<?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.post113378316524681715..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/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><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>56</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113499996518493293</id><published>2005-12-19T08:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-19T08:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,I continue to be annoyed by this day&#39;s posting...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I continue to be annoyed by this day&#39;s posting. Needless to say your response Matt Lafferty was:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;***[Your comment would warrant a blog in itself, I&#39;m sure. That is an aesthetics.]***&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I had to mention this and get it off my chest. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your posting this day annoys me still. You&#39;re doing some &quot;back-pedalling&#39; here to cover your tracks. Why? There&#39;s a difference </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113499996518493293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113499996518493293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1134999960000#c113499996518493293' title=''/><author><name>Arlee Christian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08200416510821299942</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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-551028600"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113440449320989109</id><published>2005-12-12T11:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-12T11:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gosh, I sure missed the boat here.  I have/had goo...</title><summary type='text'>Gosh, I sure missed the boat here.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have/had good things to say about Brautigan and Armantrout, but the discussion is stale now.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Better luck next time.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113440449320989109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113440449320989109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1134404460000#c113440449320989109' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 12, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113409082358936417</id><published>2005-12-08T20:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T20:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t find it very hard to separate poets from t...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t find it very hard to separate poets from their work.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At least when I don&#39;t know them intimately. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Though it did, I guess, change my view of &quot;language writing&quot; in some way when I ended up in rooms with some of the writers and had to acknowledge that this weird stuff was actually being produced by physical beings who occasionally talked in more-or-less ordinary sentences...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113409082358936417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113409082358936417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1134090780000#c113409082358936417' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113405631497493566</id><published>2005-12-08T10:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T10:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Arlee, I would send the Silliman essays but I&#39;m no...</title><summary type='text'>Arlee, I would send the Silliman essays but I&#39;m not authorized to do it.  Anyways maybe Andy sent them on.  Ron, can we send these to Arlee or anyone who asks?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113405631497493566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113405631497493566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1134056280000#c113405631497493566' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113404417564839296</id><published>2005-12-08T07:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T07:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy - I have Tjanting - have had for some time no...</title><summary type='text'>Andy - I have Tjanting - have had for some time now - and it is certainly a major poetic work - I like the language poets  -not all  -but many -and their &quot;offshoots&quot; -not sure if I write as one (I&#39;m pretty certain I dont -but I have learnt from the practices) - I don&#39;t (I feel I am more &quot;intuitive&quot; -lol)  -influenced by people such as Ashbery and even Beckett I think - and some of the European </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113404417564839296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113404417564839296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1134044160000#c113404417564839296' title=''/><author><name>Richard Taylor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435</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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1142244622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113404300527440679</id><published>2005-12-08T06:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T06:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby - thanks - I&#39;ll look at that.</title><summary type='text'>Kirby - thanks - I&#39;ll look at that.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113404300527440679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113404300527440679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1134042960000#c113404300527440679' title=''/><author><name>Richard Taylor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435</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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1142244622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113403784969315053</id><published>2005-12-08T05:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T05:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Arlee,Silliman essays coming promptly.Tjanting is ...</title><summary type='text'>Arlee,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Silliman essays coming promptly.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Tjanting&lt;/I&gt; is in print, again, from Salt Press; &lt;I&gt;ABC&lt;/I&gt; is not, until Ron finally gets around to finishing &lt;I&gt;The Alphabet&lt;/I&gt;... but the former is the one that I think is truly transformative, if you read it all the way through... then all the other Silliman takes on a new character.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Andy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113403784969315053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113403784969315053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1134037800000#c113403784969315053' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113403664478429037</id><published>2005-12-08T05:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T05:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Of course, I didn&#39;t attend the Duncan/Palmer lectu...</title><summary type='text'>Of course, I didn&#39;t attend the Duncan/Palmer lecture myself, too bad. That was way before my time&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Another poet sent me copies and I just had to ask. That&#39;s all!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113403664478429037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113403664478429037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1134036600000#c113403664478429037' title=''/><author><name>Arlee Christian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08200416510821299942</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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-551028600"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113403643097000174</id><published>2005-12-08T05:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T05:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>oh yeah..my email arleechristian@msn.comAlso, I&#39;ve...