ME READING STUFF

Episode 397: Nabokov, Merriam-Webster & Bad Documentaries

"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 "I love ruled paper." - Me LINKS: Buy The Best American Essays of The Century [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-best-american-essays-of-the-century-joyce-carol-oates/11841453?ean=9780618155873&next=t] Buy Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder [https://bookshop.org/p/books/merriam-webster-s-everyday-language-reference-set-merriam-webster/11687054?ean=9780877793328&next=t] Learn more about my drawing HELL [https://www.inmangallery.com/video/35-robyn-o-neil-hell/] See James Ensor in front of Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 [https://www.canonvanvlaanderen.be/content/uploads/2023/03/James-Ensor-harmonium.jpg] as an old man.

Episode 396: MY 10th ANNIVERSARY EPISODE❣️ / C.K. Williams - Writers Writing Dying

Dear You, We last spoke in January and I've missed you; I've missed this. A lot has happened. A lot has not. Let's pick back up where we left off, but let's make it better and more loving this time. Let's not let the hoards of negatives overshadow the rest — the ever-present glimmerings of light. I simply can't anymore. I woke up different after that night. I even had pink cheeks for the first time in ages, according to some! "Such fun to wake up though! Such fun too if you don't!" - C.K. Williams All my love, Robyn LINKS: Buy C.K. Williams "Writers Writing Dying" at INDIEBOUND [https://bookshop.org/p/books/writers-writing-dying-c-k-williams/8479733?ean=9780374534127&next=t]. Damien Jurado's INSTAGRAM [https://www.instagram.com/maraqopa/] My INSTAGRAM [https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/] Our MEAL TRAIN [https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/kqdgw0] ❤️🌮❤️ if you're so inclined. Listen to every episode of ME READING STUFF on my YOUTUBE PAGE. [https://www.youtube.com/@ROBYN_ONEIL/featured] "Keep dying! Keep writing it down!"

Episode 395: Lydia Davis - Priority (Again) & Answer Corner

"It is certainly true that the larger and older the living thing is, the harder it is to know how to care for it." - Lydia Davis "I barely know what a uterus is for God's sake." - Me LINKS: Buy "The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis" HERE. [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-collected-stories-of-lydia-davis-lydia-davis/12352777?ean=9780312655396] Become a Subscriber on My Substack! [https://robynoneil.substack.com] Become a Paid Subscriber [https://robynoneil.substack.com/p/i-want-to-make-you-a-drawing]and get a drawing! My Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/] My Website [https://www.robynoneil.com] My Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@ROBYN_ONEIL]

Episode 394: The Life of Northern Calloway (David from Sesame Street)

"Help! I'm David from Sesame Street, and they're trying to kill me!" - Northern Calloway "Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear." - Zora Neale Hurston LINKS: The Wikipedia article on Northern Calloway [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Calloway] My Substack [https://robynoneil.substack.com] Damien Jurado's record label - Maraqopa [https://damienjuradomusic.com]

Episode 393: Joshua Rivkin - In the Black (on Cy Twombly)

Praying for apathy, deciding towards easy. Love, Robyn LINKS: Buy Joshua Rivkin's Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly [https://bookshop.org/p/books/chalk-the-art-and-erasure-of-cy-twombly-joshua-rivkin/8075520?ean=9781612198545] Here is my SUBSTACK! [https://robynoneil.substack.com] Here is my website. [https://www.robynoneil.com] The Cy Twombly Gallery [https://www.menil.org/exhibitions/261-works-by-cy-twombly] Robert Rauschenberg [https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org] Jasper Johns [https://www.jasper-johns.org] Henry Darger [https://officialhenrydarger.com/images/]