Me Reading Stuff

Reading from misdirected texts, this is no time for minimalism. I take you to Wolf Town & The Town of Uneven Love (But All Love is Uneven) (Remember, Carson McCullers already told us about that.) This is definitely the first time I've mentioned porcupines twice in one episode. I doubt that will ever happen again. LINKS:Buy Anne Carson's "Plainwater": http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/24646/plainwater-by-anne-carson/9781101911273/More on Anne Carson: http://www.ndbooks.com/author/anne-carson/All about Jon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_DeRosa & http://jonderosa.com/#blog-section &https://twitter.com/AarkticaKarolina Waclawiak: http://www.karolinawaclawiak.com

Some definitions for today:Hikes: Seems like you're going' up hills a lot and you're in dirt. Walking: strolling down the street in your city, havin' a good time.LINKS:The Interview: http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4569/the-art-of-fiction-no-29-katherine-anne-porterBuy the Book: http://www.thriftbooks.com/w/writers-at-work-the-paris-review-interviews-2nd-series/1657204/?gclid=CjwKEAiA04S3BRCYteOr6b-roSUSJABE1-6BMSQHetg94mg3_tva_gjS6p8r0uMpbjhTD-UvvdZj1xoCtQPw_wcB#isbn=0140045414&pcrid=70112865192&pkw=&pmt=&plc=My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/My twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Stay strong everybody. LINKS:Buy James Galvin's book "As Is" here: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg={33AECE7B-9CB3-4F49-9DAA-F88430441392}Check out more from Stephanie Goehring right here: http://www.stephaniegoehring.comand here: https://twitter.com/eselgoehringand here! https://www.instagram.com/eselgoehring/Wallace Stevens's The Man on the Dump: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172209William Blake's The Ancient of Days: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ancient_of_Days

1. Calm down2. Be nicer to myself3. Shut up4. Breathe like JulieSo much love, RobynLINKS!:Wislawa Szymborska:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisława_Szymborska#cite_note-reuters_death-3Buy Szymborska's "Here": http://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/Here/9780547504643?atrkid=V3ADW6700B927_17288355412_pla-97894453372__70201759372_g_c_pla__1o1&gclid=Cj0KEQiA6vS2BRDH8dq06YDHz_IBEiQAzNdBmes2GxHQjBnylgx-z_NoDgdCaCwJZio2nwCMqLzC0OoaAm8C8P8HAQD.W. Burnam: https://twitter.com/dvvburnamhttp://landramp.bandcamp.com

Energy levels are low; passion levels are high. I made sure no one listening was a racist, bigot, or a sexist. They are not welcome here. And did an iTunes reviewer call me a bad name? Listen to find out more! I love you guys,RobynLINKS:Purchase "Good Poems", Selected and Introduced by Garrison Keillor here: http://www.thriftbooks.com/w/good-poems/253821/?gclid=Cj0KEQiA3t-2BRCKivi-suDY24gBEiQAX1wiXOmA2ieTgRYeANl-DtKvdZYlEAtJv2KclX6bGC5_XrQaArX88P8HAQ#isbn=0142003441&pcrid=70112866032&pkw=&pmt=&plc=

"All night your empty shoesscreamed alongside your bed."Tonight, I almost went to bed, but didn't.With love, RobynLINKS:Buy the book "The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai" here: http://www.lybrary.com/the-selected-poetry-of-yehuda-amichai-p-255360.html?gclid=Cj0KEQiA3t-2BRCKivi-suDY24gBEiQAX1wiXMgkqHpoXkSWgK98NSBQET2tyAmqzDjQwcL_b1RSSPEaAvqc8P8HAQ

Me on the phone. I don't like it.Me with blankets. I like it.You being nice. I like it.You with happiness. I like it. LINKS:World Poetry book: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203921.World_PoetryWerewolf at Charlie James Gallery: http://www.cjamesgallery.com/show-detail/werewolfNick Brown's work: http://nickbrownart.net

tiredadjective1 you're just tired from traveling: exhausted, worn out, weary, fatigued, dog-tired, dead beat, bone-tired, ready to drop, drained, zonked, wasted, enervated, jaded; informal done in, bushed, whipped, bagged, knocked out, wiped out, pooped, tuckered out. ANTONYMS energetic, wide awake, fresh.LINKS:More info on Sohrab Sepehri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohrab_SepehriHarvester Arts: https://www.facebook.com/harvesterartswichita/?fref=ts

Is there anybody up in here who ain't on birth control? LINKSWhat it's like to be in the studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBtfK-aCn3QThis is not the exact book I read from, but this will get you through the week: http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/156629/the-collected-poems-of-theodore-roethke/More on vasectomies: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/vasectomy

I'm in Wichita. See the connection there?I guess I'm traveling around the Midwest recording myself too. This is the same Midwest that once surrounded my elementary school body as it traveled to Pizza Hut in my mom's van once a month so I could BOOK IT! Which is why I became such an obsessive reader, and ultimately why I do this podcast! This one is for you, Bud Gates. LINKS: About the 50th anniversary of Wichita Vortex Sutra: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article60959522.htmlBuy Planet News: http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/0872860205/planet-news-19611967.aspxHarvester's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/harvesterartswichita/?fref=ts

