“Sometimes I think no matter how one is born, no matter how one acts, there is something out of gear with one somewhere, and that must be changed. Life at its best is a grand corrective.” - Jessie Redmon Fauset

LINKS

Read more about Jessie Redmon Fauset in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-forgotten-work-of-jessie-redmon-fauset

Buy her novel “There Is Confusion” here: https://www.amazon.com/There-Confusion-Northeastern-Library-Literature/dp/1555530664

Check out my book tour dates here: https://www.archonprojects.com/news-and-events/

Buy my book here: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawings

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

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

A nurse called me a pee pee girl. I love San Antonio. John Ashbery died today. He loved movies. I do too. So do you.

I’ve missed you.

LINKS

Buy John Ashbery’s Planisphere:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/planisphere-john-ashbery/1016147783/2675161923307?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP1948&k_clickid=3x1948

Buy my new book here: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawings

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

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

Send in your Kleenex CEO poems!
[email protected]

LINKS:

https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/trances-of-the-blast

"It is a mistake to hope, but not a biggie." -Mary Ruefle

LINKS:

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

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

Buy Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties here: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Rilke-on-Love-and-Other-Difficulties/

Buy Vasko Popa's Complete Poems here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/vasko-popa-vasko-popa/1125579840/2683774181823?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+greatbookprices_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP24181

Info on my show here in LA, opening July 22nd: http://www.101exhibit.com/exhibitions/figurative-futures

RuPaul Wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKJp5xRVpJs

"The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream." -Wallace Stevens.

Good luck topping that line.

LINKS:

Wallace Stevens - The Collected Poems: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/251420/the-collected-poems-of-wallace-stevens-by-wallace-stevens/9781101911686/

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

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

Email David your contest entries at [email protected]

I'm back for today! Talking again about pubic hair and vasectomies. I also give a little shoutout to the size of my grandma's breasts, so there's a little something for everyone today.

LINKS:

Scars by Blaga Dimitrova: http://www.ivypressprinceton.com/book3.html

Big Cat Rescue: https://bigcatrescue.org

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

Me on twitter: https://twitter.com/robyn_oneil?lang=en

"I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality." - Mark Strand

"I love communicatin' language with you." - Me, not on my A game.

LINKS:

Buy Mark Strand's Almost Invisible here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/almost-invisible-mark-strand/1102305106?ean=9780307957641&st=PLA&sid=NOK_DRS_NOOK+EBooks_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP75008

Learn more about Sam Shepard's Day Out of Days here: http://www.sam-shepard.com/dayoutofdays.html

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

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

Hi guys! Today I'm feeling physically better today than I have since March, so I figured I need to say hello while I have a little energy. Not my best podcast, but I've missed this. And I've missed you. Times are rough, my body hates me, the world is in turmoil, but that's why we read and share and watch Amanda Bynes movies. In other words, we are not painting only fans at the moment. I love you guys. Hopefully this improvement will last. And I'm wishing you well as always. XO, Robyn

LINKS:

May Sarton's The House by the Sea: https://openroadmedia.com/ebook/The-House-by-the-Sea/9781497646353

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

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

Hi guys! Thank you so much for all the nice reach arounds. Just kidding. Thanks for reaching out, wishing me well & sending me all the healing thoughts. Great news - I didn't get horrible news from my cardiologist! I'm still not the picture of health, but there's a game plan. So it'll be a long process for me, but I should start feeling a bit more like myself soon. I will be back next week, recording you a new episode. That's my biggest goal. I've missed you all very much, and thanks for putting up with me. I really appreciate the love and support.

LINKS:

Catullus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catullus

Anna Akhmatova: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/anna-akhmatova

The Akhmatova book I read from: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/poems-of-anna-andreevna-akhmatova-anna-akhmatova/1122976878?ean=9780393300147&pcta=n&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Shopping+Textbooks_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP17&k_clickid=3x17

Joe Brainard: http://www.joebrainard.org/BIO_MAIN.htm (he's hot)

In case you guys read these, I thought I'd briefly let you know why I'm only posting old episodes again. I've had issues with my heart since I was a little kid, and they just keep getting worse. It's been an awful and scary month, but I am supposed to find out my cardiologist's game plan next Wednesday, April 26th. So send me some love/prayers/vibes/health/thoughts/anything. I need it. Thanks for your patience. Hopefully I'll be back soon. I miss you guys and I miss being able to talk things out.

LINKS:

Buy the book! http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/30082/mark-strand/

Mark Strand on KCRW: http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/mark-strand-a-blizzard-of-one