time to come, claims that there is no remedy but silence and shadow. And see you this, my boy, there comes in all lives a time, towards which you still have far to go, when the weary eyes can endure but one kind of light; the light which a fine evening like this prepares for us in the stillroom of darkness, when the ears can listen...

Episode 380: Alfonsina Storni - The She-Wolf

January 19, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes - 49.8 MB

"I am like the she-wolf. I travel alone and I laugh at the flock." - Alfonsina Storni "My biggest thrill this week was seeing that basket full of mini chips in the salon window." - Me LINKS: Buy Alfonsina Storni's Selected Poems HERE. Check out Western Exhibitions' Drawing Biennial! Watch F. Murray Abraham destroy all artists HERE. Mark Laita's excellent documentary youtube page THE SOFT WHITE UNDERBELLY. *I can't recommend this channel enough. He's doing some serious service ...

Episode 379: Mike White - Levi's Letter from Rehab on "Enlightened" + RIP Charles Simic

January 12, 2023 00:00 - 26 minutes - 48.8 MB

"We're animals, Amy. And some animals like to party. For me, God is a beer on the beach. Maybe that's fucked up, but at least it's honest." - Levi, Enlightened "Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships." - Charles Simic "Today wasn't anything spectacular and that's what I loved about it." Me, January 2, 2023 LINKS: Watch "Enlightened" on HBO HERE. Charles Simic's Obituary. My website: www.robynoneil.com MY SHOP

Episode 378: Eliot Weinberger - An Elemental Thing (The Rhinoceros)

January 08, 2023 00:00 - 42 minutes - 78.1 MB

"Modern natural philosophers have found God in the folds of the skin of the rhinoceros." - Voltaire "I found the saltiest, greasiest corn chip at the bottom of this Juanita's bag this morning. It totally blew my mind." - Me LINKS: Buy the book here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/an-elemental-thing/ See what you think about these Daniel Ladinsky "HAFIZ" books: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/6/14/fake-hafez-how-a-supreme-persian-poet-of-love-was-erased And please meet Raj...

Episode 377: I'll Be Back!

January 03, 2023 00:00 - 9 minutes - 17.1 MB

Checking in after a long illness. Can't wait to start talking with you guys again! LINKS: Send your questions/comments/concerns to: [email protected] My website: www.robynoneil.com Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

Episode 376: Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

November 10, 2022 00:00 - 52 minutes - 96.7 MB

"We got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries." - Dire Straits "I love turkey sandwiches." - Me LINKS: Check out the Dire Straits video for "Money For Nothing" HERE! See Damien Jurado's website for tickets to his upcoming 25th anniversary show. My #1 Favorite Damien live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1d1eobg9QY My #2 Favorite Damien live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-SEQrHvd2o My #3 Favorite Damien live video: https://www.youtube.com/watc...

Episode 375: Anne Carson - The Albertine Workout

November 03, 2022 00:00 - 42 minutes - 77 MB

"It is always tricky, the question whether to read an author’s work in light of his life or not." -Anne Carson "If you can drink a beer, you can smell patchouli." - Me LINKS: Check out "The Albertine Workout" by Anne Carson HERE and buy it at your nearest independent bookseller. Listen to Anne Carson reading from "The Albertine Workout" HERE. SMELL LINKS: Zum Laundry Soap Zum Bar Soap Pacha Soap Mr. Coffee Mug Warmer Aveda Sắp Moss LUSH Karma The Smell of the Water Turn...

Episode 374: Daniil Kharms - The Things

October 27, 2022 00:00 - 24 minutes - 45.8 MB

"I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no anxiety about doing nothing by my own fault, my conscience was clear, and I was happy. This was when I was in prison." - Daniil Kharms "I'm exhausted." - Me LINKS: Buy "Today I Wrote Nothing" HERE (or wherever you buy books except Amazon). Buy a ME READING STUFF slut shirt or hoodie HERE! See my drawings in "HELL and the Paradisal" HERE. Watch the videos about my work HE...

