<?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.post112932550183821966..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/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.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>25</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112974401454217776</id><published>2005-10-19T13:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-19T13:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Luther straightened the rococo into the clean line...</title><summary type='text'>Luther straightened the rococo into the clean lines of Marimekko.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112974401454217776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112974401454217776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129743960000#c112974401454217776' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112973691700717367</id><published>2005-10-19T11:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-19T11:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You could do worse than serve the question.By your...</title><summary type='text'>You could do worse than serve the question.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;By your logic Luther dropped a &#39;gorgeous legacy.&#39;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112973691700717367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112973691700717367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129736880000#c112973691700717367' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112969288531171208</id><published>2005-10-18T23:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T23:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well he died in Minneapolis so it seems apropos.I ...</title><summary type='text'>Well he died in Minneapolis so it seems apropos.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I will await your review.  Another review is coming out in the December issue of the Italian American Review.  It will be written by an expert in aesthetics.  I hope that this reviewer helps me understand my mistakes and lucky hits in terms of Catholic aesthetics.  What an incredible gorgeous legacy -- now largely dropped over the last 100</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112969288531171208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112969288531171208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129692840000#c112969288531171208' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112968231891328124</id><published>2005-10-18T20:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T20:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I will secure twenty copies of your book and distr...</title><summary type='text'>I will secure twenty copies of your book and distribute them to the Royal Court at the next St. Paul Winter Carnival.  I&#39;ll read one as soon as possible and post my review on the lonsilliman blog.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112968231891328124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112968231891328124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129682280000#c112968231891328124' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112968205672740628</id><published>2005-10-18T20:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T20:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112968205672740628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112968205672740628'/><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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112967663139453097</id><published>2005-10-18T19:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T19:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lon, get the book out of the library.  I just can&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>Lon, get the book out of the library.  I just can&#39;t do a lectureship in Ron&#39;s blog unless he specifically invited me to do so.  I try to maintain the stance of responding at least tangentially to his own remarks.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why won&#39;t anybody read my book?  It&#39;s true.  Nobody will read it.  The picture of Corso looking up at Jesus on the cover is enough to stop most.  But if you start to read it, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112967663139453097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112967663139453097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129676580000#c112967663139453097' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112967550453875750</id><published>2005-10-18T18:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T18:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;The reach of Corso&#39;s ideas is spectacular and bre...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;The reach of Corso&#39;s ideas is spectacular and breathtaking&gt;&#39;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It would be great for you to show this instead of just saying it.  But I guess you already have in your book.  But nobody will read your book.  So -- just one Corso poem and then you showing this spectacular reach.  Easy enough to do!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112967550453875750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112967550453875750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129675500000#c112967550453875750' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112966848329219478</id><published>2005-10-18T16:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T16:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ivy League standards are mostly enforced off campu...</title><summary type='text'>Ivy League standards are mostly enforced off campus.  When I was at Groliers the proprietress threw someone out for looking for Thomas Grey in the 20th century section. &quot;We don&#39;t need your kind here.&quot;  You have to know where to look.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112966848329219478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112966848329219478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129668480000#c112966848329219478' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112966823489787533</id><published>2005-10-18T16:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T16:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Larry Fagin&#39;s straight and alive btw.. glad you li...</title><summary type='text'>Larry Fagin&#39;s straight and alive btw.. glad you like his poems..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112966823489787533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112966823489787533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129668180000#c112966823489787533' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112966734279588806</id><published>2005-10-18T16:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T16:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>On Pound: Basically you are rallying against what ...</title><summary type='text'>On Pound: Basically you are rallying against what &#39;people who think&#39; supposedly think about: Derrida, Lacan, Williams for that matter.. when you ignore the fact that Pound chose his own points of reference for what you call &#39;serious thinking,&#39; Confucius, Arnaud Daniel, American history, economics, etc.  