<?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.post115581460548347353..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/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/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>38</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115645489181417996</id><published>2006-08-24T17:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T17:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah, now these are the posts that both hurt and tur...</title><summary type='text'>Ah, now these are the posts that both hurt and turn one on. But wait... where is Silliman?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115645489181417996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115645489181417996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1156454880000#c115645489181417996' title=''/><author><name>Arago Press</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01854798848338540056</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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1658279969"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115644280865962363</id><published>2006-08-24T14:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T14:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Stalker Faville, NOW you want me to believe t...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Stalker Faville, NOW you want me to believe that I&#39;m IMAGINING that you&#39;re not obsessed with me.  You are in Ron Silliman&#39;s comment box for THIS PARTICULAR post 9 times!  That&#39;s a LOT!  So for you to NOW pretend it&#39;s all about some other issue is just AMAZING.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;ACTUALLY dear you might have noticed that I didn&#39;t get upset AT ALL with others on this blog who had negative things to say </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115644280865962363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115644280865962363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1156442760000#c115644280865962363' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115644002372843819</id><published>2006-08-24T13:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T13:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The bottom line, here, Craig, is that you don&#39;t kn...</title><summary type='text'>The bottom line, here, Craig, is that you don&#39;t know how to deal with criticism.  Your first impulse is to get angry, and then to be hostile.    &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The quality of the response you (will) get from your poetry is various.  It is perfectly possible that people will be interested in your work without actually feeling any kinship with it at all.  All of us read dozens of poets, and much of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115644002372843819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115644002372843819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1156440000000#c115644002372843819' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115642997440253679</id><published>2006-08-24T10:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T10:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks and thanks.Curtis, dear silly hack, your kn...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks and thanks.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Curtis, dear silly hack, your knives are dull.  Get a stone.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your attempts to reduce me to the brand of confessional poet are only proof of how you have no idea what &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://CAConrad.blogspot.com&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Deviant Propulsion&lt;/A&gt; is about.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Of the 100 so pages, maybe, MAYBE 20 of those pages deal with my life directly.  And of those 20, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115642997440253679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115642997440253679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1156429920000#c115642997440253679' title=''/><author><name>PhillySound</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12258479964732436449</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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2138172893"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115636897256827448</id><published>2006-08-23T17:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T17:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In recent posts, Ron has raised the issued of the ...</title><summary type='text'>In recent posts, Ron has raised the issued of the cult of personality in considering its influence on the value of the text.  For over 50 years, a debate has been &quot;raging&quot; about the &quot;Confessional&quot; element in poetry--Robert Lowell, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, W.D. Snodgrass, Seidel, and to a lesser extend Jong, and others--whether such emphasis is a distraction or a fruitful indulgence.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115636897256827448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115636897256827448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1156368960000#c115636897256827448' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115634059969064206</id><published>2006-08-23T09:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T09:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;judged on the quality of personality so projected...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;judged on the quality of personality so projected&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Forget who wrote this, but to help that person out, I think this might be called mimesis or, in another context, art, or writing, or poetry.  The fact that people aren&#39;t over the person=poem/poet here, all the while making it part of a critical reading equation, astounds me.  Doesn&#39;t  get me that worked up mind you.  Just astounds me </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115634059969064206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115634059969064206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1156340580000#c115634059969064206' title=''/><author><name>Daniel Nester</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12135073788017492685</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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-482907402"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115624653999333056</id><published>2006-08-22T07:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-22T07:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My interview with Conrad is now up at: http://will...</title><summary type='text'>My interview with Conrad is now up at: http://willtoexchange.blogspot.com</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115624653999333056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115624653999333056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1156246500000#c115624653999333056' title=''/><author><name>Tom Beckett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08956557701199101102</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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1611280848"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 22, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115620385137350007</id><published>2006-08-21T19:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-21T19:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Enjoyed the poems CA.Entertaining, poignant and to...</title><summary type='text'>Enjoyed the poems CA.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Entertaining, poignant and to the point:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;New knees.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Well done.