“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

"Be my coworker. I'd love a bag." - Me

LINKS:

Check out my source for this week's reading, Christopher Burn's "Poetry Changes Lives": https://www.poetrychangeslives.com/mozarts-funeral-for-his-pet-starling/

Send your questions to: [email protected]

My website: www.robynoneil.com

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

Handwritten Notes:
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“The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness." - Vladimir Nabokov

"If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more humane and decent world." - Mark Strand

"If you get a stye, you'll know you're not alone." -Me

LINKS:

Buy Mark Strand's Collected Poems: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/236122/collected-poems-by-mark-strand/

Buy Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/236122/collected-poems-by-mark-strand/

Send your questions to: [email protected]

My website: www.robynoneil.com

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

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

Handwritten Notes:
https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

"That I am alive is no more than an endless rumor." - Choi Seungja

"You don't want an ombre hairstyle on your teeth." - Me
p.s. I have an ombre hairstyle on my teeth

LINKS:

More on Choi Seungja and "Phone Bells Keep Ringing for Me" here: https://actionbooks.org/choi-seungja-phone-bells/

More on Stephanie Goehring here: https://hostpublications.com/products/from-the-water-inaudible-by-stephanie-goehring

Interested in crafting with me? Here's the watercolor book I mentioned: https://www.powells.com/book/-9781624148804/1-0?gclid=Cj0KCQiAraSPBhDuARIsAM3Js4pDlydMLFqfiZJf2JOyp_Zati5XelnHGMbtNP3KIM3-CxBMIg6z_nIaAo9aEALw_wcB

My website: www.robynoneil.com

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

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

Handwritten Notes:
https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

"For love - I would split open your head and put a candle in behind the eyes." - Robert Creeley

"I will not use my mid-stream urine; I will go to the drug store." - Me

LINKS:

Robert Creeley's "A Day Book: Tuesday, November 19, 1968": https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/a-day-book_robert-creeley/1408332/item/2488639/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAuP-OBhDqARIsAD4XHpdlixwlnKU5CcaAS7Kq8stZOC_t5pTdq5HlIFK-mhVIgVsBc5Q5vdUaApV5EALw_wcB#idiq=2488639&edition=4524274

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

Handwritten Notes:
https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

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

My website: www.robynoneil.com

"Pueblo, Concrete, Maniac" - Me

LINKS:

Buy The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/552503/the-secret-lives-of-color-by-kassia-st-clair/

Purchase the new 10" single "Take Your Time" by Damien Jurado here: https://damienjurado.bigcartel.com/product/take-your-time-limited-edition-10-single

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

Handwritten Notes:
https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

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

My website: www.robynoneil.com

"Dear Everyone, Let me disappoint you." - Sort of Jameson O'Hara Laurents, sort of me. 

LINKS:

Buy Medaeum by James O'Hara Laurens here: https://henrymiller.org/2016/11/01/announcing-the-publication-of-medaeum-by-jameson-ohara-laurens/

Listen to "Once Upon a Time at Bennington College": http://www.lilianolik.com/once-upon-a-time-at-bennington-college

Warm your mug: https://www.mrcoffee.com/accessories/mug-warmers/mr.coffee-mug-warmer/SAP_MWBLKPDQRB.html

Hop Your John: https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/hoppin_john/

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

Handwritten Notes:
https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

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

My website: www.robynoneil.com

"I like ancient Chinese poetry." - Graham Burnam

"I'd like to publish a Graham Burnam book of poetry." - Me

LINKS:

D.W. Burnam's work: https://www.instagram.com/d.w._burnam/

Dawn Cerny's work: https://www.instagram.com/cerny_studio/

Everyman's Pocket LIbrary's Solitude: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400044238

Buy my Lion shirt at Inman Gallery here: https://inman-gallery.square.site/product/robyn-o-neil-yong-kiang-hotel-lion-t-shirt/304?cs=true&cst=custom

Susan Inglett Gallery: https://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/

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

Handwritten Notes:
https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

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

My website: www.robynoneil.com

"Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting." - Marlene Dietrich

"If there is a supreme being, he's crazy." - Marlene Dietrich

LINKS:

Buy Mason Currey's "Daily Rituals: Women at Work" here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/604080/daily-rituals-women-at-work-by-mason-currey/9781524732950?ref=PRHB7BD76FBDB&aid=14813&linkid=PRHB7BD76FBDB

Buy my Lion shirt at Inman Gallery here: https://inman-gallery.square.site/product/robyn-o-neil-yong-kiang-hotel-lion-t-shirt/304?cs=true&cst=custom

Susan Inglett Gallery: https://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/

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

Handwritten Notes:
https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

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

My website: www.robynoneil.com

“Tennessee Williams choked to death on the plastic cap of a nasal spray.” - David Markson

"I didn't breathe well today. You could hear me breathing too much." - Me

LINKS:

Buy "This is Not a Novel" at your local independent bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781619027145

Buy my Lion shirt at Inman Gallery here: https://inman-gallery.square.site/product/robyn-o-neil-yong-kiang-hotel-lion-t-shirt/304?cs=true&cst=custom

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

Handwritten Notes:
https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

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

My website: www.robynoneil.com

"What I've aimed for as a translator is transparency, but in pieces, like high small windows in a tall room that let in only moving fragments of the picture of the sky." - Janet Hendrickson

"Uhhhhh Sebastián, lions ARE cool." - Me

LINKS:

Buy Treasure of the Castilian or Spanish Language here: https://bookshop.org/books/treasure-of-the-castilian-or-spanish-language/9780811228602

Buy Dave Eggers's "The Every" with my drawings on the cover here: https://electric-works.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-every-by-dave-eggers-robyn-oneil-cover

Buy from my shop here: https://www.robynoneil.com/product-page/2021-headstone-greeting-card

Buy Stephanie Goehring's "From the Water [Inaudible]" here: https://hostpublications.com/products/from-the-water-inaudible-by-stephanie-goehring

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

Handwritten Notes:
https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

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