<?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.post114848202485966064..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/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.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>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114858949031847064</id><published>2006-05-25T16:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T16:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You&#39;re right. One Life to Live is certainly the su...</title><summary type='text'>You&#39;re right. One Life to Live is certainly the superior show. I don&#39;t know what I was thinking.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114858949031847064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114858949031847064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148589480000#c114858949031847064' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18315356369259909084</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-277623651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114858451685438078</id><published>2006-05-25T15:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T15:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, yes: The blanket comparison (which I hope ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, yes: The blanket comparison (which I hope I was careful not to endorse) surely begs questions of control. Irony, though, may be shiftier ground: TV&#39;s been hyper-so since when? Your Show of Shows?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Which would suggest: What&#39;s wrong with TV&#39;s postmodernist landscape is also diagnosable in the bestseller lists (Roth standing in for the listed &quot;best&quot; of such). An irony that reaffirms </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114858451685438078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114858451685438078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148584500000#c114858451685438078' 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/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114858067532517649</id><published>2006-05-25T14:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T14:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey don&#39;t let the Roth comment throw out the baby....</title><summary type='text'>Hey don&#39;t let the Roth comment throw out the baby. SOMETHING SAID is a terrific collection with essays on ignored folks like Paul Blackburn and Edward Dahlberg. As well, he&#39;s a great opening essay on the more general topic of the nature of the artist. In it he writes the finished work “testifies to the fact that [the writer] is once more unemployed. It is a truism that the successful completion </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114858067532517649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114858067532517649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148580660000#c114858067532517649' title=''/><author><name>eugene</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06038323955704371237</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1105029997"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114857521641642620</id><published>2006-05-25T12:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T12:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I remember that Gil actually did have a great deal...</title><summary type='text'>I remember that Gil actually did have a great deal of respect for Phllip Roth&#39;s books, and vice-versa. Roth does have different &quot;levels&quot; to his writing, and cannot be dismissed so facilely as soap opera fare.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wrote grad papers for Sorrentino about Koch and O&#39;Hara.  He was far from dismissive of these poets.  True, he didn&#39;t think as highly of Berrigan and some of the other 2nd </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114857521641642620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114857521641642620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148575200000#c114857521641642620' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1218785319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114857368063196749</id><published>2006-05-25T12:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T12:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Nice post, Kirk.  But Roth&#39;s far too intelligent t...</title><summary type='text'>Nice post, Kirk.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But Roth&#39;s far too intelligent to be hooked this simply.  His work contains multiple ironies, all of which he controls.  Lest we forget that the game involves the manipulation of those ironies in fiction....  Which is what I was saying, that he uses &quot;reality&quot; in a playful way.  He&#39;s dithering his audience a lot of the time, tinkering with his own celebrity.  Is this a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114857368063196749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114857368063196749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148573640000#c114857368063196749' 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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114857349880684317</id><published>2006-05-25T12:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T12:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah, All My Children is pretty good, but I can&#39;t ...</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, All My Children is pretty good, but I can&#39;t decide if I like One Life to Live, just a little better.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114857349880684317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114857349880684317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148573460000#c114857349880684317' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18315356369259909084</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-277623651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114857317776678203</id><published>2006-05-25T12:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T12:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s curious to ask: Is daytime TV also about the ...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s curious to ask: Is daytime TV also about the problems of adaptation, assimilation, prejudice? Certainly, the soaps are preoccupied with a kind of solipsism: a version of the &quot;remarriage comedy&quot; genre Cavell works out in thirties and later Hollywood, albeit without the skepticism of the original auteurs: Sirk, Sturges, Wilder. The iterated sit-com narrative: the sarcastic and eccentric </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114857317776678203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114857317776678203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148573160000#c114857317776678203' 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/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114854545002215299</id><published>2006-05-25T04:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T04:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Sorentino stole the vino!&quot;Kierkergaard was on the...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Sorentino stole the vino!&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;Kierkergaard was on the scene O&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;should we book him?&quot; Roth inquired&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Sorentino has retired&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Zeke -- Ron has lately ponted out how he is not academic&lt;BR/&gt;(I think doing so through rhetorical question plus relevant facts,&lt;BR/&gt;such as, he doesn&#39;t teach in academia nor hold higher degrees).