Episode 373: Patrizia Cavalli - My Poems Won't Change the World

October 20, 2022 00:00 - 22 minutes - 42 MB

“I think I want, but what is it that I want? Do I want something? I don’t know." - Patrizia Cavalli "Kids tend to think of my violence as funny." - Me LINKS: Buy Patrizia Cavalli's "My Poems Won't Change the World" HERE. Check out my American Movie podcast HERE. Buy a "ME READING STUFF" shirt or sweatshirt HERE. See my drawings in "HELL and the Paradisal" HERE. Get free shipping on all books in my SHOP! (use Coupon Code "BOOK") And here's my WEBSITE. Thank you so much f...

Episode 372: Mary Ruefle - On Beginnings

October 14, 2022 00:00 - 35 minutes - 64.5 MB

"You hear so much talk about risk-taking in poetry. Lying is a form of risk-taking, but no one talks about that." - Mary Ruefle "The End." - Me ______________________________________________ LINKS: Buy Madness, Rack, and Honey at WAVE BOOKS. Buy a "ME READING STUFF" shirt or sweatshirt HERE. See my drawings in "HELL and the Paradisal" HERE. Get free shipping on all books in my SHOP! (use Coupon Code "BOOK") And here's my WEBSITE. Thank you so much for listening.

Episode 371: Mark Strand - The Mailman

October 04, 2022 00:00 - 33 minutes - 62.1 MB

"We all have reasons for moving. I move to keep things whole." - Mark Strand "Have you guys seen the new squeezable sauerkraut?!?" - Me LINKS: Purchase Mark Strand's "Selected Poems" HERE. Check out my Artforum review! Buy a "ME READING STUFF" shirt or sweatshirt HERE. See my drawings in "HELL and the Paradisal" HERE. Get free shipping on all books in my SHOP! (use Coupon Code "BOOK") Check out Easton's Books in Mount Vernon, Washington HERE. Learn more about The Trevor Pr...

Episode 370: C.K. Williams & Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

September 14, 2022 00:00 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MB

"Such fun waking up though! Such fun too if you don't! Keep dying! Keep writing it down!" - C.K. Williams "Message received." - Me LINKS: Buy "Writers Writing Dying" by C.K. Williams HERE. Buy "Rest" by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang HERE. Sign up for my newsletter HERE. Check out my show at Inman Gallery HERE.

Episode 369: The Workaholics Anonymous Book of Recovery

September 04, 2022 00:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MB

"Jeff, roommate: Left my stuff all over the house; left the fridge a mess. Mary, friend: Promised to make her a clock. Made it, but never gave it to her." -Workaholics Anonymous "Monica, Starbucks boss: Pretended I got a "gig" in Hollywood to be killed off in a horror movie. Never returned to job. Peter, Gallery Owner: Lied during a studio visit about how long I'd lived in California for no reason at all. I added ten years to the actual total." - Me LINKS: Purchase any of the W...

Episode 368: Robinson Jeffers - The World's Wonders

August 27, 2022 00:00 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MB

"I have also seen doom." -Robinson Jeffers "As you can see, I need to breathe." - Robyn O'Neil LINKS: Buy Robinson Jeffers' Selected Poems Hit up my website www.robynoneil.com

Episode 367: Anne Boyer - Garments Against Women (again)

June 17, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours - 38.4 MB

"I think mostly about clothes, sex, food, and seasonal variations. I have done so much to be ordinary and made a record of this: first I was born, next I was a child, then I learned things and did things and loved and had those who loved me and often felt alone. My body was sometimes well, then sometimes unwell. I got nearer to death, as did you." - Anne Boyer LINKS: Buy Anne Boyer's Garments Against Women HERE. www.robynoneil.com Me on Instagram

Episode 366: Elsa Gidlow - Of a Certain Friendship

June 09, 2022 00:00 - 45 minutes - 62 MB

"I have loved too terribly and too much Ever to have any fear of love." - Elsa Gidlow "Indoor plumbing is my favorite invention." - Me LINKS: Buy Elsa Gidlow books HERE! Poem-a-Day www.robynoneil.com Me on Instagram

Episode 365: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang - Rest

June 02, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 96.5 MB

boketto - to stare vacantly without doing anything friend - a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection perfectionist - a person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfection LINKS: Buy Rest : Why You Get More Done When You Work Less Info on my show AMERICAN ANIMALS Online Viewing Room for AMERICAN ANIMALS Catalogue for AMERICAN ANIMALS www.robynoneil.com Me on Instagram

Episode 364: Patricia Highsmith - Her Diaries and Notebooks (and a conversation with Damien Jurado!)