That is, the question of what you think about is another thing to make new. He never read </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112966734279588806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112966734279588806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129667340000#c112966734279588806' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112965836149508466</id><published>2005-10-18T13:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T13:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I should say I also had some great teachers as a g...</title><summary type='text'>I should say I also had some great teachers as a graduate student.  STeven Shaviro, who is now at Wayne State -- very good professor and now a long-term pal.  Many amazing French professor -- Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, Marc Froment-Meurice (who is now the head of the Vanderbilt French program), and so many others.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think poets are missing out when they go to MFA programs because it seems </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112965836149508466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112965836149508466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129658340000#c112965836149508466' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112965799639479606</id><published>2005-10-18T13:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T13:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The two summers I went to Naropa are where I actua...</title><summary type='text'>The two summers I went to Naropa are where I actually learned everything, including how to send people up the wall.  (Corso was brilliant at this.)  I had already had a lot of practice though with three brothers.  We competed at this game.  At Evergreen I did have one or two excellent profs -- one was Peter Elbow who taught me how to not be afraid to blather or to make mistakes.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Naropa</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112965799639479606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112965799639479606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129657980000#c112965799639479606' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112965661793598133</id><published>2005-10-18T13:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T13:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Also, Ginsberg did absolutely everything Mark Van ...</title><summary type='text'>Also, Ginsberg did absolutely everything Mark Van Doren told you not to do when writing poetry, but I don&#39;t give Van Doren credit for having any effect on this.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112965661793598133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112965661793598133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129656600000#c112965661793598133' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112965587674502746</id><published>2005-10-18T13:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T13:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Your selection of Evergreen over Harvard under tho...</title><summary type='text'>Your selection of Evergreen over Harvard under those circumstances is endearing... I like Evergreen although my education predated budget airlines and $2 gas... your post had Harvard written all over it, both in terms of upper lip and their purging of ‘Black Muslim movement’ faculty, so you saved yourself a lot of money.  You must have acquired your taste for making hippies’ blood curl there.&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112965587674502746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112965587674502746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129655820000#c112965587674502746' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112964333885335429</id><published>2005-10-18T09:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T09:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shanna, my bad.  I thought for sure you were a bla...</title><summary type='text'>Shanna, my bad.  I thought for sure you were a black Muslim.  If you&#39;re sure you&#39;re not a black Muslim, then you probably aren&#39;t.  There is still time for a conversion!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ian, if you look through the Beats and the ones who wrote important work versus the ones who didn&#39;t, the important ones had good educations from reputable universities.  Corso was at Harvard for several years, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112964333885335429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112964333885335429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129643280000#c112964333885335429' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112961097272464351</id><published>2005-10-18T00:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T00:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shanna wrote:The quotation in the post above is by...</title><summary type='text'>Shanna wrote:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;The quotation in the post above is by Matthew Wascovich.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Wasco knows his shit.  I know him from an email list.  He&#39;s no Black Muslim, but he&#39;s still a good man.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m looking forward to reading more of Shanna&#39;s work, but first, I&#39;m going to brush up on my Shabazz.  I&#39;ve heard he&#39;s key to understanding many a recovering white Southern Baptist.  History &amp; </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112961097272464351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112961097272464351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129610940000#c112961097272464351' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15418310802340579561</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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-326822307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112960759809519129</id><published>2005-10-17T23:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T23:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I see the similarity to Creeley (one of my favorit...</title><summary type='text'>I see the similarity to Creeley (one of my favorite poets)--the same seeming simplicity of common items, common words, combined with a depth that will bear countless rereadings. Definitely an exciting new voice.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112960759809519129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112960759809519129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129607580000#c112960759809519129' title=''/><author><name>Patry Francis</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01352168828858437085</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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1310562406"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112960515747717312</id><published>2005-10-17T23:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T23:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I can&#39;t belive I am typing the following words: I ...</title><summary type='text'>I can&#39;t belive I am typing the following words: I am not a Black Muslim. I am a very white recovering Southern Baptist from rural Texas. You can&#39;t hear me laughing, but trust me, I find this error hilarious.