<?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.post115745104647417362..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/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/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>28</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115812084089381649</id><published>2006-09-13T00:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T00:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have at least 100 heroes, so if you think I idol...</title><summary type='text'>I have at least 100 heroes, so if you think I idolize Coolidge and Palmer--well, duhhhhhhh....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As Gertrude Stein understood, naming is a sin.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d like to widen the field, but be free to exclude anyone who bored me, from the pantheon--devil take hindmost.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I LOVE Ronald Johnson&#39;s A Line of Poetry, A Row of Trees.  Ditto Mark Strand&#39;s Reasons For Moving.  And James </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115812084089381649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115812084089381649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1158120840000#c115812084089381649' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115798839560995239</id><published>2006-09-11T11:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-11T11:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The person named Kirby Olson commented above, &quot;Eve...</title><summary type='text'>The person named Kirby Olson commented &lt;BR/&gt;above, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Even the tiny bit of moderate criticism that RS invoked by naming Heijinian&#39;s father placed him under a barrage of canon fire.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There&#39;s a mistake of fact in that comment.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron Silliman to my knowledge has never named Lyn Hejinian&#39;s father, or received a barrage of &quot;canon fire&quot; for doing so. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Instead, a few </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115798839560995239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115798839560995239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157988360000#c115798839560995239' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115768038670661435</id><published>2006-09-07T21:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-07T21:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Chris,good point about Hejinianesque.  (Five sylla...</title><summary type='text'>Chris,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;good point about Hejinianesque.  (Five syllables trippingly on the tongue.)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As for the wheelchair guy, I hap to be on I.Explorer (PC) at the moment, and when I hit the wheelchair guy w/ mouse-hover, I see &quot;Listen and type the numbers you hear.&quot;  And if I click the guy, I hear some numbers.  So: maybe this is an alternative word-verif. option for those &quot;impaired&quot; by </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115768038670661435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115768038670661435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157680380000#c115768038670661435' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115760177983377713</id><published>2006-09-07T00:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-07T00:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis what reality show worms are crunchy?Hejinia...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis what reality show worms are crunchy?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hejinianesque - how majesticly inevitable that sound.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What fabulous design the cover of this book does to its &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;shape, form and notion of its title.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron I don&#39;t follow the wheelchair person icon next to the word verification field</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115760177983377713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115760177983377713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157601720000#c115760177983377713' title=''/><author><name>chris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11068391526111662520</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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1320777018"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115757049016089321</id><published>2006-09-06T15:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-06T15:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s really a very worthwhile book, in my opinion....</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s really a very worthwhile book, in my opinion.  In response to some of the critique here, I&#39;d say that some of its effects do depend a great deal on reading the whole book.  As I see it, one point of the book has to do with the curious way the mind absorbs unnatural yet repeated syntactical habits and soon enough normalizes them (the political implications of that phenomenon being quite </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115757049016089321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115757049016089321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157570460000#c115757049016089321' title=''/><author><name>Brent Cunningham</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16244764572301596523</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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-622900660"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115756827770628463</id><published>2006-09-06T14:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-06T14:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I like a few men&#39;s poetry: Corso, for instance.  I...</title><summary type='text'>I like a few men&#39;s poetry: Corso, for instance.  I like Marianne Moore&#39;s poetry.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In both cases, I prefer the poetry to the photos.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In fact, I do not necessarily agree that a picture is worth a thousand words.  I prefer Aram Saroyan&#39;s tiny one to four word poems better than his photographs, for instance.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I also like Mike Topp&#39;s poems.  But then, I like the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115756827770628463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115756827770628463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157568240000#c115756827770628463' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115754892437583283</id><published>2006-09-06T09:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-06T09:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>OK, Coolidge AND Palmer, thanks for clearing that ...</title><summary type='text'>OK, Coolidge AND Palmer, thanks for clearing that up.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kirbs, to say that praise towards a type of person is patronizing is to imply that it’s never deserved. But you don’t like men’s poetry either, just the author photos.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115754892437583283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115754892437583283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157548920000#c115754892437583283' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115752549365249888</id><published>2006-09-06T02:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-06T02:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Steven --about spacing, yeah, the trick is if you ...</title><summary type='text'>Steven --&lt;BR/&gt;about spacing, yeah, the trick is if you put in the HTML thingie and preview, you gotta put it in again and then &quot;print&quot; (so to speak); the preview nixes it.