I hate and I love. You may ask me why. I don’t know, but I feel it and I suffer. –Catullus

I wash my hands and I do sad errands. You may do the same, but let me know if you develop a crush on the CEO of Papa Johns because I’m over here in love with Marcia Clark. –Robyn O’Neil

LINKS:

Buy World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time here: https://www.amazon.com/World-Poetry-Anthology-Verse-Antiquity/dp/0393041301

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

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

Today my pants were so tight I forgot to plug my mic into the computer. Audio troubles due to too much takeout. Human troubles due to too much of everything. But hey, as Markson reminds us, we're all gonna die anyway. Markson proposed a Death-of-the-Month-Club.

David Markson died in his own bed and his entire library went directly to the Strand Bookstore.

LINKS:

Buy Markson's This Is Not A Novel here: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/this-is-not-a-novel_david-markson/372712/?gclid=Cj0KEQiAot_FBRCqt8jVsoDKoZABEiQAqFL76KDl92Ch806BjMI-gN_gWGjhIUd2Og5djTQ1xCI5jwkaAmHh8P8HAQ#isbn=1582431337

Listen to him on KCRW's Bookworm here: http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/david-markson

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

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

Today my pants were so tight I forgot to plug my mic into the computer. Audio troubles due to too much takeout. Human troubles due to too much of everything. But hey, as Markson reminds us, we're all gonna die anyway. Markson proposed a Death-of-the-Month-Club.

David Markson died in his own bed and his entire library went directly to the Strand Bookstore.

LINKS:

Buy Markson's This Is Not A Novel here: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/this-is-not-a-novel_david-markson/372712/?gclid=Cj0KEQiAot_FBRCqt8jVsoDKoZABEiQAqFL76KDl92Ch806BjMI-gN_gWGjhIUd2Og5djTQ1xCI5jwkaAmHh8P8HAQ#isbn=1582431337

Listen to him on KCRW's Bookworm here: http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/david-markson

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

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

JOBS: Petsitting, babysitting, Chick-fil-A, Moskatels, Movies n' Videos, package wrapping, rapping, library archives, Delta, University Art Gallery, library periodicals & microfiche, Starbucks, pet portraiture, office manager (office supplies!)...and now this.

LINKS:

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

Learn more about Myles on her website. That's right here: http://www.eileenmyles.com

Listen to her on KCRW's Bookworm w/ Michael Silverblatt here: https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/eileen-myles-i-must-be-living-twice

JOBS: Petsitting, babysitting, Chick-fil-A, Moskatels, Movies n' Videos, package wrapping, rapping, library archives, Delta, University Art Gallery, library periodicals & microfiche, Starbucks, pet portraiture, office manager (office supplies!)...and now this.

LINKS:

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

Learn more about Myles on her website. That's right here: http://www.eileenmyles.com

Listen to her on KCRW's Bookworm w/ Michael Silverblatt here: https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/eileen-myles-i-must-be-living-twice

"You have come to the shore. There are no instructions." - Denise Levertov

LINKS:

Buy The Collected Poems Of Denise Levertov: http://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-collected-poems/

More on Levertov on the New Directions website: http://www.ndbooks.com/author/denise-levertov/

Buy Best Maid Pickles here: http://www.bestmaidproducts.com

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

Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Check out my work at Susan Inglett Gallery (up until March 11th)

p.s. I LOVE PICKLES!!!!!

"You have come to the shore. There are no instructions." - Denise Levertov

LINKS:

Buy The Collected Poems Of Denise Levertov: http://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-collected-poems/

More on Levertov on the New Directions website: http://www.ndbooks.com/author/denise-levertov/

Buy Best Maid Pickles here: http://www.bestmaidproducts.com

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

Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Check out my work at Susan Inglett Gallery (up until March 11th)

p.s. I LOVE PICKLES!!!!!

My New Year’s Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle - may they never give me peace.

-Patricia Highsmith, age 26, at 2:30 am New Year’s Eve 1947 in her journal.

LINKS:

Buy Highsmith's The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder here: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/The-Animal-Lovers-Book-of-Beastly-Murder/

Buy "Red Wind" by Raymond Chandler here: http://www.biblio.com/book/red-wind-chandler-raymond/d/883729357?aid=frg&utm_source=google&utm_medium=product&utm_campaign=feed-details&gclid=Cj0KEQiAuJXFBRDirIGnpZLE-N4BEiQAqV0KGiz9dB2stliY27Nb7XBN771s91AJzkmAZF30e9MnazgaAmry8P8HAQ

Listen to The Blaze w/ Lizzie & Kat here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blaze-lizzie-kat!-original/id949662737?mt=2

More about The Blaze here: http://90210blaze.tumblr.com

Beverly Hills, 90210 episode Windstruck: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0523000/

My New Year’s Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle - may they never give me peace.

-Patricia Highsmith, age 26, at 2:30 am New Year’s Eve 1947 in her journal.

LINKS:

Buy Highsmith's The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder here: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/The-Animal-Lovers-Book-of-Beastly-Murder/

Buy "Red Wind" by Raymond Chandler here: http://www.biblio.com/book/red-wind-chandler-raymond/d/883729357?aid=frg&utm_source=google&utm_medium=product&utm_campaign=feed-details&gclid=Cj0KEQiAuJXFBRDirIGnpZLE-N4BEiQAqV0KGiz9dB2stliY27Nb7XBN771s91AJzkmAZF30e9MnazgaAmry8P8HAQ

Listen to The Blaze w/ Lizzie & Kat here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blaze-lizzie-kat!-original/id949662737?mt=2

More about The Blaze here: http://90210blaze.tumblr.com

Beverly Hills, 90210 episode Windstruck: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0523000/

Keep yourself warm
When the pools are freezing,
Here, at the bottom of the sky,

When the sky is thin, and does not hold
And the soul
is set free. -Haavikko

LINKS:

Buy World Poetry, An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time here: https://www.amazon.com/World-Poetry-Anthology-Verse-Antiquity/dp/0393041301