<?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.post115641982579773390..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/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/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>36</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115748117625808294</id><published>2006-09-05T14:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T14:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis -- you say that University Press publicatio...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis -- you say that University Press publications are &quot;especially lackluster.&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yet there are Wesleyan&#39;s Barbara Guest titles (including &quot;The Red Gaze,&quot; her last book before her death), U of Chicago&#39;s Bernstein titles (including the just published &quot;Girly Man&quot;), and U of California published Harryette Mullen&#39;s &quot;Sleeping With the Dictionary.&quot;  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Maybe my admittedly limited </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115748117625808294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115748117625808294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1157481120000#c115748117625808294' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115742200439144178</id><published>2006-09-04T22:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-04T22:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think what Ron&#39;s getting at is, &quot;workshops&quot; have...</title><summary type='text'>I think what Ron&#39;s getting at is, &quot;workshops&quot; have come to occupy such a crucial place in the literary life of the nation, that the character of our poetic production as a society has become to a large extent dependent upon them.  That is not to say--and I wouldn&#39;t--that they actually foster the best or most interesting work being done, just that they tend to be self-perpetuating organs of taste </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115742200439144178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115742200439144178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1157421960000#c115742200439144178' 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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115742168525639336</id><published>2006-09-04T22:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-04T22:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>a concrete example of an incompetent reader import...</title><summary type='text'>a concrete example of an incompetent reader importing material that is truly irrevelant is my HD BLOG&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;blindelephant.blogspot.com</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115742168525639336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115742168525639336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1157421660000#c115742168525639336' title=''/><author><name>csperez</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12750899028081321109</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1479745132"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115717436548091874</id><published>2006-09-02T01:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-02T01:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Last paragraph of Ron&#39;s post:&#39;Now it’s possible th...</title><summary type='text'>Last paragraph of &lt;BR/&gt;Ron&#39;s post:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;B&gt;&#39;Now it’s possible that a reader can import material that is truly irrelevant to a given text – there are incompetent readers. But a much larger problem in our society is that of inexperienced readers, particularly in MFA programs.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just how large a societal problem are these &#39;inexperienced readers particularly in MFA programs.&#39;?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115717436548091874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115717436548091874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1157174340000#c115717436548091874' 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/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 02, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115689491127728165</id><published>2006-08-29T19:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-29T19:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I wouldn&#39;t know if Hollo is well known in the othe...</title><summary type='text'>I wouldn&#39;t know if Hollo is well known in the other Scandihoovian countries. He didn&#39;t seem to be particularly well known in Finland at least not in Tampere among the few poets I knew.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There were wars between different schools of Finnish poets -- SOQ being the Parnasso school of poets.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Norwegians and Danes would be closer than Finns and either.  Finnish is like Hungarian (a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115689491127728165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115689491127728165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156894860000#c115689491127728165' 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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115674823333548210</id><published>2006-08-28T02:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-28T02:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It seems the argument took an interesting  shift. ...</title><summary type='text'>It seems the argument took an interesting  shift. It started with the question of anonymity, that is to say with seing or not seeing a single work within the context of the poet&#39;s other work or his/her reputation. Then, it shifted to placing the poem within a literary tradition. The second approach has more to do with the reader assigning a context to the poem, in terms which in now way limit a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115674823333548210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115674823333548210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156748220000#c115674823333548210' title=''/><author><name>Murat</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17609361246201969553</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1123699228"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115673298557374140</id><published>2006-08-27T22:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T22:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think we can accept readings that are contextual...</title><summary type='text'>I think we can accept readings that are contextually based right alongside &quot;objective&quot; ones.  It&#39;s probably true that completely objective readings of anything are impossible, unless it&#39;s in a very foreign language--like Arabic or Basque (to a Western speaker).  I often catch myself contetxtualizing works that delight me, realizing (to my chagrin) that a work is objectively much less important </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115673298557374140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115673298557374140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156732980000#c115673298557374140' 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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115671721749495038</id><published>2006-08-27T18:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T18:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>larry, you are quite right, and my apologies.simpl...</title><summary type='text'>larry, you are quite right, and my apologies.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;simply wanted to show that the signifier of a homerun can have have variable &quot;tantalizing&quot; significations dependant on the actor&#39;s subject-position. is this a shaky point? so didnt mean to imply you were racist for i dont even know you. just the first obvious example that came to mind ;)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and yes objectivity isnt bad, but forming an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115671721749495038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115671721749495038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156717200000#c115671721749495038' title=''/><author><name>csperez</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12750899028081321109</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1479745132"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115670842084188252</id><published>2006-08-27T15:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T15:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>csperez:You immediately cast my comment into a neg...