ME READING STUFF

ME READING STUFF

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ME READING STUFF episodes

  • CHANNING TATUM EROTIC POETRY CONTEST! A description of the contest & an entry.
    In order to make sure everyone remembers they have to enter the contest by the end of the day, Monday, August 31st, I'm reading you one of my favorite entries so far! Anna Reynolds Wallis imagines Channing Tatum loving her for all she is: greasy bangs (I relate), dirty laundry, reading short stories, and driving her base model Kia. This poem made me laugh so hard! Thanks to Anna for sharing.
    Don't forget guys, if you win, you get a drawing by yours truly AND a care package full of all sorts of fun stuff. So ENTER! It's FUN! And I love you.
    Royalty free, hip hop, dark,
    Robyn
    7 min
  • CHANNING TATUM EROTIC POETRY CONTEST! A description of the contest & an entry.
    In order to make sure everyone remembers they have to enter the contest by the end of the day, Monday, August 31st, I'm reading you one of my favorite entries so far! Anna Reynolds Wallis imagines Channing Tatum loving her for all she is: greasy bangs (I relate), dirty laundry, reading short stories, and driving her base model Kia. This poem made me laugh so hard! Thanks to Anna for sharing.
    Don't forget guys, if you win, you get a drawing by yours truly AND a care package full of all sorts of fun stuff. So ENTER! It's FUN! And I love you.
    Royalty free, hip hop, dark,
    Robyn
    7 min
  • Margaret Atwood - Happy Endings
    There's been a lot of poetry being flung around ME READING STUFF these days, so today I switch it up a bit. I read you a short story by Margaret Atwood that is as devastating as it is hilarious. It's an important one. It's from her 1983 book, "Murder in the Dark" & was published again in 1992 in "Good Bones." You should go buy one of those.
    Here's to authentic endings,
    Robyn
    p.s. only 1 week left in the Channing Tatum erotic poetry contest!
    11 min
  • Margaret Atwood - Happy Endings
    There's been a lot of poetry being flung around ME READING STUFF these days, so today I switch it up a bit. I read you a short story by Margaret Atwood that is as devastating as it is hilarious. It's an important one. It's from her 1983 book, "Murder in the Dark" & was published again in 1992 in "Good Bones." You should go buy one of those.
    Here's to authentic endings,
    Robyn
    p.s. only 1 week left in the Channing Tatum erotic poetry contest!
    11 min
  • Theodore Roethke - Elegy for Jane (My Student, Thrown by a Horse)
    My friend, artist & musician, Anthony Record, recommended I read you some Theodore Roethke. How could I not? Roethke is one of the best. So is Anthony! And LOOK AT THAT TITLE. "Elegy for Jane (My Student, Thrown by a Horse)"...jesus. That's a title. This poem destroys me. Too bad I don't know how to pronounce Roethke's name. Sorry about that. While we're at it, sorry about a lot of things. I'm cloudy and consumed and not on my "A" game right now. Something about this morning also compelled me to share with you my favorite art & literature journal, Nat. Brut! Please go check their website out ASAP. You won't regret it.
    Neither father nor lover,
    Robyn
    8 min
  • Theodore Roethke - Elegy for Jane (My Student, Thrown by a Horse)
    My friend, artist & musician, Anthony Record, recommended I read you some Theodore Roethke. How could I not? Roethke is one of the best. So is Anthony! And LOOK AT THAT TITLE. "Elegy for Jane (My Student, Thrown by a Horse)"...jesus. That's a title. This poem destroys me. Too bad I don't know how to pronounce Roethke's name. Sorry about that. While we're at it, sorry about a lot of things. I'm cloudy and consumed and not on my "A" game right now. Something about this morning also compelled me to share with you my favorite art & literature journal, Nat. Brut! Please go check their website out ASAP. You won't regret it.
    Neither father nor lover,
    Robyn
    8 min
  • Gertrude Stein-Advertisements & Evian Water from "Geography and Plays", 1922
    Well, well, look who's back? I'm finally reading a little Gertrude Stein for you. I may have chosen the cowardly route by picking pieces that aren't next-to-impossible to get one's tongue around, and for that I am sorry. If you'll stay tuned, I assure you I will soon attempt some of her more strenuous verse.

    And someone asked me to explain my obsession with Kleenex, so I dig into that a bit.

    Lastly, may we never forget, "romance is everything."

    (as if one could),
    Robyn
    10 min
  • Gertrude Stein-Advertisements & Evian Water from "Geography and Plays", 1922
    Well, well, look who's back? I'm finally reading a little Gertrude Stein for you. I may have chosen the cowardly route by picking pieces that aren't next-to-impossible to get one's tongue around, and for that I am sorry. If you'll stay tuned, I assure you I will soon attempt some of her more strenuous verse.
    And someone asked me to explain my obsession with Kleenex, so I dig into that a bit.
    Lastly, may we never forget, "romance is everything."
    (as if one could),
    Robyn
    10 min
  • AFTER DARK! (a bonus episode) Frank O'Hara - As Planned & a surprise entry to the erotic poetry contest!
    This is what we do over here at ME READING STUFF occasionally. As the lights of the city dim, and the glorious people of the Land beg for provocation & sweet nothings, we turn that $50 mic on and we READ. We read about Channing Tatum learning about what incense is and living near a Whole Foods. We read about Channing Tatum understanding the difference between dead bird feathers and sex toys. And we also read a poem by the great Frank O'Hara. We do it all over here, and we do it for you.

    Are you breathing? I am, but barely.

    Sincerely,
    Robyn
    7 min
  • AFTER DARK! (a bonus episode) Frank O'Hara - As Planned & a surprise entry to the erotic poetry contest!
    This is what we do over here at ME READING STUFF occasionally. As the lights of the city dim, and the glorious people of the Land beg for provocation & sweet nothings, we turn that $50 mic on and we READ. We read about Channing Tatum learning about what incense is and living near a Whole Foods. We read about Channing Tatum understanding the difference between dead bird feathers and sex toys. And we also read a poem by the great Frank O'Hara. We do it all over here, and we do it for you.
    Are you breathing? I am, but barely.
    Sincerely,
    Robyn
    8 min

About ME READING STUFF

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This is simply me reading stuff. Poems, essays, letters, recipes, and whatever else feels alive in the moment — mixed with my own rambling thoughts, laughter, and honest reflections on life, art,…

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