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115620385137350007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115620385137350007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1156203840000#c115620385137350007' title=''/><author><name>Forward From The Warnings</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16367813680501672133</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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1664102677"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115611580574368033</id><published>2006-08-20T19:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-20T19:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>what on earth is going on?</title><summary type='text'>what on earth is going on?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115611580574368033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115611580574368033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1156115760000#c115611580574368033' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1104587410"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115605698557303921</id><published>2006-08-20T02:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-20T02:56:00.000-04:00</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/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115605698557303921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115605698557303921'/><author><name>Winsome Beers</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10325365189099389741</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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-671042267"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115603069514183676</id><published>2006-08-19T19:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T19:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Scotch and Ice-cream.  I&#39;ll bet those boys in New ...</title><summary type='text'>Scotch and Ice-cream.  I&#39;ll bet those boys in New England already tried that batch and rejected it.  Cherry Garcia was the limit.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No one&#39;s accusing CA of being a hypocrit.  That&#39;s one thing he certainly isn&#39;t.  He&#39;s a brave boy with street smarts, and very entertaining.  I look forward to crossing swords with him in future.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He could be the new Kenneth Patchen.  Or the new </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115603069514183676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115603069514183676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1156030680000#c115603069514183676' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115601580814223198</id><published>2006-08-19T15:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T15:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh come on, Curtis.  I&#39;m sure CAConrad was NEVER a...</title><summary type='text'>Oh come on, Curtis.  I&#39;m sure CAConrad was NEVER a hypocrite.  He NEVER had sex with a woman or even asked one out on a little date because that would be cowardly: hiding his TRUE sexuality.  He has always, at all times in his life, been totally upfront and in-your-face.  He never had a &lt;I&gt;reason&lt;/I&gt; to keep a secret.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Oh and CA, when you say, &quot;And it wasn&#39;t a lie what I said because I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115601580814223198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115601580814223198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1156015800000#c115601580814223198' title=''/><author><name>Alan Cordle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07940154472975503099</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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1364153366"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115599742754425094</id><published>2006-08-19T10:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T10:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>When did they start putting Scotch in  Häagen-Dazs...</title><summary type='text'>When did they start putting Scotch in  Häagen-Dazs coffee?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115599742754425094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115599742754425094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155997380000#c115599742754425094' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115595841054827603</id><published>2006-08-18T23:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T23:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You tell&#39;em, CA.</title><summary type='text'>You tell&#39;em, CA.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115595841054827603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115595841054827603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155958380000#c115595841054827603' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115595834288325416</id><published>2006-08-18T23:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T23:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>CA:  You&#39;re already &quot;outed&quot; so there isn&#39;t much le...</title><summary type='text'>CA:  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You&#39;re already &quot;outed&quot; so there isn&#39;t much left to confess.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The bad childhood thing, and the persecuted Gay thing, and the betrayed lover thing are all stale meat by this time.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Now that you&#39;re all grown up and in no danger, you won&#39;t need to worry about a thing. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;*******************************************&lt;BR/&gt;******************************************* &lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115595834288325416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115595834288325416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155958320000#c115595834288325416' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115595764986183764</id><published>2006-08-18T23:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T23:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh Al!  Hehehe!  Yes, I did get that wrong, and Ji...</title><summary type='text'>Oh Al!  Hehehe!  Yes, I did get that wrong, and Jim told me.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The blog is NOT my blog, it&#39;s a collective.  The blog that IS only my blog does allow comments.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And it wasn&#39;t a lie what I said because I believed it to be true at the time.  It&#39;s only a lie if you know something is the opposite of what you claim it to be.  MUST I REALLY POINT THIS OUT TO YOU?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Meanwhile, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115595764986183764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115595764986183764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155957600000#c115595764986183764' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115594568467172157</id><published>2006-08-18T20:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T20:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Jimmy,CAConrad doesn&#39;t allow comments on his bl...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Jimmy,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;CAConrad doesn&#39;t allow comments on his blog, so would you tell him that you weren&#39;t the one who outed Foetry.  Damn his lies.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Luv,&lt;BR/&gt;Al</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115594568467172157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115594568467172157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155945660000#c115594568467172157' title=''/><author><name>Alan Cordle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07940154472975503099</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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1364153366"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115594194469159329</id><published>2006-08-18T18:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T18:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>vacant land etc .. it could just mean no white peo...