<?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.post114745005245530749..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/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.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-114753495859571837</id><published>2006-05-13T11:42:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-13T11:42:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>oops, shelley jacksoN. i mistyped.</title><summary type='text'>oops, shelley jacksoN. i mistyped.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114753495859571837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114753495859571837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html?showComment=1147534920001#c114753495859571837' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745005245530749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114745005245530749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114753493082681896</id><published>2006-05-13T11:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-13T11:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>woohoo--i agree: kelly link rocks. &amp; shelley jacks...</title><summary type='text'>woohoo--i agree: kelly link rocks. &amp; shelley jackso, while we&#39;re at it, since we are using this thread to reocommend more women fictioneers. :)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;just read a n+1 article by steve burt yesterday that laments younger poets don&#39;t read enough fiction. is that the case? i think most people i know read novels on a regular basis, and presumably some are also reading the fiction in the mixed-genre</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114753493082681896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114753493082681896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html?showComment=1147534920000#c114753493082681896' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745005245530749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114745005245530749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114751654345838690</id><published>2006-05-13T06:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-13T06:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>THE JUDGES FROM THE TIMES:&quot;The following are the w...</title><summary type='text'>THE JUDGES FROM THE TIMES:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;The following are the writers, critics and editors the Book Review asked to choose the best work of American fiction published in the last 25 years:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kurt Andersen&lt;BR/&gt;Roger Angell&lt;BR/&gt;A. Manette Ansay&lt;BR/&gt;James Atlas&lt;BR/&gt;Russell Banks&lt;BR/&gt;John Banville&lt;BR/&gt;Julian Barnes&lt;BR/&gt;Andrea Barrett&lt;BR/&gt;Rick Bass&lt;BR/&gt;Ann Beattie&lt;BR/&gt;Madison Smartt Bell&lt;BR/&gt;Aimee</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114751654345838690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114751654345838690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html?showComment=1147516500000#c114751654345838690' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan David Jackson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03201582947527750685</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/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745005245530749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114745005245530749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1957216601"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114750212391054088</id><published>2006-05-13T02:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-13T02:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I LOVE Kelly Link&#39;s book!So does the local indie b...</title><summary type='text'>I LOVE Kelly Link&#39;s book!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So does the local indie book store owner- that&#39;s how I found it!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114750212391054088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114750212391054088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html?showComment=1147502100000#c114750212391054088' title=''/><author><name>shann</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139</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/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745005245530749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114745005245530749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1505930166"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114748884006570312</id><published>2006-05-12T22:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T22:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hmm. I was thinking that most of my favorite ficti...</title><summary type='text'>Hmm. I was thinking that most of my favorite fiction books of the last ten years have been by women, though most of them have not been American - Margaret Atwood&#39;s Blind Assassin, AS Byatt&#39;s Possession, Zadie Smith&#39;s On Beauty. One of the most exciting books I&#39;ve read by an American writer lately was Kelly Link&#39;s first collection of short stories, Stranger Things Happen.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114748884006570312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114748884006570312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html?showComment=1147488840000#c114748884006570312' title=''/><author><name>jeannine</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323</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/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745005245530749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114745005245530749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-679745349"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114747189251938996</id><published>2006-05-12T18:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T18:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>AH!  And so the Lists have their genitals exposed!...</title><summary type='text'>AH!  And so the Lists have their genitals exposed!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;WOW!&lt;BR/&gt;CAConrad&lt;BR/&gt;the blog of THE ONE AND ONLY &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.ladybunny.net/blog/&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;LADY BUNNY!!!&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114747189251938996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114747189251938996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html?showComment=1147471860000#c114747189251938996' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360262447900081942</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/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745005245530749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114745005245530749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114746620815250774</id><published>2006-05-12T16:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T16:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m kinda slow, I&#39;m just a cook on a skinny island...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m kinda slow, I&#39;m just a cook on a skinny island in the Baltic - but here &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;we have an internet survey about poetry - two actually - which both amounted &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;to nothing, based on a handful of replies - then a real-world printed &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;survey/contest - NYT - which amounts to nothing, based on a hundred or so &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&#39;experts&#39; - (I imagine the names I most recognized were those </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114746620815250774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114746620815250774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html?showComment=1147466160000#c114746620815250774' title=''/><author><name>w.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01330509508149332419</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/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745005245530749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114745005245530749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-534740713"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745565317736970</id><published>2006-05-12T13:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T13:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry, can&#39;t access this.  Requires &quot;registration&quot;...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry, can&#39;t access this.  Requires &quot;registration&quot;.  Why not just post the list on your blog?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114745565317736970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114745005245530749/comments/default/114745565317736970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html?showComment=1147455600000#c114745565317736970' 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/2006/05/couple-of-people-have-pointed-out-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745005245530749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114745005245530749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry></feed>