<?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.post112282887173339550..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/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.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-112296021257136601</id><published>2005-08-02T01:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-02T01:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Taste is a funny thing, no doubt...!</title><summary type='text'>Taste is a funny thing, no doubt...!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112296021257136601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112296021257136601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html?showComment=1122960180000#c112296021257136601' title=''/><author><name>Simmons B. Buntin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02912485144027132314</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/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112282887173339550' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112282887173339550' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2091954450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 02, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112293298380895954</id><published>2005-08-01T17:49:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T17:49:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>P.S. And I find the movie versions intolerable!</title><summary type='text'>P.S. And I find the movie versions intolerable!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112293298380895954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112293298380895954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html?showComment=1122932940001#c112293298380895954' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112282887173339550' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112282887173339550' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112293294050213382</id><published>2005-08-01T17:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T17:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I guess the larger argument is:  What IS &quot;Children...</title><summary type='text'>I guess the larger argument is:  What IS &quot;Children&#39;s Literature&quot;, anyway?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why is E.B. White&#39;s Stuart Little children&#39;s literature, and Kafka&#39;s Metamorphosis serious adult literature?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It cannot be simply a matter of vocabulary, or of tone.  The best children&#39;s literature does not condescend.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Harry Potter books are pastiche.  Rowling has explained all this in some </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112293294050213382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112293294050213382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html?showComment=1122932940000#c112293294050213382' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112282887173339550' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112282887173339550' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112292250508299505</id><published>2005-08-01T14:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T14:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis says, &quot;Too young for grownups, too old for ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis says, &quot;Too young for grownups, too old for children--sort of the ultimate pointless non-literature.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s all too easy to say that over 10 million readers in the first week alone disagree with Curtis&#39;s conclusion, but popularity has never been a great judge of literary quality, as we know.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So as someone who is an adult and reads the HP series, I can without a doubt say it</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112292250508299505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112292250508299505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html?showComment=1122922500000#c112292250508299505' title=''/><author><name>Simmons B. Buntin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02912485144027132314</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/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112282887173339550' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112282887173339550' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2091954450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112289292480292238</id><published>2005-08-01T06:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T06:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian,I rather like that.</title><summary type='text'>Ian,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I rather like that.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112289292480292238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112289292480292238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html?showComment=1122892920000#c112289292480292238' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</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/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112282887173339550' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112282887173339550' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112288154415668384</id><published>2005-08-01T03:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T03:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dumbledore’s Death In the Style of Ron SillimanShe...</title><summary type='text'>Dumbledore’s Death In the Style of Ron Silliman&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;She held up an urn in the source of her stone.  One of these days the lightning comes down, Harry in news photos holding a scythe.  The sulphur asphyxiates on down comforters.  Dumbledore is dead, he said to me turning muskets to shrubs.  It is literal, or so I heard, I was standing there at the funeral with all the dates rearranged.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112288154415668384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112288154415668384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html?showComment=1122881520000#c112288154415668384' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112282887173339550' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112282887173339550' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112286773519155071</id><published>2005-07-31T23:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-31T23:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Let me recommend to everyone an anthology entitle ...</title><summary type='text'>Let me recommend to everyone an anthology entitle Parodies: From Chaucer to Beerbohm--and After, edited by Dwight MacDonald (Random House).  It contains many memorable ventriloquial acts, none better than E.B. White&#39;s take of Hemingway&#39;s Across The River And Into The Trees.  Or Beerbohm&#39;s devastating annihilation of Henry James.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Harry Potter isn&#39;t worth wasting time over.  It&#39;s pap.&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112286773519155071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112286773519155071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html?showComment=1122867720000#c112286773519155071' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112282887173339550' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112282887173339550' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 31, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112283694165267833</id><published>2005-07-31T15:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-31T15:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Blysse.</title><summary type='text'>Blysse.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112283694165267833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112282887173339550/comments/default/112283694165267833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html?showComment=1122836940000#c112283694165267833' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</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/2005/07/death-scene-of-you-know-who-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112282887173339550' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112282887173339550' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 31, 2005"/></entry></feed>