"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

"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 Rajiv Surendra AKA Kevin Gnapoor!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uo2nomf4I0

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

"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/watch?v=F-kGUJOnuY4

My #4 Favorite Damien live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNHTmqAny3U

My #5 Favorite Damien live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcqTZ7P_IKQ

My #6 Favorite Damien live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14pegmYlozI

Send your questions to: [email protected]

My website: www.robynoneil.com

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

"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.

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"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 HERE.

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Thank you so much for listening. 

“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 for listening. 

"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
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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. 

"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.

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Check out Easton's Books in Mount Vernon, Washington HERE.

Learn more about The Trevor Project!

And here's my WEBSITE. 

"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.

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Check out my show at Inman Gallery HERE.