</title><summary type='text'>csperez:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You immediately cast my comment into a negative light by framing it in racist terms. I didn&#39;t mention Hank Aaron or Babe Ruth. You made an assumption in order to prove your shaky point. There isn&#39;t a *right* answer to this. I&#39;m merely stating that an attempt at objectivity isn&#39;t a bad thing. No matter one&#39;s skin color it is possible to excel at baseball was the analogy.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115670842084188252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115670842084188252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156708380000#c115670842084188252' title=''/><author><name>Larry Sawyer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18209176066752392711</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-633681119"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115670792711505024</id><published>2006-08-27T15:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T15:45:00.000-04:00</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/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115670792711505024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115670792711505024'/><author><name>Larry Sawyer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18209176066752392711</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-633681119"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115669416008721433</id><published>2006-08-27T11:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T11:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve meditated here about the prospects for musica...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve meditated here about the prospects for musical production conceived inside the changing media technology of the 20th Century.  We know that various media, such as recording devices, data storage devices, and mechanical reproduction devices, are all rapidly changing.  Great store was put in the 20th Century on One) The extemporaneous quality of the occasion (i.e., jazz sessions in which the &quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115669416008721433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115669416008721433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156694160000#c115669416008721433' 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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115666756569429830</id><published>2006-08-27T04:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T04:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis,your opening observation invites another.Th...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;your opening observation invites another.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The fact is, text is a very recent phenomenon in the history of culture.  What was once valued was the quality of the story itself (orally transmitted).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But technology changes culture.  I don&#39;t think we can anticipate the future based (in a simplistic way) on the past.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As the told story has been subsumed into </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115666756569429830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115666756569429830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156667520000#c115666756569429830' 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/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115660921296454553</id><published>2006-08-26T12:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-26T12:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The fact is authorship is a very recent phenomenon...</title><summary type='text'>The fact is authorship is a very recent phenomenon in the history of culture.  What was once valued was the quality of the text itself.  The sands of time cover the particulars of identity, and only the substance of the material text survives.  Everything written over the last 1000 years will be subject to this same sifting and obscuring process.  Will The Lord of the Rings eventually become a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115660921296454553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115660921296454553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156609200000#c115660921296454553' 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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115656772794630546</id><published>2006-08-26T00:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-26T00:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Csperez makes a good point when he points out that...</title><summary type='text'>Csperez makes a good point when he points out that:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;“So this is all obvious, obviously. what&#39;s interesting is that these projects intersect in their desire for AUTHORITY.”&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And thanks for pointing that out.  I think it a good point well worth pointing out, within the context of Fagin’s statement and the Smith work he brings into the discussion (a work Ron mentioned in glowing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115656772794630546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115656772794630546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156567680000#c115656772794630546' 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/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115653744148440106</id><published>2006-08-25T16:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-25T16:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>hello everyone, first to larry sawyer, hank aarons...</title><summary type='text'>hello everyone, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;first to larry sawyer, hank aarons HR that surpassed Babe Ruth is more &quot;tantalizing&quot; ALSO because of his ethnicity...this is obvious. further, context DOES change the writing...i would agree that context doesn&#39;t change the signifiers presented, but contexts are always writing and re-writing the writing. this is a small point, obviously, but there is a difference between </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115653744148440106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115653744148440106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156537440000#c115653744148440106' title=''/><author><name>csperez</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12750899028081321109</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1479745132"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115653571814511079</id><published>2006-08-25T15:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-25T15:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Don&#39;t see how context and form are correlates. In ...</title><summary type='text'>Don&#39;t see how context and form are correlates. In fact, if you look at anti-formalist linguistics such as Deleuze &amp; Guattari&#39;s, you&#39;ll see they mainly work from contexet as OPPOSED to form. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;People who advocate &#39;taking a poem on its own terms&#39; are usually esotericists in hiding--i.e., priests. As Ron pointed out, it&#39;s usually because they want to empower themselves &amp; cloak themselves in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115653571814511079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115653571814511079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156535700000#c115653571814511079' title=''/><author><name>Fabian Delecto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06212144823606055500</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1031207256"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115652486104971106</id><published>2006-08-25T12:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-25T12:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Context is all very interesting in the context (ah...</title><summary type='text'>Context is all very interesting in the context (ahem) right now of all this current flap about Gunter Grass&#39; concealment of his own early Nazi past, and the way and timing in which he revealed the long-kept secret.