May 27, 2022 00:00 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MB

“My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.” - Patricia Highsmith "Honestly, same." - Me LINKS: Buy Patricia Highsmith - Her Diaries and Notebooks Info on my show AMERICAN ANIMALS Online Viewing Room for AMERICAN ANIMALS Catalogue for AMERICAN ANIMALS www.robynoneil.com Me on Instagram

Episode 363: Chika Sagawa - Composition in Three Primary Colors

May 20, 2022 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MB

"The post office is a mile away." -Chika Sagawa "Forgive yourself, forgive others, buy those refried beans." - Me LINKS: Buy The Collected Poems of Chika Sagawa here: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780593230015 Info on my show AMERICAN ANIMALS here: https://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/191-robyn-o-neil-american-animals-april-28-2022-june-4/overview/ Online Viewing Room for AMERICAN ANIMALS: https://www.inglettgallery.com/viewing-room/42-robyn-o-neil-american-animals/ ...

Episode 362: Kevin Prufer - Black Woods (and Bill Callahan lyrics)

May 16, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MB

"Bury me in wood / And I will splinter / Bury me in stone / And I will quake / Bury me in water / And I will geyser / Bury me in fire / And I'm gonna phoenix" - Bill Callahan "My favorite website is whodatedwho.com" - Me LINKS: Kevin Prufer's website: https://www.kevinprufer.com Info on my show AMERICAN ANIMALS here: https://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/191-robyn-o-neil-american-animals-april-28-2022-june-4/overview/ Online Viewing Room for AMERICAN ANIMALS: https://www.i...

Episode 361: Yosef Ibn Zabara - My Ex - Look at These People - The Physician

May 06, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MB

"Take pleasure today in the friend at your side; tomorrow he'll leave, and the joy will die." - Avraham Ibn Ezra LINKS: Buy "The Dream of the Poem" here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691121956/the-dream-of-the-poem Info on my show AMERICAN ANIMALS here: https://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/191-robyn-o-neil-american-animals-april-28-2022-june-4/overview/ Online Viewing Room for AMERICAN ANIMALS: https://www.inglettgallery.com/viewing-room/42-robyn-o-neil-...

Episode 359: The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, Edited by Eliot Weinberger

April 15, 2022 00:00 - 47 minutes - 65 MB

"I've listened to rain all my life. My hair's white now, and I still don't know night rain on a spring river." - Lu Yu LINKS: More on this book and where to purchase it here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-new-directions-anthology-of-classical-chinese-poetry/?source=search My upcoming show at Susan Inglett Gallery: https://www.inglettgallery.com My website: www.robynoneil.com Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rob...

Episode 358: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "A Starling"

February 04, 2022 00:00 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MB

“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Be my coworker. I'd love a bag." - Me LINKS: Check out my source for this week's reading, Christopher Burn's "Poetry Changes Lives": https://www.poetrychangeslives.com/mozarts-funeral-for-his-pet-starling/ Send your questions to: [email protected] My website: www.robynoneil.com Me on Instagram: https:/...

Episode 357: Mark Strand & Vladimir Nabokov

January 28, 2022 00:00 - 57 minutes - 78.7 MB

“The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness." - Vladimir Nabokov "If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more humane and decent world." - Mark Strand "If you get a stye, you'll know you're not alone." -Me LINKS: Buy Mark Strand's Collected Poems: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/236122/collected-poems-by-...