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The quotation in the post above is by Matthew Wascovich. He published some poems of mine in Thee Flat Bike, but I can&#39;t take credit for those sentences.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks to you all </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112960515747717312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112960515747717312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129605120000#c112960515747717312' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112959499626969232</id><published>2005-10-17T20:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T20:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Damn fine.  However, following links to where some...</title><summary type='text'>Damn fine.  However, following links to where some of her poesy appears I came upon this:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Graham Lambkin and The Shadow Ring have a new record out called I&#39;m Some Songs. It’s a motherfucker. Get it from Chris at Fusetron. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A Real Knife Head has a new recording called Contract Image. See our music section for more info.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Nice Ecstatic Peace shit here. Magik Markers and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112959499626969232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112959499626969232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129594980000#c112959499626969232' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112959239883135532</id><published>2005-10-17T19:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T19:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,Before you write brochures for high schools ...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Before you write brochures for high schools saying that Colombia taught Kerouac everything he knows, it should be noted that out of every single recipient of a BA, MFA, or PhD in English from an Ivy League School not a single one became a Beat writer.  When they booted Ginsberg for physically allowing the previously booted Kerouac in, they decided his classmates were more </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112959239883135532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112959239883135532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129592340000#c112959239883135532' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112958465352705486</id><published>2005-10-17T17:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T17:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It must be strange to be a Black Muslim poet in th...</title><summary type='text'>It must be strange to be a Black Muslim poet in this day and age.  Shanna, or so I&#39;ve heard, helps to run one of the largest mosques in the New York City area.  The influence of that religion can be seen throughout her writing, even in the symbol of the butterfly on the book&#39;s cover, which is a direct reference to Malcolm X&#39;s assassination.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t know why there are no references to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112958465352705486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112958465352705486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129584600000#c112958465352705486' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112957116027833679</id><published>2005-10-17T13:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T13:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There were a lot of poets who went through the Nar...</title><summary type='text'>There were a lot of poets who went through the Naropa school attached to Ginsberg.  What do you think of Antler, for example?  I imagine he would be second generation Beat that might rate at least a B- in your book.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hirschman has a lot of the best qualities of the Beats.  Humor, clear dry hard line, etc.  I think he is also a Stalinist?  Didn&#39;t I come across this somewhere?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112957116027833679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112957116027833679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129571160000#c112957116027833679' 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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112957080888939837</id><published>2005-10-17T13:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T13:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>holy moly, ron. thanks for such a generous review....</title><summary type='text'>holy moly, ron. thanks for such a generous review. it means a lot to me, particularly, coming from you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112957080888939837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112957080888939837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129570800000#c112957080888939837' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112956602989519951</id><published>2005-10-17T12:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T12:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Second generation Beats were simply echoes of the...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Second generation Beats were simply echoes of the first, but without the good educations &amp; intense commitment to craft.³&lt;BR/&gt;³ As always, it’s the exception that proves the rule, Jack Hirschman being that exception.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Who&#39;s on your list of second generation Beats?&lt;BR/&gt;Though I think it&#39;s best to take it one poet at a time I make lists too. A kind of critical short hand I try not to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112956602989519951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112956602989519951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129566000000#c112956602989519951' title=''/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01390053646668652290</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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-857295758"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112956357404761489</id><published>2005-10-17T11:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T11:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow! I&#39;m now one of Compton&#39;s biggest little fans....</title><summary type='text'>Wow! I&#39;m now one of Compton&#39;s biggest little fans. Thanks.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112956357404761489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112932550183821966/comments/default/112956357404761489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html?showComment=1129563540000#c112956357404761489' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Baraban</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09637400683517160112</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/2005/10/ever-since-he-took-over-as-director-at.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112932550183821966' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112932550183821966' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-290229728"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2005"/></entry></feed>