<?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.post112774615174373899..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/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.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>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112900589609305685</id><published>2005-10-11T00:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-11T00:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>wonderful...and interestingi read it number of tim...</title><summary type='text'>wonderful...&lt;BR/&gt;and interesting&lt;BR/&gt;i read it number of times out of a lot of interest...&lt;BR/&gt;thanks for a nice poem&lt;BR/&gt;and wish you all the best...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112900589609305685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112900589609305685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html?showComment=1129005840000#c112900589609305685' title=''/><author><name>Betterworld</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15507839644690804286</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/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112774615174373899' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112774615174373899' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-93013261"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 11, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112805092228501240</id><published>2005-09-29T23:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-29T23:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There is a recent line of Toscano’s that I wasn’t ...</title><summary type='text'>There is a recent line of Toscano’s that I wasn’t sure I heard right at a recent Philly reading and am struggling to remember what I thought I heard.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;..the soul is the ________ of the social..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;.. I thought it might be in The Disparities but no, the lines there are all different but quite indispensable in their own way.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Can anyone help me on this?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112805092228501240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112805092228501240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html?showComment=1128050880000#c112805092228501240' 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/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112774615174373899' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112774615174373899' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112801807169255137</id><published>2005-09-29T14:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-29T14:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have never read that quote before, but thank you...</title><summary type='text'>I have never read that quote before, but thank you for getting it in a form that is both funny and true.  I have an much older poetic colleague who has, on occasion, referred to me a culture vulture when it comes to my poetry.  While my sourse of inspiration are quite varied I tend to just pick the bones of some of the meat I need.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112801807169255137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112801807169255137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html?showComment=1128018060000#c112801807169255137' title=''/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389</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/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112774615174373899' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112774615174373899' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-790212726"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112801727093313058</id><published>2005-09-29T14:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-29T14:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think y&#39;all are thinking of when T. S. Eliot wro...</title><summary type='text'>I think y&#39;all are thinking of when T. S. Eliot wrote, &quot;Capitalist poets steal; communist poets share.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112801727093313058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112801727093313058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html?showComment=1128017220000#c112801727093313058' title=''/><author><name>stan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02618659095239998657</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/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112774615174373899' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112774615174373899' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1466516660"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112798657944298015</id><published>2005-09-29T05:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-29T05:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve heard the whole thief metaphor to describe po...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve heard the whole thief metaphor to describe poets once or twice before.  I kind of like the idea of being one who reappropriates culture (not just other poets, mind you).  I liken it being a bit of a collage artist myself.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112798657944298015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112798657944298015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html?showComment=1127986560000#c112798657944298015' title=''/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389</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/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112774615174373899' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112774615174373899' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-790212726"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112798038990594692</id><published>2005-09-29T03:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-29T03:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve had the book on my shelf, unread, for a coupl...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve had the book on my shelf, unread, for a couple of years, since Toscano read at UC San Diego during my time there (I informally owe Rae Armantrout a review of the &quot;two Toscanos&quot; of Partisans and The Disparities). I read half the book today, and was hooked about a third of the way through. It&#39;s a lovely example of how the right constraint, when it&#39;s also an object of investigation, can lead to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112798038990594692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112798038990594692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html?showComment=1127980380000#c112798038990594692' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112774615174373899' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112774615174373899' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112796351757438153</id><published>2005-09-28T23:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-28T23:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thieves. Sure. I think it&#39;s great fun playing arou...</title><summary type='text'>Thieves. Sure. I think it&#39;s great fun playing around with (stealing from) source texts. Why should book- poetry differ from rap in the sense that sampling is part of the game?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The R T poem is cool, &amp; a further reminder that I would surely enjoy reading him</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112796351757438153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112796351757438153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html?showComment=1127963460000#c112796351757438153' title=''/><author><name>Lars Palm</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18014279624033048950</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/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112774615174373899' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112774615174373899' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1490930370"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112792452013386389</id><published>2005-09-28T12:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-28T12:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Great poem Ron.  Thanks for quoting it.  I love th...</title><summary type='text'>Great poem Ron.  Thanks for quoting it.  I love the stanzas about surplus</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112792452013386389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112792452013386389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html?showComment=1127924520000#c112792452013386389' title=''/><author><name>stan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02618659095239998657</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/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112774615174373899' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112774615174373899' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1466516660"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112791543063185198</id><published>2005-09-28T09:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-28T09:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting, engaging and thoughtful. Funny how wh...</title><summary type='text'>Interesting, engaging and thoughtful. Funny how when you hear a word used, you&#39;re likely to use it.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ve heard it said that all poets are theives. I think it&#39;s true.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112791543063185198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112774615174373899/comments/default/112791543063185198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html?showComment=1127915400000#c112791543063185198' title=''/><author><name>gingerivers</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06324898573281421237</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/2005/09/really-useful-if-in-one-way-bizarre.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112774615174373899' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112774615174373899' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1163827549"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2005"/></entry></feed>