Episode 356: Choi Seungja - Phone Bells Keep Ringing for Me

January 21, 2022 00:00 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MB

"That I am alive is no more than an endless rumor." - Choi Seungja "You don't want an ombre hairstyle on your teeth." - Me p.s. I have an ombre hairstyle on my teeth LINKS: More on Choi Seungja and "Phone Bells Keep Ringing for Me" here: https://actionbooks.org/choi-seungja-phone-bells/ More on Stephanie Goehring here: https://hostpublications.com/products/from-the-water-inaudible-by-stephanie-goehring Interested in crafting with me? Here's the watercolor book I mentioned: http...

Episode 355: Robert Creeley - A Day Book

January 14, 2022 00:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MB

"For love - I would split open your head and put a candle in behind the eyes." - Robert Creeley "I will not use my mid-stream urine; I will go to the drug store." - Me LINKS: Robert Creeley's "A Day Book: Tuesday, November 19, 1968": https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/a-day-book_robert-creeley/1408332/item/2488639/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAuP-OBhDqARIsAD4XHpdlixwlnKU5CcaAS7Kq8stZOC_t5pTdq5HlIFK-mhVIgVsBc5Q5vdUaApV5EALw_wcB#idiq=2488639&edition=4524274 Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com...

Episode 354: Kassia St. Clair - Acid Yellow

January 06, 2022 00:00 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MB

"Pueblo, Concrete, Maniac" - Me LINKS: Buy The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/552503/the-secret-lives-of-color-by-kassia-st-clair/ Purchase the new 10" single "Take Your Time" by Damien Jurado here: https://damienjurado.bigcartel.com/product/take-your-time-limited-edition-10-single Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Handwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/ Me on Twit...

Episode 353: Jameson O'Hara Laurens - Spell for a Drowning Man

December 31, 2021 00:00 - 47 minutes - 65.6 MB

"Dear Everyone, Let me disappoint you." - Sort of Jameson O'Hara Laurents, sort of me. LINKS: Buy Medaeum by James O'Hara Laurens here: https://henrymiller.org/2016/11/01/announcing-the-publication-of-medaeum-by-jameson-ohara-laurens/ Listen to "Once Upon a Time at Bennington College": http://www.lilianolik.com/once-upon-a-time-at-bennington-college Warm your mug: https://www.mrcoffee.com/accessories/mug-warmers/mr.coffee-mug-warmer/SAP_MWBLKPDQRB.html Hop Your John: https://w...

Episode 352: Graham Burnam - The Thing That Got My Fun

December 24, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 103 MB

"I like ancient Chinese poetry." - Graham Burnam "I'd like to publish a Graham Burnam book of poetry." - Me LINKS: D.W. Burnam's work: https://www.instagram.com/d.w._burnam/ Dawn Cerny's work: https://www.instagram.com/cerny_studio/ Everyman's Pocket LIbrary's Solitude: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400044238 Buy my Lion shirt at Inman Gallery here: https://inman-gallery.square.site/product/robyn-o-neil-yong-kiang-hotel-lion-t-shirt/304?cs=true&cst=custom Susan Inglet...

Episode 351: Marlene Dietrich - Daily Rituals

December 17, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MB

"Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting." - Marlene Dietrich "If there is a supreme being, he's crazy." - Marlene Dietrich LINKS: Buy Mason Currey's "Daily Rituals: Women at Work" here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/604080/daily-rituals-women-at-work-by-mason-currey/9781524732950?ref=PRHB7BD76FBDB&aid=14813&linkid=PRHB7BD76FBDB Buy my Lion shirt at Inman Gallery here: https://inman-gallery.square.site/product/robyn-o-neil-yong-kiang-hotel-lion-t-shirt/304?cs=tru...

Episode 350: David Markson - This is Not a Novel

December 10, 2021 00:00 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MB

“Tennessee Williams choked to death on the plastic cap of a nasal spray.” - David Markson "I didn't breathe well today. You could hear me breathing too much." - Me LINKS: Buy "This is Not a Novel" at your local independent bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781619027145 Buy my Lion shirt at Inman Gallery here: https://inman-gallery.square.site/product/robyn-o-neil-yong-kiang-hotel-lion-t-shirt/304?cs=true&cst=custom Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_onei...