&lt;BR/&gt;Here&#39;s a test:&lt;BR/&gt;this phrase &amp;#160; and this phrase&lt;BR/&gt;are separated &amp;#160; by space&lt;BR/&gt;these words &amp;#160; and these words&lt;BR/&gt;the caesuras &amp;#160; displace&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;perhaps a solution is to pretend like </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115752549365249888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115752549365249888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157525460000#c115752549365249888' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115751659274497568</id><published>2006-09-06T00:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-06T00:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Coolidge?Well, you be the judge.  Michael Palmer j...</title><summary type='text'>Coolidge?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Well, you be the judge.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Michael Palmer just won the whatchamacallit prize for $100,000, and for my money (NOT my money, actually, but let it pass) he&#39;s a very decent experimental poet, or has been for the last 35 years.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think I&#39;d be the last to raise Coolidge to the rafters.  I&#39;m always impressed by what he&#39;s able to do, but being impressed is not the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115751659274497568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115751659274497568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157516580000#c115751659274497568' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115751018423188569</id><published>2006-09-05T22:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T22:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I get nervous when male poets praise female poets ...</title><summary type='text'>I get nervous when male poets praise female poets in this milieu.  It&#39;s another kind of patronizing move, I feel.  It&#39;s not that I think female poets should have their block knocked off or anything, but I just don&#39;t think that men can write anything honest about women  in this post-feminist, or just plain feminist era.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t think any women can be written about without worry that a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115751018423188569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115751018423188569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157510160000#c115751018423188569' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115750745468054273</id><published>2006-09-05T21:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T21:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Steven---Funny, Ron actually had me thinking of th...</title><summary type='text'>Steven---&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Funny, Ron actually had me thinking of the source Joyce was parodying---&lt;I&gt;The Triumph of Time&lt;/I&gt;---particularly these lines:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Reverberate words and a foolish prayer?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I will go back to the great sweet mother,&lt;BR/&gt;Mother and lover of men, the sea.&lt;BR/&gt;I will go down to her, I and none other,&lt;BR/&gt;Close with her, kiss her and mix her with me;&lt;BR/&gt;Cling to her, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115750745468054273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115750745468054273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157507400000#c115750745468054273' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115750472599913351</id><published>2006-09-05T21:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T21:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Onkyo,I&#39;ve read most of the Kari Edwards book, and...</title><summary type='text'>Onkyo,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ve read most of the Kari Edwards book, and it&#39;s amazing. I wasn&#39;t hot on &quot;United States,&quot; but it was a brief browse. I liked today&#39;s book (also on a rapid readthrough) and Dinh&#39;s, and there was another I looked at that was fantastic. Overall, it seems like a great series; I&#39;ve been waiting &#39;til I have the forty bucks to spare, but when I do, I&#39;m ordering it. Among other virtues:</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115750472599913351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115750472599913351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157504700000#c115750472599913351' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115750229233049956</id><published>2006-09-05T20:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T20:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, This has nothing remotely to do with Hecht...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, This has nothing remotely to do with Hecht, Hollander, and Wilbur and at least this passage is not meant as ribaldry, except in some aspects of its structure.  Your point is that nothing happens after early 80s Coolidge, made many times.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115750229233049956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115750229233049956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157502240000#c115750229233049956' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115750181537887486</id><published>2006-09-05T20:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T20:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I can understand Ernesto screwing things up -- the...</title><summary type='text'>I can understand Ernesto screwing things up -- there was more grey than blue and lots of wet showing through the week on that live shore cam.  Plus it sounds like you were fun-busy anyway.  Still, if you go to the shore, you gotta at least walk on the beach once and even get in, however briefly.  After all, as James Joyce had Buck Mulligan say, &quot;The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea. . . .</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115750181537887486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115750181537887486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157501760000#c115750181537887486' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' 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-115749640624656102</id><published>2006-09-05T18:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T18:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;That far the science takes us.&quot;Neither fear nor c...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;That far the science takes us.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Neither fear nor courage saves us.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Reminds me of the Eliot of Gerontion and Four Quartets, but with sheerer directness, less ornamental imagery. Less tropical and sensually wishy-washy. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Winds roar hollowly&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I like the thumpingly metrical movements: &quot;states that bloat the few we feign elect&quot;. The abstraction, the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115749640624656102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115749640624656102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157496360000#c115749640624656102' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115749533282904008</id><published>2006-09-05T18:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T18:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Has anyone read the rest of the works in the Heret...</title><summary type='text'>Has anyone read the rest of the works in the Heretical Texts series? I see Ron has a review of Lin Dinh&#39;s contribution--is the series worth buying in volume-form?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115749533282904008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115749533282904008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157495280000#c115749533282904008' title=''/><author><name>onkyo</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07221899144619191755</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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-756924369"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115749516164125764</id><published>2006-09-05T18:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T18:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And I&#39;m forgetting bicycle rides &amp; birdwatching --...