<?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.post113534721144822029..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/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/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>49</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113582272562562954</id><published>2005-12-28T21:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T21:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well I never belonged here -- I had only an inklin...</title><summary type='text'>Well I never belonged here -- I had only an inkling of the LANGUAGE project -- and had a paragraph on it versus Codrescu&#39;s aesthetics in my book on the latter and ended up going into first SUNY Buffalo&#39;s web page to ascertain whether or not my inclinations were right.  Stayed there for a year and then migrated here.  I never belonged but found it interesting because I wanted to track a tendency.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113582272562562954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113582272562562954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135822680000#c113582272562562954' 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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113574383534753753</id><published>2005-12-27T23:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T23:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Then you mention Sufis. I had thought that they h...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Then you mention Sufis. I had thought that they had been largely exterminated in the Islamic world.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Whoa Kirby...whoa.  Time for you to STOP reading the ancients and start reading the newspaper.  Sufis are one of the most rapidly expanding types of muslim in the western world...and the west truly embraces them.  They are &#39;user friendly&#39;...i.e. accept any and everything, drink and drug </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113574383534753753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113574383534753753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135743780000#c113574383534753753' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113574343272614050</id><published>2005-12-27T23:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T23:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Niggis is the Islamic concept of &#39;dog dirtiness&#39;. ...</title><summary type='text'>Niggis is the Islamic concept of &#39;dog dirtiness&#39;.  Muslims really cringe near a dog...they think they are so dirty to be nearly Satanic.  Actually, in the Koran dogs are about as close to humans and humanity that it gets...the sura called &quot;Al Qaf&quot; translates to The Cave...Allah puts the &#39;sleepers&#39; (?Ephesus) into a cave and with them one dog.  If you count five in the cave it is four human/one </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113574343272614050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113574343272614050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135743420000#c113574343272614050' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113574292515497611</id><published>2005-12-27T23:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T23:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You are right Kirby...but it all stands the rest o...</title><summary type='text'>You are right Kirby...but it all stands the rest of it...he was a conqueror and conquest in the Middle East is the issue with Alexander.  As it was with Ghengis Khan, another important conqueror...all of their legacies usurped by the Islamic Empire.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This poet has to make a contract with Allah.  He knows that or at least it appears he must as he mentions the contract.  In Islam there </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113574292515497611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113574292515497611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135742880000#c113574292515497611' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113573049803105693</id><published>2005-12-27T19:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T19:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lilac I think the reason you are accepted is becau...</title><summary type='text'>Lilac I think the reason you are accepted is because you offer an interesting perspective.  I can&#39;t understand what insecurity led you to believe otherwise.  I especially liked your bit on Tyre underneath the Muslim poet from Bosnia but couldn&#39;t figure out if you were referring to Charles Olson or to Medmedinovich (sp?) when you said that he hadn&#39;t made peace with his maker.  This isn&#39;t to say </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113573049803105693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113573049803105693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135730460000#c113573049803105693' 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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113572307742037347</id><published>2005-12-27T17:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T17:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks.Well, I&#39;m &quot;doing theater&quot; in that picture. ...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks.&lt;BR/&gt;Well, I&#39;m &quot;doing theater&quot; in that picture. I&#39;ll change out of my footstool costume at some point, and back into that absurd pink suit jacket...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;come hither&quot; is more likely than &quot;devil-may-care...&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;cheers, Lilac.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113572307742037347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113572307742037347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135723020000#c113572307742037347' 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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113571409828669084</id><published>2005-12-27T15:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T15:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>But your photo is better...the other one.  :)   Yo...</title><summary type='text'>But your photo is better...the other one.  :)   Your pose...that devil may care look or come hither thing..the ether all around you like that...ah.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A Navajo woman almost beat me silly once for taking a photo of her kid in Flagstaff...now I know why.  :)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113571409828669084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113571409828669084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135714080000#c113571409828669084' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566287790693769</id><published>2005-12-27T00:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T00:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I thought you were cool before the photo.</title><summary type='text'>I thought you were cool before the photo.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113566287790693769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113566287790693769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135662840000#c113566287790693769' 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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113565696610939620</id><published>2005-12-26T23:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-26T23:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>But Joe always loved me even before the photo...he...