&lt;BR/&gt;But perhaps the distinction is academic.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Indeed, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114854545002215299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114854545002215299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148545440000#c114854545002215299' title=''/><author><name>David Raphael Israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12998884253069104925</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1186788164"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114853458183315752</id><published>2006-05-25T01:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T01:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Roth, like Dyaln is indeed a Jew, but unlike Ron, ...</title><summary type='text'>Roth, like Dyaln is indeed a Jew, but unlike Ron, he is not an academic theorist.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But isn&#39;t this thread supposed to be about Gilbert Sorrentino?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Com&#39;on, give the man his due.  Roth will have his time.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114853458183315752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114853458183315752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148534580000#c114853458183315752' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Hunkaburning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05144662896092856507</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114853190626083895</id><published>2006-05-25T00:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T00:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think I watched some daytime TV as a child durin...</title><summary type='text'>I think I watched some daytime TV as a child during the 1950&#39;s.  It was about tear-jerking.  Slow takes of over-emotionalized interpersonal relationships.  &quot;Do you love me?&quot;  &quot;I&#39;m not sure, I also love Gilda.&quot;  &quot;Have you slept with her?&quot;  &quot;Yes, but it didn&#39;t mean anything.&quot;  &quot;Then there&#39;s still hope for us?&quot;  &quot;Maybe.&quot;  (rising music etc.....) &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ultimately, a trivial form of what we now </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114853190626083895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114853190626083895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148531880000#c114853190626083895' 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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114851433297967777</id><published>2006-05-24T19:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T19:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Simon,Ron wrote:&gt;You suggest a logical flaw, and p...</title><summary type='text'>Simon,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron wrote:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;&lt; There is nothing wrong with Philip Roth that isn&#39;t also wrong with daytime TV.&gt;&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You suggest a logical flaw, and propose an amended version:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;&lt; there is nothing wrong with daytime TV that is not also wrong with Roth.&gt;&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The first version is more tentative and thus more decorous, arguably.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But a different form of the formulation seems</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114851433297967777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114851433297967777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148514300000#c114851433297967777' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114850502912082771</id><published>2006-05-24T17:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T17:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve got a Gerald Robert Vizenor, anIceberg Slim, ...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve got a Gerald Robert Vizenor, an&lt;BR/&gt;Iceberg Slim, a Pair of Purdy&#39;s,&lt;BR/&gt;and Timothy Leary&#39;s Jail notes, wait,&lt;BR/&gt;how&#39;d that get in here?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Does an In*un, a Ni**er, two Fa*s&lt;BR/&gt;and a Hi**y beat a J*w?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I doubt it!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114850502912082771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114850502912082771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148505000000#c114850502912082771' 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/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114850390413105361</id><published>2006-05-24T16:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T16:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t know quite what to say about Roth that wou...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t know quite what to say about Roth that would get Ron&#39;s attention on short notice.  He belongs to a sub-group of American fiction writers which includes Malamud, Bellow, Ozick, Doctorow, Heller, Elkin, Singer, et al.  Which is to say American Jewish writers.  They have in common, it seems to me, a preoccupation with the adaptation by those of Jewish descent to the peculiarities of American</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114850390413105361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114850390413105361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148503860000#c114850390413105361' 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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114850098309412460</id><published>2006-05-24T16:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T16:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorretino is pretty good reading.for some reason h...</title><summary type='text'>Sorretino is pretty good reading.&lt;BR/&gt;for some reason he makes me think of&lt;BR/&gt;Julián Ríos.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I like Rios better because he has a book&lt;BR/&gt;called&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Monstruary&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;my code key is&lt;BR/&gt;lobrutt&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;lobrut-t?&lt;BR/&gt;lo, bruit..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114850098309412460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114850098309412460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148500980000#c114850098309412460' 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/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114849790101931033</id><published>2006-05-24T15:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T15:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In the tradition of Ron&#39;s snark, I present snark o...