</title><summary type='text'>And I&#39;m forgetting bicycle rides &amp; birdwatching -- my first American redstart! -- and pontoon boat rides through cypress swamps with lots of red-bottomed turtles, king birds, wood ducks &amp; herons.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115749516164125764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115749516164125764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157495160000#c115749516164125764' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115749503762227298</id><published>2006-09-05T18:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T18:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I did not get out onto the beach because Ernesto p...</title><summary type='text'>I did not get out onto the beach because Ernesto pretty much fouled up the weather all week. There was one good day, Monday, but we were entertaining a friend of my kids who is into his Goth thing right now and afraid that water might have a cleansing effect, so we did peewee golf instead. Plus many games of chess, Stratego &amp; Blokus. Plus some very good eating -- I especially recommend the Grove </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115749503762227298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115749503762227298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157494980000#c115749503762227298' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115749314234451902</id><published>2006-09-05T17:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T17:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>...thank you for making me aware of this... will h...</title><summary type='text'>...thank you for making me aware of this... will have to get the book... I just read it again and really take your point about reading it aloud... it rings...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115749314234451902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115749314234451902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157493120000#c115749314234451902' title=''/><author><name>Rod...</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09300758928762436166</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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1214262431"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115749131895329468</id><published>2006-09-05T17:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T17:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, really, people, this is just doggerel, albei...</title><summary type='text'>Well, really, people, this is just doggerel, albeit with an inspired (or shall we say &quot;juiced&quot;) practitioner.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At best, it&#39;s absurdist parody.  Hecht and Hollander and Wilbur (in his translations) crank this sort of stuff out, though much more skillfully and with fewer unintentional (or intentional?) gaffs.  It&#39;s hard to imagine anyone essaying this kind of style after Tennyson, or </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115749131895329468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115749131895329468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157491260000#c115749131895329468' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115748865667326804</id><published>2006-09-05T16:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T16:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>shades of Blake&#39;s &quot;Newton&quot; etc... like the above c...</title><summary type='text'>shades of Blake&#39;s &quot;Newton&quot; etc... like the above comments not sure of the awkwardness in some of the lines. There is probably some context/info left out as we only get this one &quot;fantasy&quot;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115748865667326804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115748865667326804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157488620000#c115748865667326804' title=''/><author><name>Oblique Devon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01769224111784848140</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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-13169045"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115748829151796960</id><published>2006-09-05T16:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T16:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And also Curtis, who exactly is the &quot;charlatan&quot; an...</title><summary type='text'>And also Curtis, who exactly is the &quot;charlatan&quot; and what &quot;works&quot; do you think he or she is in? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If you are calling Elrick a charlatan, or saying there&#39;s quackery in her poems, it strikes me as an awful harsh assessment, given the apparently limited exposure to the writing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115748829151796960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115748829151796960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157488260000#c115748829151796960' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' 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-115748533722911772</id><published>2006-09-05T15:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T15:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Really enjoyed these two stanzas.Curtis, how would...</title><summary type='text'>Really enjoyed these two stanzas.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Curtis, how would that ‘silly prosody’ be different from Ashbery’s Three Poems or Flow Chart?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115748533722911772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115748533722911772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157485320000#c115748533722911772' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115747681291570434</id><published>2006-09-05T13:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T13:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m reminded (rather more) of early-middle Prynne,...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m reminded (rather more) of early-middle Prynne, both for the blank verse effects and the comings and goings of ornaments and rhetorics (for which &quot;the conceptual anagram of selves&quot; and &quot;the plotted language of institutions&quot; serves as an almost-too-tidy emblem). &quot;Yet some soft stirring to speak is in the air, / the casual motion flirts with us.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115747681291570434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115747681291570434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157476800000#c115747681291570434' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115747225708796703</id><published>2006-09-05T12:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T12:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There&#39;s something stuttery about the language that...</title><summary type='text'>There&#39;s something stuttery about the language that rubs me the wrong way -- I think in part the flow of the sentences. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Since it&#39;s impossible to squeeze a coherent sense out of the words, I find myself continually trying to &quot;restart&quot; my reading with each new sentence fragment; but each fragment lasts at most three lines or so and so I find myself unable to get into the swing.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115747225708796703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115745104647417362/comments/default/115747225708796703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html?showComment=1157472240000#c115747225708796703' 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/2006/09/of-30-books-i-took-with-me-to-shore.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115745104647417362' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115745104647417362' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1104587410"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 05, 2006"/></entry></feed>