Episode 349: Sebastián de Covarrubias Horozco - Treasure of the Castilian or Spanish Language (Selected & Translated by Janet Hendrickson)

December 02, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MB

"What I've aimed for as a translator is transparency, but in pieces, like high small windows in a tall room that let in only moving fragments of the picture of the sky." - Janet Hendrickson "Uhhhhh Sebastián, lions ARE cool." - Me LINKS: Buy Treasure of the Castilian or Spanish Language here: https://bookshop.org/books/treasure-of-the-castilian-or-spanish-language/9780811228602 Buy Dave Eggers's "The Every" with my drawings on the cover here: https://electric-works.myshopify.com...

Episode 348: Wislawa Szymborska - Nonreading

November 30, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MB

"Perhaps two in a thousand people like poetry." - Wislawa Szymborska “There’s a lot to think about isn’t there?” -Mr Rogers LINKS: Buy Wislawa Szymborska's "Here" here: https://bookshop.org/books/here-9780547592091/9780547592091 Buy "The Every" by Dave Eggers with my drawings on the cover here: https://electric-works.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-every-by-dave-eggers-robyn-oneil-cover Buy my 2021 Greeting Card for the contest to win a drawing here: https://...

Episode 347: Charles Simic - Dime-Store Alchemy

November 19, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MB

“He who cannot howl will not find his pack.” - Charles Simic "...unusual feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment, unexpected and more abiding than usual." - Joseph Cornell LINKS: Buy Charles Simic's Dime-Store Alchemy here: https://www.nyrb.com/products/dime-store-alchemy-1?variant=1094929469 Order my 2021 Headstone Greeting Cards here: https://www.robynoneil.com/cardsandstickers Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Handwritten Notes: https://www...

Episode 346: Anna Akhmatova - Seventh Book

November 11, 2021 00:00 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MB

"If you only knew from what rubbish Poetry grows, knowing no shame." - Anna Akhmatova "You don't need friends everybody. Just have fun with yourself." - Me LINKS: Buy The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova here: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780939010271 Order your greeting cards here: https://www.robynoneil.com/cardsandstickers Buy a ME READING STUFF shirt or sweatshirt to support The Trevor Project here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/1948499/tee-men-s...

Episode 345: Melody Thomas Scott - Always Young and Restless

November 05, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29 MB

She stabbed Clint Eastwood. She can make one tear run down her right cheek on command. I made a chef salad and don't take care of myself well anymore. LINKS: Buy "Always Young and Restless: My Life On and Off America's #1 Daytime Drama" here: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781635766943 Order your greeting cards here: https://www.robynoneil.com/cardsandstickers My website: www.robynoneil.com Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Handwritten Notes: ht...

Episode 344: A.L. Snijders - Night Train (translated by Lydia Davis)

October 29, 2021 00:00 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MB

"Everything has its story." - A.L. Snijders "I'm a soap opera scholar." - Me LINKS: Buy Night Train by A.L. Snijders here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/night-train/ Register for my lecture here: https://finearts.wsu.edu/event/robyn-oneil-virtual-artist-talk/ Visit my shop here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shop Support The Trevor Project by buying ME READING STUFF shirts here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/1948499/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blen...

Episode 343: Werner Herzog - Conquest of the Useless

October 21, 2021 00:00 - 48 minutes - 65.9 MB

"Read, read, read, read, read. Those who read own the world; those who immerse themselves in the Internet or watch too much television lose it. If you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker. Our civilization is suffering profound wounds because of the wholesale abandonment of reading by contemporary society." - Werner Herzog LINKS: Buy Werner Herzog's Conquest of the Useless here (ON SALE!): https://www.harpercollins.com/products/conquest-of-the-useless-werner-herzog?variant=32...

