"When you take your pill
it's like a mine disaster.
I think of all the people
lost inside you." -Richard Brautigan, The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster

LINKS:

Buy "The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster" here: https://hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Richard-Brautigans-Trout-Fishing-in-America-The-Pill-Versus-the-Springhill-Mine-Disaster-and-In-Watermelon-Sugar/9780395500767

Check out my drawings at The Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair next week: https://artlosangelesfair.com

Check out my Chicago gallery Western Exhibitions: http://westernexhibitions.com

Buy a damn hoodie: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/1319855/sweatshirt-unisex-pullover-hoodie-black-poly-cotton-xs

Donate a small or large amount to The Trevor Project: https://give.thetrevorproject.org/give/63307/#!/donation/checkout

Head over to Essex Flowers in Brooklyn to see an entire show based on David Lynch's Inland Empire! https://essexflowers.us

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

"If you want to take the island, then burn your boat” -Tony Robbins

“I’m kinda weirded out by my scalp lately.” - Me

LINKS:

Buy The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/156629/the-collected-poems-of-theodore-roethke-by-theodore-roethke/9780385086011/

Buy “short” edited by Alan Ziegler here: https://www.perseabooks.com/short/?rq=short

Listen to an old Theodore Roethke episode here: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mereadingstuff/episodes/2015-08-20T09_57_47-07_00

Buy a ME READING STUFF t-shirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

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

“Give the poor girl a piece of bread, or a piece of pie. One ton has 2000 pounds. My friend is kind to me; he gave me this new book. The sun, the moon, and the stars are in the sky. Did you hear the cry of the boy who fell in-to the brook? No, sir, I did not. Have you found man-y nuts? No, We have not an-y. The eyes of the hawk are sharp. Sam found a young dead bird on the ground. I will not buy a doll, and give it to Jane on her birth-day. The Son of God said, Suf-fer the lit-the children to come un-to me.” -Mary Ruefle

“So what is this thing I am interested in? My daimon, the imagination, of course. I could give you a long list of things I am not even vaguely interested in, but many of them would insult you for I am sure you are interested in at least some of them.” - Mary Ruefle

LINKS:

Buy Mary Ruefle's On Imagination here: http://www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/on-imagination-mary-ruefle

Buy ZYZZYVA here: https://www.zyzzyva.org/issue/volume-34-3-winter-2018/

Follow David Drury's VERY short story page here: https://www.instagram.com/foldedshorts/?hl=en

Buy Tomas Transtromer's the great enigma here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-great-enigma/

Listen to Nell Carter sing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kONFkc1PwCc

Listen to the Gimme a Break theme song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmnFgKXmi7I

Watch "Shattered Innocence" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2CjXEZtgU8

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

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

ME READING STUFF shirts available here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

"....'acceptance’ is usually more a matter of fatigue than anything else."

"...there is such a thing as raw, unalloyed, agendaless kindness."

"...it is permissible to want."

LINKS:

Find out more about Al-Anon here: https://al-anon.org

The "Promises" of Al-Anon: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=the+promises+of+al+anon&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Buy INFINITE JEST here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-foster-wallace/infinite-jest/9781619696181/

Check out The Great Concavity podcast here: https://greatconcavity.podbean.com

Listen to my appearance on The Great Concavity: https://greatconcavity.podbean.com/e/episode-3-with-robyn-oneil/

Anne Boyer's "At Least Two Types of People" here: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mereadingstuff/episodes/2015-12-03T10_59_15-08_00

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

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

ME READING STUFF shirts available here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

"That is not it at all, That is not what I meant, at all." - Eliot

LINKS:

Buy The Waste Land and Other Poems here: https://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/The-Waste-Land-and-Other-Poems/9780156948777

Buy a ME READING STUFF shirt and support The Trevor Project here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

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

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

"My habits are simple, my tastes banal." - Nabokov

"When we let our minds wander, we set our brains free. Our brains are most productive when there is no demand that they be reactive.” -Sherry Turkle

"I wonder if I have enough Kleenex with lotion to get me through this sinus infection?" - Me

LINKS:

Buy a ME READING STUFF shirt and all proceeds go to The Trevor Project! https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

Buy "Daily Rituals" here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/198763/daily-rituals-by-mason-currey/9780307273604/

Read Anne Carson's "Shade" piece here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/10/each-day-unexpected-salvation-john-cage

Listen to her UCLA lecture here: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2016/10/anne-carson/

Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/313732/reclaiming-conversation-by-sherry-turkle/9780143109792/

Info on my upcoming NYC show here: http://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/upcoming

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

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

"Can you cure me?" - John Merrick

LINKS:

Buy "Time of Grief" here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/time-of-grief/

More about Bower Birds here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPbWJPsBPdA

Buy my book "Robyn O'Neil: 20 Years of Drawings" here: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawings

or here (temporarily out of stock due to Holiday Craziness): https://www.amazon.com/Robyn-ONeil-20-Years-Drawings/dp/0692896511/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545972737&sr=8-1&keywords=Robyn+o%27neil

Buy a ME READING STUFF t-shirt or sweatshirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

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

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

"There’s a guy walking down the street with a hammer. He’s either a carpenter or upset." -Cop on Live PD

"There’s Tyler who is now with that wolf puppy running out of his apartment. What happened here? I fear for my life right now." -Guy on Live PD

"I want to chop your vegetables." - Me

"I'm so tired." - Me

LINKS:

Submit your questions for me here: mereadingstuff@icloud.com

Learn more about Live PD here: https://www.aetv.com/shows/live-pd

Buy Wishes, Lies and Dreams here: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780060955090/wishes-lies-and-dreams/

Buy Anne Carson's Plainwater here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/24646/plainwater-by-anne-carson/9780375708428/

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

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

"My life's a topological monster." -C.K. Williams

"I'm so tired." - Me & John Lennon (Lennon & O'Neil)

LINKS:

Buy "Writers Writing Dying" here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374534127

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

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

“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am not only for myself, what am I? And if not now – – when? -Hillel