</title><summary type='text'>But Joe always loved me even before the photo...he dragged me out of internet Critique Board Hell and made use of me and I made use of him and to him...I owe my warmest and sincerest regards.  Happy New Year Joe.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113565696610939620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113565696610939620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135656960000#c113565696610939620' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113565643965850958</id><published>2005-12-26T23:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-26T23:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh...and I only recently shared my photo over the ...</title><summary type='text'>Oh...and I only recently shared my photo over the internet and it is to the side...a much younger version of me hahahaha.  The first time I really let anyone see what I looked like I sent a photo to Joe Green in an email with the directive that it is a private photo.  You do want to see more than just what a poet writes...no doubt about that.  Joe then placed an image of a woman bathing naked in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113565643965850958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113565643965850958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135656420000#c113565643965850958' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113565588877958552</id><published>2005-12-26T22:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-26T22:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry for the typos but it is FREEZING in Beirut. ...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry for the typos but it is FREEZING in Beirut.  Wet and FREEZING...old hands, old bones.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113565588877958552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113565588877958552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135655880000#c113565588877958552' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113565579511623880</id><published>2005-12-26T22:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-26T22:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hmm.  Joe is right.  Sociology only exists within ...</title><summary type='text'>Hmm.  Joe is right.  Sociology only exists within poetry if the poet exists within the competitive market FOR poetry.  It can drive some insane and it can force some poets to write things (for the ?New Jorker...wasn&#39;t that the one he sent, was it O&#39;hara? or someone else..can&#39;t remember) that are just Gawd Awful just to stay in the market...particularly in light of the fact that there are so many </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113565579511623880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113565579511623880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135655760000#c113565579511623880' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113552596780562727</id><published>2005-12-25T10:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-25T10:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>OK I had thought before your post I shouldn&#39;t have...</title><summary type='text'>OK I had thought before your post I shouldn&#39;t have shared that little skit I thought up.  Good you vented.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113552596780562727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113552596780562727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135525920000#c113552596780562727' 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/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113552378305362462</id><published>2005-12-25T10:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-25T10:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>no, ian, i really just meant it as a general compl...</title><summary type='text'>no, ian, i really just meant it as a general compliment to ron for his general non-sexist behavior.  it wasn&#39;t a passive-aggressive barb for you.  i&#39;m not like that.  if i thought you were an ass, you&#39;d be well aware.  for now i reserve judgment.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113552378305362462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113552378305362462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135523760000#c113552378305362462' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113548184010327697</id><published>2005-12-24T22:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T22:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jessica is vague about who she is referring to..  ...</title><summary type='text'>Jessica is vague about who she is referring to..  but she may be referring to my mention of her name on the December 15 thread below, in which I was parodying the Jim Behrle crush list and the possible theatrics it would hypothetically set forth in light of their differing views on Jorie Graham.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If this mention of her name caused her offense then I apologize.  Since her post is vaguely </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113548184010327697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113548184010327697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135481820000#c113548184010327697' 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/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113547383063074962</id><published>2005-12-24T20:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T20:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ron, thanks for being one of only a small handful ...</title><summary type='text'>ron, thanks for being one of only a small handful of so-called language poets who practices what he preaches; despite espousing egalitarian politics so many male poets are (at best) sexist or (at worst) outright &quot;abusive&quot;.  i&#39;ve &quot;known&quot; you for what, six years, and you&#39;ve always been ready to do stuff like this (blocking sexist comments to your blog); there are many male poets who i&#39;ve known less</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113547383063074962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113547383063074962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135473780000#c113547383063074962' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113545386176928058</id><published>2005-12-24T14:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T14:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, yes, it is lovely to think of Raworth and ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, yes, it is lovely to think of Raworth and Eigner together. Years and years follow from that. And here we are, near the end of another one.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113545386176928058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113545386176928058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135453860000#c113545386176928058' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113543746769406291</id><published>2005-12-24T10:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T10:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ah yes the smell: &quot;A scent of roses masks pleasure...</title><summary type='text'>ah yes the smell:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt; &quot;A scent of roses&lt;BR/&gt; masks pleasure&quot; ,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;from an un-published poem of mine &quot;Co-Angulation&quot; written to &#39;re-cover&#39; let&#39;s say at just the moment when I was thrown out.