Episode 342: Kool Keith & Fran Lebowitz

October 14, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MB

"You workin' hard lady? I don't believe you." - Kool Keith "Are you an original? I don't believe you." - Me LINKS: Kool Keith's "Matthew": https://koolkeith.bandcamp.com/album/matthew Listen to "I Don't Believe You" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH4Y16Hb6RM Buy The Fran Lebowitz Reader here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/99063/the-fran-lebowitz-reader-by-fran-lebowitz/ Head to my shop and use your Coupon Code!: https://www.robynoneil.com/shop My Website: ht...

Episode 341: Anne Boyer - Garments Against Women (Yes, again)

October 08, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.1 MB

"You should know this: that feed is your poem.” - Anne Boyer "You should know this: that thing you casually do is probably not your art. But it actually might be your art. Totally depends on the person." - Me LINKS: Buy Garments Against Women here: https://www.mobythegreat.com/books/anne-boyer/garments-against-women/9780141990217?gclid=CjwKCAjwtfqKBhBoEiwAZuesiNrZKfmdDm3cfsCp_4cA3ysYNXTUAvX3YEHFst5LXVIBjpTnI2LkUxoCXXUQAvD_BwE My Website: https://www.robynoneil.com My Shop: http...

Episode 340: The School of Life Dictionary - Ugliness

September 30, 2021 00:00 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MB

"Beauty is as rare as mass murder." - The School of Life Dictionary "I need better bras, but refuse to wear good bras anymore." - Me LINKS: Buy the new Dave Eggers book The Every here: https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/the-every?taxon_id=1 or here: https://electric-works.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-every-by-dave-eggers Buy The School of Life Dictionary here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/us/tsol-dictionary/ My Website: https://www.robynoneil.com...

Episode 339: Keaton Patti - I Forced a Bot to Write This Book

September 24, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MB

"She had no horses but thought she did." -Keaton Patti's Bot "Garlic powder is prob the most important thing to me." - Yours Truly LINKS: Buy "I Forced a Bot to Write This Book" here: https://linktr.ee/IForcedABot My Website: https://www.robynoneil.com My Shop: https://www.robynoneil.com/shop Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Handwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/ Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Buy Err...

Episode 338: Etel Adnan - The Arab Apocalypse

September 17, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MB

"The books I'm writing are houses that I build for myself." - Etel Adnan "The books I'm reading about demons are making me nervous." - (Catholic) Me LINKS: Buy The 2 volume Etel Adnan reader here: https://nightboat.org/book/to-look-at-the-sea-is-to-become-what-one-is/ Support me and my shop here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shop Check out the show I'm in with the Studio Archive Project: https://studioarchiveproject.com Sunglasses? Readers? Check this place out! https://www.sung...

Episode 337: Marie Howe - What the Living Do

September 09, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes - 31.8 MB

“Without devotion any life becomes a stranger's story...told for the body to forget what it once loved.” - Marie Howe “Death is our friend precisely because it brings us into absolute and passionate presence with all that is here, that is natural, that is love… Life always says Yes and No simultaneously. Death (I implore you to believe) is the true Yea-sayer. It stands before eternity and says only: Yes.” - Rainer Maria Rilke LINKS: Buy Marie Howe's What the Living Do: https://ww...

Episode 336: Songs from the Quechua - Translated by Mark Strand

September 02, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MB

"I am raising a fly with wings of gold" - Songs from the Quechua "I want to be on The Young and the Restless." - Me LINKS: Buy "Looking for Poetry, Translations by Mark Strand: here: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375709883?aff=penguinrandom Check out my website here: www.robynoneil.com Shop my shop here: www.robynoneil.com/shop Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

Episode 335: Reader's Digest & Spike Carlsen

August 26, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MB

"Garbage collectors pick up 6,424 pounds of your trash a year." - Spike Carlsen "Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain." - Robert Gary Lee LINKS: Buy Spike Carlsen's "A Walk Around the Block" here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-walk-around-the-block-spike-carlsen?variant=33021712793634 Check out Reader's Digest here: https://www.rd.com If you're worried about someone else's drinking: https://al-anon.org Check out my website here: www.robynoneil.com Shop my shop ...

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