<?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.post113620306051816168..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/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113668199952389865</id><published>2006-01-07T19:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-07T19:59:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>For the record, I dropped out of York in first yea...</title><summary type='text'>For the record, I dropped out of York in first year ... pretty much a drunk, depressed, two hundred and ten pound disgrace.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Love,&lt;BR/&gt;Sharon Harris&lt;BR/&gt;Happy S &amp; S contributor&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;photos from the launch:&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.iloveyougalleries.com/poetry/05themercurypress/p2.html</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113668199952389865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113668199952389865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html?showComment=1136681940000#c113668199952389865' title=''/><author><name>i love you</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07297671786527825154</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/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113620306051816168' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113620306051816168' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-393836342"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113665480339735624</id><published>2006-01-07T12:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-07T12:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>first, thank you for the review, ron. it&#39;s great t...</title><summary type='text'>first, thank you for the review, ron. it&#39;s great to see dialogue generating around the anthology.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;thanks to derek, as well, for his cursory glimpse into S&amp;S&#39;s stats. for readers unfamiliar with many contributors&#39; backgrounds, i thought it might prove useful to flesh out the geography stats a bit, since the question was raised in these comments. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;10 (25%) of authors are current </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113665480339735624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113665480339735624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html?showComment=1136654760000#c113665480339735624' title=''/><author><name>a.raw</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00208690780113362869</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/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113620306051816168' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113620306051816168' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-918080275"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113657973780255037</id><published>2006-01-06T15:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-06T15:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i think his point is that the anth is another &quot;MA ...</title><summary type='text'>i think his point is that the anth is another &quot;MA program showcase.&quot; most of those van writers you mention are calgary grads i think. i haven&#39;t seen the book, but ron&#39;s notion of the collection as a &quot;first draft&quot; seems pretty generous to me.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113657973780255037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113657973780255037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html?showComment=1136579700000#c113657973780255037' title=''/><author><name>kaybecker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17679832893531007200</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/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113620306051816168' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113620306051816168' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-436548190"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113649736259449887</id><published>2006-01-05T16:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-05T16:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>just for clarification, of the 41 contributors to ...</title><summary type='text'>just for clarification, of the 41 contributors to _Shift &amp; Switch_, 8 of the contributors live west of the rockies: James, Johanson, Lai, Lowry, Scott, Simpson, Wilcke, wong (9 if you count le heup, who now lives in california), and nathalie stephens currently resides in chicago ...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113649736259449887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113649736259449887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html?showComment=1136497320000#c113649736259449887' title=''/><author><name>derek beaulieu</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17864137018471160739</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/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113620306051816168' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113620306051816168' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-172134810"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113649711594396365</id><published>2006-01-05T16:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-05T16:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113649711594396365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113649711594396365'/><author><name>derek beaulieu</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17864137018471160739</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/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113620306051816168' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113620306051816168' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-172134810"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113642218833662613</id><published>2006-01-04T19:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-04T19:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The vis-po emphasis you note in Shift and Switch s...</title><summary type='text'>The vis-po emphasis you note in Shift and Switch should be read as evidence that the collection is really a kind of Calgary-Toronto cattle call than a document of the &quot;new&quot; in Canadian writing. Interesting that the three poets you mention as worthy of more attention are Vancouver writers. I think there might be a couple more, but less than 10% of the writers in the anthology are resident west of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113642218833662613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113642218833662613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html?showComment=1136422140000#c113642218833662613' title=''/><author><name>Brad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00437778409213921782</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/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113620306051816168' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113620306051816168' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-453682608"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113631332472936324</id><published>2006-01-03T13:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-03T13:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ron, please disregard what i just wrote for dan&#39;s ...</title><summary type='text'>ron, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;please disregard what i just wrote for dan&#39;s altered book project, i was just joshing... &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;anyway, just wanted to say, in my humble opinion, gustave morin is the real shit! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;check out this on ubu:&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.ubu.com/ubu/morin_spaghetti.html&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;oh, geez, now i have to &quot;choose an identity&quot; who shall i be?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113631332472936324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113631332472936324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html?showComment=1136313300000#c113631332472936324' title=''/><author><name>drosspriddle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06933929044248033587</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/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113620306051816168' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113620306051816168' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1308705972"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113621228631636454</id><published>2006-01-02T09:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-02T09:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,You&#39;re making me want to get a copy of the boo...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You&#39;re making me want to get a copy of the book--tho primarily to evaluate the quality of the visual poetry and to see if there are new Canadian &quot;voices&quot; working in that arena.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I understand your criticism of Dan Waber&#39;s &quot;Altered Books&quot; project, but it doesn&#39;t appear to me that the participants--and I myself am the least active of those, with one contribution--are simply </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113621228631636454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113620306051816168/comments/default/113621228631636454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html?showComment=1136212260000#c113621228631636454' title=''/><author><name>Geof Huth</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04763053227479195348</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/2006/01/one-way-to-start-new-year-is-to-take.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113620306051816168' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113620306051816168' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-599696549"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 02, 2006"/></entry></feed>