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What limits the use of context in analyzing art is precisely the same problem as judging the artist not for their art but for their political, social, and moral views, and for</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115652486104971106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115652486104971106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156524840000#c115652486104971106' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07399620147907002735</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1119200278"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115650621087466462</id><published>2006-08-25T07:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-25T07:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Just thought i&#39;d help curb the common misperceptio...</title><summary type='text'>Just thought i&#39;d help curb the common misperception that talented/serious chess players labour over openings. Say this to someone who actually knows about chess, and we&#39;d laugh at you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115650621087466462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115650621087466462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156506180000#c115650621087466462' title=''/><author><name>Kevin Doran</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08640770705948611352</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-405491431"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115647104342982359</id><published>2006-08-24T21:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T21:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>hello everyone, first to larry sawyer, hank aarons...</title><summary type='text'>hello everyone, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;first to larry sawyer, hank aarons HR that surpassed Babe Ruth is more &quot;tantalizing&quot; ALSO because of his ethnicity...this is obvious. further, context DOES change the writing...i would agree that context doesn&#39;t change the signifiers presented, but contexts are always writing and re-writing the writing. this is a small point, obviously, but there is a difference between </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115647104342982359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115647104342982359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156471020000#c115647104342982359' title=''/><author><name>csperez</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12750899028081321109</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1479745132"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115647062694284826</id><published>2006-08-24T21:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T21:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I believe that The Chunky and the Thin is the long...</title><summary type='text'>I believe that The Chunky and the Thin is the long-awaited fifth volume of Levi-Strauss&#39;s Mythologiques.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115647062694284826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115647062694284826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156470600000#c115647062694284826' 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/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115646949657540703</id><published>2006-08-24T21:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T21:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>But Larry (love your work BTW), you&#39;re picking and...</title><summary type='text'>But Larry (love your work BTW), you&#39;re picking and choosing the bits of context most likely to be irrelevant to a fan&#39;s experience of a ball game. A grand slam may be four runs at all times, but its meaning, a fan&#39;s experience of it, are tied to many factors. I.e., What inning is it, 1st versus 9th? is it a three-run game or a blow out? is the team tied for first place or 20 games back in late </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115646949657540703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115646949657540703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156469460000#c115646949657540703' title=''/><author><name>TagSmith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15329748629604337631</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-326688792"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115646745454826657</id><published>2006-08-24T20:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T20:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I love context. But that&#39;s a bit like saying, I lo...</title><summary type='text'>I love context. But that&#39;s a bit like saying, I love weather. Storms, modest patches of blue in long gray days, blazing gold heat on garden rows that waver in mirage. And the scent of the first snow of the season.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So the point about context differing from reader to reader, and with each reading, and through each layer of magic tricks, fits the world as I know it. I carry context, seek </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115646745454826657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115646745454826657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156467420000#c115646745454826657' title=''/><author><name>Beth Kanell</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08108922407270772577</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1536942640"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115646645639499855</id><published>2006-08-24T20:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T20:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve never understood the big deal about Borges&#39; Q...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve never understood the big deal about Borges&#39; Quixote allegory.  So what: the same signifier can have different meanings under different instances of articulation.  It&#39;s another way of saying: the meaning of an utterance is the speaker&#39;s intention.  The same string of signifiers -- material sounds or marks -- can take on different meanings when assembled with different intentions.  I&#39;ve been a</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115646645639499855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115646645639499855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156466400000#c115646645639499855' title=''/><author><name>Luther Blissett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13609172891362697253</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-699303289"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115646517016061550</id><published>2006-08-24T20:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T20:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m sorry I said &quot;Finnish&quot; when referring to a Dan...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m sorry I said &quot;Finnish&quot; when referring to a Dane living in Norway.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115646517016061550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115646517016061550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156465140000#c115646517016061550' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Baraban</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09637400683517160112</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-290229728"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115646485520444376</id><published>2006-08-24T20:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-24T20:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think that readers should try to free themselves...</title><summary type='text'>I think that readers should try to free themselves from their automatic negative reactions to certain classes of metaphor--in the case of one moment in Silliman&#39;s energetic explication of the Finnish poet&#39;s poem, &lt;I&gt;the comparison of  human beings to insects.&lt;/I&gt;  But Ron&#39;s unnecessary moralism is made less overbearing than it might have been through the conscious or unconscious playfulness of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115646485520444376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115641982579773390/comments/default/115646485520444376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html?showComment=1156464840000#c115646485520444376' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Baraban</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09637400683517160112</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/when-i-reviewed-that-anonymous.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115641982579773390' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115641982579773390' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-290229728"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 24, 2006"/></entry></feed>