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;** &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Maybe I would mention this word from Jean-Luc Nancy&#39;s essay &quot;The Calculation of the Poet&quot;. The word is &#39;wrenching&#39;. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;...&quot;wrenching has to be done at the right time </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113543746769406291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113543746769406291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135437420000#c113543746769406291' 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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-551028600"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113543737735059806</id><published>2005-12-24T10:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T10:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;I read [this blog] hoping to...someday leave behi...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;I read [this blog] hoping to...someday leave behind dangerous assumptions about my own work and poetry in general.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How do you &quot;leave behind an assumption&quot;?  That doesn&#39;t make any sense.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113543737735059806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113543737735059806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135437360000#c113543737735059806' 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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113543302583646658</id><published>2005-12-24T09:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T09:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The truth is I am lost when I read this blog about...</title><summary type='text'>The truth is I am lost when I read this blog about 90% of the time.  The other 10% of the time I would say that I have at least heard of the people talked about or reviewed.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Most of the time I read knowin I will never pick up the book or author being discussed.  I read hoping to someday know more, someday leave behind dangerous assumptions about my own work and poetry in general. &lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113543302583646658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113543302583646658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135432980000#c113543302583646658' title=''/><author><name>Justin Evans</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12161484350184865575</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1408752233"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113543063899100718</id><published>2005-12-24T08:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T08:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirk:Lion Lion is a great book, and thank you for ...</title><summary type='text'>Kirk:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lion Lion is a great book, and thank you for bringing Tom in.  His work&#39;s subtle references to the subliminal influences on making poetry are the most intuitively felt and wittily expressed I know.  Only Larry Eigner is as good, and his occurs at a less overtly histrionic level.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113543063899100718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113543063899100718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135430580000#c113543063899100718' 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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113542241090121593</id><published>2005-12-24T06:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T06:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Driving Miss Ozias The saddest noise, the sweetest...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;Driving Miss Ozias &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The saddest noise, the sweetest noise,&lt;BR/&gt;The maddest noise that grows,—&lt;BR/&gt;The bots, they make it in the fab,&lt;BR/&gt;In night&#39;s bright subjective hose.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;From Jake “Emily” Dictungstenheimlich’s _This Dust-Mite Like a Miniaturized Clone&lt;BR/&gt;of Thor Heyerdahl living in the blind insane reefbook of Tekne’_&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&amp;&lt;BR/&gt;Futon had seen&lt;BR/&gt;The face of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113542241090121593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113542241090121593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135422360000#c113542241090121593' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113541540628596163</id><published>2005-12-24T04:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T04:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian,I live in a cramped apartment, but the dust st...</title><summary type='text'>Ian,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I live in a cramped apartment, but the dust still grows at a ferocious pace. Hence the need for the enormous vacuum.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But, yes, there is much too much free market ideology lurking here: a peremptory &quot;we&quot; staving off the snapping multitude of all-consuming I&#39;s. I believe that the habitus we inhabit here survives by rather different principles. A questionable community at best</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113541540628596163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113541540628596163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135415400000#c113541540628596163' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113541357344263845</id><published>2005-12-24T03:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T03:39:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>EVERYTHIG IS INHERENTLY SOCIAL, EVEN MASTRUBATION....</title><summary type='text'>EVERYTHIG IS INHERENTLY SOCIAL, EVEN MASTRUBATION.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;STEVE IN TAIPEI</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113541357344263845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113541357344263845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135413540000#c113541357344263845' title=''/><author><name>steveintaipei</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113541013773689596</id><published>2005-12-24T02:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T02:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>(I really liked Ron&#39;s post. And I agree that it wo...</title><summary type='text'>(I really liked Ron&#39;s post. And I agree that it would be great if blogs like Kasey&#39;s got more &quot;interactive&quot; readers, Ron. Your point about academia being a &quot;feudal institution&quot; is hits right on the spot).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;While I read this post, I thought of this sentence by Eileen Tabios: &quot;poetry is (inherently) social&quot;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113541013773689596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113534721144822029/comments/default/113541013773689596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/seth-abramson-has-questions.html?showComment=1135410120000#c113541013773689596' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969105712582566329</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/seth-abramson-has-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113534721144822029' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113534721144822029' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry></feed>