“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” - Virginia Woolf

“I wish you secure banisters and poison-free aspirin.” - Me

LINKS:

Buy "The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis" here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312655396

Buy "Complete Poems" by Vasko Popa here: https://www.mcnallyjackson.com/vasko-popa-complete-poems-1953-1987

Buy my book "20 Years of Drawings" here: https://www.amazon.com/Robyn-ONeil-20-Years-Drawings/dp/0692896511/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543699086&sr=8-1&keywords=Robyn+o%27neil

Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

Get a ME READING STUFF t-shirt and support the vital LGBTQ organization The Trevor Project here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

Listen to "I'm Going To Make A Cake" by Philip Glass here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfpuHdyYAi8

My coffee already turned cold and I say thank you.
My body can't handle much more and I say thank you.
My stomach hurts and I say thank you.
People I didn't expect to hear from reach out and I say thank you.
I am uncomfortable and I say thank you.
I will be with my 4-person family and nobody else for Thanksgiving for the first time maybe ever, and I am saying thank you.
I will crochet on the plane and I am saying thank you with every stitch and every incorrect move.
I will have an aisle seat and I say thank you.
Even as every passenger's crotch passes my line of sight on their way to the bathroom, I will say thank you thank you thank you. I didn't want to see your crotch, but thank you.

LINKS:

Buy "The Winged Energy of Delight" by Robert Bly here: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780060575861/the-winged-energy-of-delight/

Buy "Migration" by W.S. Merwin here: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7BE438BB84-0D6E-4AB4-B564-0FDB6B4DB0C3%7D

Buy a ME READING STUFF t-shirt or sweatshirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

Learn more about The Trevor Project here: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/#sm.0001e7yc1j1bu3dpyz1gjgtzawrhx

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

“Literature is love. I think it went like this: drawings in the cave, sounds in the cave, songs in the cave, songs about us. Later, stories about us. Part of what we always did was have sex and fight about it and break each other’s hearts. I guess there’s other kinds of love too. Great friendships. Working together. But poetry and novels are lists of our devotions. We love the feel of making the marks as the feelings are rising and falling. Living in literature and love is the best thing there is. You’re always home.” -Eileen Myles

LINKS:

Buy "I Must Be Living Twice" here: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062389084/i-must-be-living-twice/

Listen to Eileen Myles on Bookworm from KCRW here: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062389084/i-must-be-living-twice/

Buy a ME READING STUFF T-Shirt or Sweatshirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff

Support The Trevor Project here: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/about/#sm.00000zms3d419g3ezex4idbtuh7n4

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

“Everything war and I can’t get enough of it - and still it almost drives me crazy.” - Georgia O’Keeffe

“I like watching old men walk across streets. - Me

LINKS:

Buy “My Faraway One” here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300166309/my-faraway-one

Buy a ME READING STUFF t-shirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff

More on The Trevor Project here: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/about/#sm.00000zms3d419g3ezex4idbtuh7n4

My favorite Youtube Channel “BeatleBabe”: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLSyetOa-ut3483mU9GQfyQ

My best friend Eric: https://twitter.com/ChopStarNation

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil
Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"Moonlight in the kitchen is a sign of God." - Anne Carson

"The browning of tater tots in a barely-functioning oven is a sign of God." - Robyn O'Neil


LINKS:

Buy a ME READING STUFF shirt & support The Trevor Project!: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff

Buy Anne Carson's Glass, Irony & God here: https://www.ndbooks.com/author/anne-carson/#glass-irony-and-god

Buy The Horse Has Six Legs here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/horse-has-six-legs

Buy Claudia Rankine's Citizen here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/citizen

Buy Mary Ruefle's Most of It here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/citizen

Buy Melody Beattie's Codependent No More here: http://melodybeattie.com/books/codependent-no-stop-controlling-others-start-caring/

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

We finally have ME READING STUFF shirts & sweatshirts now!!! And proceeds go to The Trevor Project! And they're VERY soft. Soft clothes are good. What else is good? Blankets. Pets with fur. Salads. Walks. Getting older. Rolling with it. Stretching. One day at a time. Sleepovers. Magazines. Crocheting. Going to sleep. Goodnight.

LINKS:

ME READING STUFF SHIRTS!!! https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff

Buy "Music by Philip Glass" here: https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/MUSIC-PHILIP-GLASS-Harper-Row/526474547/bd

More on Christopher Knowles here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Knowles

The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/about/#sm.00000d0qe9aog8d0vzdh7iaayab9p

Zum Laundry Stuff: https://www.indigowild.com/home-cleaning/zum-clean-laundry-soap.html

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

...and he chased me without end.

LINKS:

Buy "I Remember Nightfall" here: https://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/catalog/browse/item/?pubID=8388607

Support Malvern Books in Austin: http://malvernbooks.com

The Great Stephanie Goehring: https://twitter.com/eselgoehring

My show in Kalamazoo: https://wmich.edu/art/exhibitions/archive/2018-19/robyn-oneil.html

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

Sorry about the blanket statement on Californians. When I get back to the middle of the country, I turn a bit hostile towards the kindness level on the coasts. I like people pleasant. Kill me.

I met the sweetest woman named Sandy on a plane yesterday. She told me she lost her husband (to a heart attack), daughter (to an overdose), and granddaughter (to suicide). All in 2 years. She bought herself a beach cruiser bike in pink (because her daughter and granddaughter love pink) and she's going to ride it around her neighborhood every evening this Fall.

LINKS:

Buy "LIKE A NEW SUN: New Indigenous Mexican Poetry" here: http://www.phonememedia.org/like-a-new-sun/

In Austin, head to Malvern Books: http://malvernbooks.com

Check out updates from Stephanie Goehring here: https://twitter.com/eselgoehring?lang=en

Me in Kalamazoo: https://wmich.edu/art/exhibitions/visitingartists/archive/2018-19/oneil.html

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"I am a bandit myself because I kill my brain." - Vaslav Nijinsky

LINKS:

Buy The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky here: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/48bdm7sz9780252073625.html

Follow bansee_beats here: https://www.instagram.com/banshee_beats/

or here: https://twitter.com/banshee_beats

Follow Dasi B studio here: https://www.instagram.com/dasibstudio/

Follow Erica who told the story about her grandparents’ drivers licenses here: https://www.instagram.com/hairica_styles/

or here: https://twitter.com/ericunnt

I see long stemmed roses, but only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

LINKS:

Buy The Living Mountain here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/the-living-mountain-nan-shepherd/1014931494/2675516716974?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_New+Marketplace+Shopping+Textbooks_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP211671&gclid=CjwKCAjwzqPcBRAnEiwAzKRgS21MHZNQ3wX52PLVjnRQMpN5_6N7jwdLAOjI9ud4IsGgCc8GhyGl8RoC2ZsQAvD_BwE

Check out Tyler Bright Hilton's work here: https://www.tylerbrighthilton.com

Here's the afghan from Roseanne: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/31/16/4AB920C400000578-5565053-image-m-3_1522510597687.jpg

Come to my reading this Sunday afternoon. Facebook info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/299473877522354/

Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en