</title><summary type='text'>oh yeah..my email &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;arleechristian@msn.com&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also, I&#39;ve got some very interesting essays myself &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;...and I also have some very interesting transcriptions&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(that I did myself..WORD FOR WORD, including nearly all of Duncan&#39;s tangents:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt; um, um, um, um, ah....and, and and...)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt; from a tape recording of Robert Duncan and Michael Palmer </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113403643097000174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113403643097000174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1134036420000#c113403643097000174' title=''/><author><name>Arlee Christian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08200416510821299942</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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-551028600"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113403586766869598</id><published>2005-12-08T04:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T04:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>[ Andy or Kirby, it makes no never mind (!), I say...</title><summary type='text'>[ Andy or Kirby, it makes no never mind (!), I say cloying-ly:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d love it if you could forward those essays on Armantrout to me? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Please. I&#39;d be grateful. If you get a chance]&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;**&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Wow.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Some interesting discussions here. I&#39;m only now tuning in after a few days absence, but I myself haven&#39;t read Rae Armantrout, though I&#39;ve jotted down a list of things to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113403586766869598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113403586766869598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1134035820000#c113403586766869598' title=''/><author><name>Arlee Christian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08200416510821299942</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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-551028600"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113399477206368749</id><published>2005-12-07T17:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T17:32:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve been wondering what is on the end of the midd...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve been wondering what is on the end of the middle finger of CAConrad&#39;s photo.  Is it black tape?  An under-the-nail bruise?  Something else?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Appearing as a hand like that reminds me of the creature in the old Addam&#39;s Family series.  Wasn&#39;t it called Thing?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113399477206368749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113399477206368749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133994720000#c113399477206368749' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113398546118784060</id><published>2005-12-07T14:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T14:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,Especially given your initial letter, I&#39;m ha...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Especially given your initial letter, I&#39;m happy to have helped with the escape from Kafkaland.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Andy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113398546118784060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113398546118784060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133985420000#c113398546118784060' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113397806960328194</id><published>2005-12-07T12:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T12:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Another one down.</title><summary type='text'>Another one down.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113397806960328194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113397806960328194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133978040000#c113397806960328194' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113396943695160962</id><published>2005-12-07T10:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T10:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Richard, his blog is searchable using the search a...</title><summary type='text'>Richard, his blog is searchable using the search again at the top.  It actually functions.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So if you put in Armantrout you&#39;d get all his stuff on that topic.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks so much for your interesting inquiries and statements on her work.  It has intrigued me.  Thanks also to Andy for same.  And of course Ron, too.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think I know have enough of a skeleton key to enter this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113396943695160962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113396943695160962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133969400000#c113396943695160962' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395658679345310</id><published>2005-12-07T06:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T06:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I can get a lot from Armantrout or similar writers...</title><summary type='text'>I can get a lot from Armantrout or similar writers and also Brautigan - of course there are writers who &#39;do nothing for me&#39; but I try to remain alert and aware that at some later time I will &#39;see the light&#39; -or maybe it will always stay obscure or uninteresting to me -or too abstract (if anything can be &quot;too&quot; anything) - but Brautigan is great - for me - for what it&#39;s worth - his writing is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113395658679345310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113395658679345310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133956560000#c113395658679345310' title=''/><author><name>Richard Taylor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435</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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1142244622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395580124919022</id><published>2005-12-07T06:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T06:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Does Ron have an index to his Blog?   He must have...</title><summary type='text'>Does Ron have an index to his Blog?   He must have written about RA etc I imagine and many others - a great resource. Some stuff is probably on the EPC.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113395580124919022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113395580124919022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133955780000#c113395580124919022' title=''/><author><name>Richard Taylor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435</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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1142244622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113395563305444554</id><published>2005-12-07T06:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T06:40:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>... ... I&#39;d start with her most recent book, Up to...