</title><summary type='text'>In the tradition of Ron&#39;s snark, I present snark of my own: &lt;I&gt;the appropriate audience for this comment is that which thinks daytime TV is an appropriate replacement for Roth&lt;/I&gt;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Or, perhaps: &lt;I&gt;this comment has too many layers for those who consider gossip about a chapbook review serious writing&lt;/I&gt;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How about: &lt;I&gt;that the Big Eight&#39;s School of Quietude has outmarketed the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114849790101931033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114849790101931033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148497860000#c114849790101931033' title=''/><author><name>Simon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03035545713190516583</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1104587410"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114849271490247064</id><published>2006-05-24T13:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T13:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There is nothing wrong with Philip Roth that isn&#39;t...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;There is nothing wrong with Philip Roth that isn&#39;t also wrong with daytime TV.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I get it now! Roth&#39;s uncool. Good thing I&#39;m uncool too; I&#39;m allowed to enjoy him.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114849271490247064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114849271490247064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148492700000#c114849271490247064' title=''/><author><name>Zackary Sholem Berger</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07921542043459008887</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-623954577"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114849207275566991</id><published>2006-05-24T13:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T13:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry, Ron, but I think your readers deserve more ...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry, Ron, but I think your readers deserve more than a wisecrack as an explanation for why you don&#39;t regard Roth as a serious writer.  I don&#39;t always agree with you--I certainly don&#39;t in this case--but I respect your responsibility.  You needn&#39;t give us a dissertation, but how about a few paragraphs?  And in order to provoke you further, how about this: when it comes to writing fiction, Roth </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114849207275566991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114849207275566991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148492040000#c114849207275566991' title=''/><author><name>Norman Finkelstein</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03673105579717018812</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-282372784"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114849198107931916</id><published>2006-05-24T13:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T13:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>it&#39;s perfect.</title><summary type='text'>it&#39;s perfect.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114849198107931916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114849198107931916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148491980000#c114849198107931916' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18315356369259909084</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-277623651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114849196884752740</id><published>2006-05-24T13:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T13:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>there&#39;s nothing wrong with The O.C.</title><summary type='text'>there&#39;s nothing wrong with The O.C.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114849196884752740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114849196884752740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148491920000#c114849196884752740' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18315356369259909084</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-277623651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848961698415424</id><published>2006-05-24T12:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T12:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Or nighttime tv, for that matter</title><summary type='text'>Or nighttime tv, for that matter</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114848961698415424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114848961698415424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148489580000#c114848961698415424' title=''/><author><name>buckd_dc</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08893665849436752220</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-11203145"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848854282090121</id><published>2006-05-24T12:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T12:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>*snork*</title><summary type='text'>*snork*</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114848854282090121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114848854282090121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148488500000#c114848854282090121' title=''/><author><name>Radish King</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18201988289885910677</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1595279777"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848646233422384</id><published>2006-05-24T12:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T12:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There is nothing wrong with Philip Roth that isn&#39;t...</title><summary type='text'>There is nothing wrong with Philip Roth that isn&#39;t also wrong with daytime TV.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114848646233422384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114848646233422384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148486460000#c114848646233422384' 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/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848614286257194</id><published>2006-05-24T11:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T11:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>isn&#39;t there a fake review in that book? which one ...</title><summary type='text'>isn&#39;t there a fake review in that book? which one is it?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114848614286257194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114848614286257194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148486100000#c114848614286257194' title=''/><author><name>noah</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378064772495989860</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/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848202485966064' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114848202485966064' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1333406172"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114848485114730069</id><published>2006-05-24T11:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T11:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;d be curious to know what you find so awful abou...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;d be curious to know what you find so awful about Philip Roth.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114848485114730069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114848202485966064/comments/default/114848485114730069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-i-began-project-of-this-weblog.html?showComment=1148484840000#c114848485114730069' title=''/><author><name>Zackary Sholem Berger</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07921542043459008887</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' 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