Say no to sandpaper; say yes to locating your spouse's Foreman Grill. Riding, riding,RobynLINKS:Mark Halliday's "Selfwolf": http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo3624976.htmlMatthew Sontheimer: http://www.talleydunn.com/artist/view/matthew_sontheimer/21Harvester Arts: http://www.harvesterarts.comGeorge Foreman Grill: http://www.georgeforemancooking.com

I just basically said the word "incredible" over and over for 10 minutes. And I cried. Twice.ENJOY!LINKS:Preorder Derrick Austin's "Trouble the Water" for a mere $16!!!!!! here: https://www.boaeditions.org/collections/poetry/products/trouble-the-waterDerrick's website: http://themadscene.tumblr.comDerrick's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParadiseLAustThe Frick: http://www.frick.org

Dear friends,I set up my $40 mic next to an old cold cup of coffee. Not OLD old, just mildly old. I probably last took a sip out of it around 1pm. It is now 10:24pm. This is night in the shittiest part of Beverly Hills. Billy made me spaghetti and salad tonight. Billy is already asleep. I will now do other things with the evening. I'm not happy with this After Dark for whatever reason. But I am deeply happy some of you care to hear this stuff. Thank you for that. I do wish you all understanding. With love, Robynp.s. Thank you Mark. LINKS: World Poetry: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203921.World_PoetryThe World Doesn't End by Charles Simic: http://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/The-World-Doesnt-End/9780547546889?atrkid=V3ADW6700B927_17288355412_pla-97894452652__70201759372_g_c_pla__1o1&gclid=CjwKEAiA3Ou1BRDso5XyhduuwFASJABP3PEDmlA9QYn5YCiDKEpY7q_ZMBOLf57QF_G4V1eHSSSRKBoCyuPw_wcBMy website: http://robynoneil.com

Take care, you who wishto deal with namesfor love. Behind their sweetnessand wrath, nothing endures.Nothing but wounds and kisses.Though love appears far off,you will move into its depth.LINKS: World Poetry Book (highly recommended): http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203921.World_PoetryWomen's Spiritual Poetry (by SHAMBHALA hello!): http://www.shambhala.com/the-shambhala-anthology-of-women-s-spiritual-poetry.htmlAll Things Elliott Malkin: http://dziga.comJon Love & his amazing work: http://jonlovesart.comAm I forgetting something?

"Nervousness is cranking up, vibrating, all the time."Sad and tender,RobynLINKS:More on Chögyam Trungpa here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chögyam_TrungpaBuy the book here: http://www.shambhala.com/shambhala-4911.htmlMeditate in LA here: http://la.shambhala.org

The thing is, everybody loves tortillas.Don't drown,RobynLINKS:Today's poem was found here: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/181724LISTEN TO BOOKWORM! Here's the John Wieners episode I mentioned today. You will love it. Trust: http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/supplication-selected-poems-of-john-wienersBuy Supplication here: http://www.wavepoetry.com/products/supplication

Human Beings. That's it. LINKS:Catullus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CatullusAnna Akhmatova: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/anna-akhmatovaThe book I read from today: 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=3x17Joe Brainard: http://www.joebrainard.org/BIO_MAIN.htm(he's hot)Question of the Day Podast w/ James Altucher & Stephen J. Dubner: http://www.earwolf.com/show/question-of-the-day/

Aggressive sculptures are built, I rant, I want a piano, I love Bruce Hornsby, I even had long fingers, I freaked out, I love the sound of a summer storm, I can't change my mind, what do those breadcrumbs see?, listen to the tears roll, watch her hug her dress tighter and tighter, listen to the banjo wind, come f*ck with me, I laughed and she'd smile, listen to the music on the lake.Sad song drifting low,RobynLINKS! Important ones.But the book this Charles Simic piece came from here: http://books.simonandschuster.com/Great-American-Prose-Poems/David-Lehman/9780743243506Learn more about Andrew James Weatherhead here: http://www.andrewweatherhead.orgLearn more about The Great Concavity, a podcast about David Foster Wallace & much more here: http://greatconcavity.podbean.com/category/art/Listen to the Mandolin Rain here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDgOwX72fLI

Do you love me? Does your neck smell like a campfire? Are you going to be obsessed with this Mark Strand short story? YES YES AND YES. "A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves." - Marcel ProustFrom my shade of blue to yours, RobynBUY THIS BOOK HERE: http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062424891/mr-and-mrs-baby-deluxe-edition

You know the old proverb, "If you follow bikini models on instagram, your eyes and brain will dull into nothingness." Well, let's keep in mind the other one, "If you follow smart, interesting & talented people on instagram, your insides will glow & you'll become more intelligent with every scroll downward." I follow Water Liars on instagram, so my insides get to glow a lot.And thanks for all the positive reviews and feedback on iTunes! Keep 'em coming, friends. Reaching infinity,RobynLINKS!Me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/Water Liars: http://www.waterliarsmusic.comWater Liars Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waterliars/Buy "Astonishments" here: http://www.paracletepress.com/astonishments-selected-poems-of-anna-kamienska.html