</title><summary type='text'>vacant land etc .. it could just mean no white people/ no people like us etc -</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115594194469159329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115594194469159329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155941940000#c115594194469159329' title=''/><author><name>michaelf</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03896092358881060164</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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-107943565"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115593710621162599</id><published>2006-08-18T17:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T17:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis dear, HEHEHE!  Once again you amuse me to t...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis dear, HEHEHE!  Once again you amuse me to the point of tears from laughter!  If you had any idea the kind of mother wolf who raised me you would realize that your petty, passive-aggressive horseshit just won&#39;t fly with me.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You want to attack me.  Then, like an abusive spouse who feels guilt after a dozen or so hours tries to come at me with candy, or a night out for dumplings, so </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115593710621162599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115593710621162599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155937080000#c115593710621162599' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115593201468511390</id><published>2006-08-18T16:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T16:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The danger for a poet who depends heavily on the s...</title><summary type='text'>The danger for a poet who depends heavily on the straightforward recitation of autobiography, with liberal doses of self-pity and righteous indignation, is that he/she will be judged on the quality of personality so projected.  CA&#39;s &quot;style&quot; such as it is, consists in the quotidian reportage--there is no rhetoric, &quot;music&quot; or other interpositions of form.  Its great accomplishment--and it is really</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115593201468511390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115593201468511390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155931980000#c115593201468511390' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115592634665943162</id><published>2006-08-18T14:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T14:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I like think of that painted middle finger creepin...</title><summary type='text'>I like think of that painted middle finger creeping up the dark assholes of most people that comment in Ron Silliman&#39;s comment fields, to be honest. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115592634665943162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115592634665943162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155926340000#c115592634665943162' title=''/><author><name>Jim Behrle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15335271960398050288</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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1188941167"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115591620812908718</id><published>2006-08-18T11:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T11:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I like Conrad&#39;s spunk.  He almost reminds me of so...</title><summary type='text'>I like Conrad&#39;s spunk.  He almost reminds me of somebody, but when I try to think who it is I can&#39;t find anybody. I think he&#39;s one of a kind.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I can&#39;t understand how he will maintain his perspective into middle age and old age.  There&#39;s no support in our society for people like this.  Such insouciance is a young man&#39;s game.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Maybe an older fellow who goes on having fun like this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115591620812908718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115591620812908718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155916200000#c115591620812908718' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115591173720013233</id><published>2006-08-18T10:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T10:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>CA:  It&#39;s so good to know you&#39;ve truly arrived.  I...</title><summary type='text'>CA:  It&#39;s so good to know you&#39;ve truly arrived.  I for one must have been totally mistaken.  One of the values of a fragile ego is that it makes one hyper-sensitive.  That hyper-sensitivity is a two-edged sword.  It can be very useful as a tool for self-understanding, but it can also make one paranoid and defensive.  A lot of people will criticize you for your writing:  Some will be pricks and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115591173720013233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115591173720013233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155911700000#c115591173720013233' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115590138174385291</id><published>2006-08-18T07:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T07:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Just another note.While Curtis was busy contradict...</title><summary type='text'>Just another note.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;While Curtis was busy contradicting himself with his second post, proving who of course was really the one striking a pose for us, he was also busy sending me an e-mail asking if I&#39;d like to exchange books.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hehehe!  Now Curtis, why is it you can&#39;t hold an opinion for 24 hours?  You&#39;re like a child who has no control over his bladder.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And frankly, the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115590138174385291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115590138174385291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155901380000#c115590138174385291' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115588707200580054</id><published>2006-08-18T03:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T03:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fresh from Jessica’s Plastic Poetry essay it is in...</title><summary type='text'>Fresh from Jessica’s Plastic Poetry essay it is interesting how Conrad makes concrete poems out of symbols, such as in the first poem “for years,” in which the content of the poem interrelates with the baggage of the symbol (in this case a cross).  Two poems seem to live in a capital I and to be honest I don’t know what some of the other concrete poems are supposed to signify, but I do see this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115588707200580054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115581460548347353/comments/default/115588707200580054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html?showComment=1155887040000#c115588707200580054' 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/2006/08/all-this-week-ive-been-writing-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115581460548347353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115581460548347353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry></feed>