ME READING STUFF

THE SHADE I WITNESS ON MY DUSK-TIME WALKS, WATCHING WINDOWS: shade made by a man's thumb on a remote control, open car door shade, garage door closing shade, a dog's tennis ball on grass shade, one crumpled napkin on a table shade, kid on the corner of a couch shade, Larry's shade.

LINKS:

Link to this poem in the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/10/each-day-unexpected-salvation-john-cage

Link to buy FLOAT: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/532529/float-by-anne-carson/9781101946848/

Link to Anne Carson's reading & performance at UCLA's The Hammer: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2016/10/anne-carson/

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

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

Is the world populated by children? Have you had any? If so, why? If not, why? Do you suck on adult bottles? Do I? Can't wait to read that essay on happiness.

LINKS:

Buy “Nobody’s Home” by Dubravka Ugresic (Essays) here: https://www.openletterbooks.org/products/nobodys-home

Previous Dubravka Ugresic episode:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mereadingstuff/episodes/2018-03-22T21_55_49-07_00

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

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

Don't murder me, don't murder her. Don't murder him and don't be hateful to that group of humans. Also don't hunt. Plant something and call home. Don't throw up unless you're on chemo (or dealing with something similar), and enjoy your breezes. I am your friend, but I can't always be there.

LINKS:

Buy "short", edited by Alan Ziegler here: http://www.perseabooks.com/detail.php?bookID=109

Learn more about Jamaica Kincaid (and how she hates happy endings) here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1997/09/jamaica-kincaid-hates-happy-endings/

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

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"Hey, a computer took your place, Daddy." - Dusty Rhodes, The American Dream

"Hey, I'm about to make a Buddha Bowl, Daddy." - Robyn O'Neil

LINKS:

Dusty Rhodes "Hard Time Blues" Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9py4aMK3aIU

Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion by Pasha Malla & Jeff Parker: http://www.featherproof.com/catalog/erratic-fire-erratic-passion

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

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

Just wanted to say a proper goodbye since I don't know when exactly I'll be back. I'll do my best to return to boring you to death with questions about foodstuffs ASAP. I love you guys!

LINKS:

https://www.robynoneil.com

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

"Will I be able
On this unrest-field
To raise you a tent of my hands"
-Far Within Us (1943) (Popa)

"I will be able
Under this peaceful strike
To bury you fields of surrender"
-Far Past This (2018) (O'Neil)

LINKS:

Buy Vasko Popa's Complete Poems here: http://www.mcnallyjackson.com/vasko-popa-complete-poems-1953-1987

My show in Houston: https://www.deasil.art

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

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

"It's Ted. It's Vera's Boy." -Ted Kooser
"It's Robyn. It's Jim and Wendy's girl." - Me

LINKS:

Buy Delights & Shadows here: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7B5DB744E9-E4AB-4314-A21F-C4C84A317273%7D

I had a rectangular pupil. I had a hot dog shaped pupil. I had a clover shaped pupil. And now it is round.

LINKS:

Buy Ugrešić's book and learn more about her from New Directions: https://www.ndbooks.com/author/dubravka-ugresic/

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

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Today I tell the story of “Barry”, a man who offered to pay me $40,000 for 2 hours of work. Nope, it wasn’t for sex work! Listen to this podcast to find out what he wanted me to do. But more importantly, listen to hear from TODD:

“Even when your own biography is breaking and entering into taboo areas, blazing and stabbing and juicing the days into their glistening parts our stories deepen as they go, finally revealing something not unlike the origin of the world.” Andrew Weatherhead

LINKS:

Buy Andrew Weatherhead’s book TODD here: https://monsterhousepress.com/books/todd-andrew-weatherhead

Follow Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/weeatherhead?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Follow Andrew on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeatherhead/

TODD release party in NYC: https://www.facebook.com/events/1794628867506303/

Go to Matthew Sontheimer’s show at The Union in Omaha, NE! http://www.u-ca.org/exhibition/

"Being happy is for what?"

LINKS:

Buy Near to the Wild Heart here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/near-to-the-wild-heart1/

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

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

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