</title><summary type='text'>&lt; andy gricevich said&gt;... &lt;BR/&gt;... I&#39;d start with her most recent book, Up to Speed, and work backwards from there  ....there are problems with the &quot;inner/outer directed&quot; dichotomy. The simplest one is that it&#39;s missing the distinction between &quot;inner,&quot; meaning, &quot;within the poem&quot; and &quot;inner&quot; meaning &quot;oriented toward the self, the consciousness, etc.&quot; In fact, the lack of this distinction ruins a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113395563305444554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113395563305444554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133955600000#c113395563305444554' title=''/><author><name>Richard Taylor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435</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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1142244622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113391582516945253</id><published>2005-12-06T19:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-06T19:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Ron, Can I have those essays too?(I have the o...</title><summary type='text'>Hey Ron, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Can I have those essays too?&lt;BR/&gt;(I have the one in &lt;I&gt;A Wild Salience&lt;/I&gt;, if that&#39;s one of them...)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;toodles,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Andy&lt;BR/&gt;ndm [underscore] g [at] yahoo.com</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113391582516945253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113391582516945253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133915820000#c113391582516945253' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113391277790793522</id><published>2005-12-06T18:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-06T18:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah, toodling!</title><summary type='text'>Ah, toodling!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113391277790793522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113391277790793522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133912760000#c113391277790793522' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113391223269353559</id><published>2005-12-06T18:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-06T18:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ok, now I see said the blind man.Silliman forwarde...</title><summary type='text'>Ok, now I see said the blind man.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Silliman forwarded two essays on RA too.  The first one was just delicious -- we think he writes well on this blague, no he&#39;s only toodling compared to the printable essay.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wonder -- in Aristotle&#39;s sense in the Poetics -- the poet -- paying homage to Dionysos renders &quot;fear and pity&quot; opening the heart to the strange universe within by </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113391223269353559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113391223269353559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133912220000#c113391223269353559' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113390771591599237</id><published>2005-12-06T17:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-06T17:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, though I forgot to mention surprise. Armantrou...</title><summary type='text'>Oh, though I forgot to mention surprise. Armantrout&#39;s descriptive adjectives, the conclusions of her statements and of entire poems, the connections between parts and the connections between things those connections show, are never the obvious ones. I like that. It&#39;s always a delight and a relief when it&#39;s not the same old thing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113390771591599237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113390771591599237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133907660000#c113390771591599237' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113390753848745961</id><published>2005-12-06T17:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-06T17:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ll try not to be vague in my ensuing Armantrout ...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ll try not to be vague in my ensuing Armantrout fishing, but for the real deal, I&#39;d start with her most recent book, &lt;I&gt;Up to Speed&lt;/I&gt;, and work backwards from there if you get hooked. God, these fishing jokes are getting out of hand.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think there are problems with the &quot;inner/outer directed&quot; dichotomy. The simplest one is that it&#39;s missing the distinction between &quot;inner,&quot; meaning, &quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113390753848745961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113390753848745961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133907480000#c113390753848745961' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113390353741390900</id><published>2005-12-06T16:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-06T16:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I never thought I&#39;d see a dunno from you&amp; I think ...</title><summary type='text'>I never thought I&#39;d see a dunno from you&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&amp; I think there are far worse books that have sold over 2 million copies by anyones count&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;as for referencing I too prefer outward rather than inward (or self-). However I like to be led into a world I don&#39;t already know, be it pratcical or theoretical</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113390353741390900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113390353741390900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133903520000#c113390353741390900' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1490930370"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113390092601184152</id><published>2005-12-06T15:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-06T15:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dunno.The novel Trout Fishing in America sold over...</title><summary type='text'>Dunno.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The novel Trout Fishing in America sold over 2 million copies according to Amazon.com website.  I imagine few books are in that range.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113390092601184152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113390092601184152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133900880000#c113390092601184152' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113389939041398394</id><published>2005-12-06T15:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-06T15:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>why not?</title><summary type='text'>why not?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113389939041398394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113378316524681715/comments/default/113389939041398394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html?showComment=1133899380000#c113389939041398394' 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/2005/12/i-seem-to-have-amused-matt-lafferty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113378316524681715' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113378316524681715' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1490930370"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 06, 2005"/></entry></feed>