<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post111668214103570482..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111695568524148327</id><published>2005-05-24T13:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T13:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve published Matt Hart (US) in several issues of...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve published Matt Hart (US) in several issues of &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://members.aol.com/hollyridgepress/88new.htm&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; &lt;I&gt;88&lt;/I&gt; &lt;/A&gt;.  What I think Matt does is to find a balance between what I term release (wildness or strangeness of imagery, associative leaps and the passionate matter), and restraint (formal controls, rhetorical devices, structural design and governance).  This is not a</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111695568524148327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111695568524148327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html?showComment=1116955680000#c111695568524148327' title=''/><author><name>Ian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14527010059097050667</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668214103570482' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668214103570482' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1417585811"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111687396494265952</id><published>2005-05-23T14:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-23T14:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I happen to like the other Matt Hart--both as a pe...</title><summary type='text'>I happen to like the other Matt Hart--both as a person (or personality--whatever it is that comes through in email and blog boxes and so forth) and as a poet.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We&#39;ve published his work in _The Canary_, where talky, &quot;weird,&quot; and heartfelt are all looked upon favorably.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks, Ron, for posting this letter.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111687396494265952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111687396494265952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html?showComment=1116873960000#c111687396494265952' title=''/><author><name>Tony</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15550481318869019893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668214103570482' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668214103570482' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-501229996"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111682305013394880</id><published>2005-05-23T00:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-23T00:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i actually saw (the other) Matt Hart read his poet...</title><summary type='text'>i actually saw (the other) Matt Hart read his poetry on a return visit to Ball State where i attend as a creative writing major under the modestly proposed and probably underappreciated teachings of Peter Davis, Mark Neely, and others. his letter pretty well captures what i think he tries and succeeds at doing in his poetry. its nice to feel a part of something within the poetic community on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111682305013394880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111682305013394880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html?showComment=1116823020000#c111682305013394880' title=''/><author><name>christopher newgent</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05689034702895554097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668214103570482' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668214103570482' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1566598726"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111679788670310004</id><published>2005-05-22T17:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-22T17:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This letter makes me *heart* (the other) Matt Hart...</title><summary type='text'>This letter makes me *heart* (the other) Matt Hart.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111679788670310004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111679788670310004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html?showComment=1116797880000#c111679788670310004' title=''/><author><name>Suzanne</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16623018763486643999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668214103570482' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668214103570482' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-615769146"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111678839290257246</id><published>2005-05-22T14:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-22T14:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Come, lettuce-knot thin ink of Butte, eh? The warr...</title><summary type='text'>Come, lettuce-knot thin ink of Butte, eh? The warred haze know veil-You.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Cuba est moi</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111678839290257246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111678839290257246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html?showComment=1116788340000#c111678839290257246' title=''/><author><name>Carton Tragedy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06542989177956491967</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668214103570482' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668214103570482' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1629265714"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111677841438124119</id><published>2005-05-22T12:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-22T12:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I much enjoyed Matt Hart&#39;s letter, and thought it ...</title><summary type='text'>I much enjoyed Matt Hart&#39;s letter, and thought it was a good excuse to play Sortes Virgilianae, i.e. go the the shelf and pick open a relevant book at random, in this case Wittgenstein&#39;s &#39;Zettel&#39;; here&#39;s what I found, #453:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&#39;(As one can sometimes reproduce music only in one&#39;s inward ear, and cannot whistle it, because the whistling drowns out the inner voice, so sometimes the voice of a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111677841438124119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111677841438124119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html?showComment=1116778380000#c111677841438124119' title=''/><author><name>JOT</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09756398976763474877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668214103570482' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668214103570482' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1767866104"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111677713195791637</id><published>2005-05-22T11:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-22T11:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow, humility is very touching.  It made me want t...</title><summary type='text'>Wow, humility is very touching.  It made me want to read more.  How do you keep the Matt Harts straight though?  At least they can keep themselves straight.  It reminds me of the Kaurismaki film in which there are 18 Franks.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111677713195791637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111677713195791637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html?showComment=1116777120000#c111677713195791637' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668214103570482' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668214103570482' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111676992067696300</id><published>2005-05-22T09:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-22T09:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I wonder if (the other) Matt Hart is aware of Brit...</title><summary type='text'>I wonder if (the other) Matt Hart is aware of British post-punk band magazine&#39;s &#39;Shot By Both Sides&#39;: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Shot by both sides&lt;BR/&gt;on the run &lt;BR/&gt;to the other side of everything&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Shot by both sides&lt;BR/&gt;they must have come&lt;BR/&gt;to a secret understanding...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111676992067696300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111668214103570482/comments/default/111676992067696300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html?showComment=1116769920000#c111676992067696300' title=''/><author><name>Steven Waling</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004262911484220016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/matt-hart-second-from-right-in-band.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111668214103570482' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111668214103570482' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-385466981"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2005"/></entry></feed>