<?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.post116092409446934293..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/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116111851527186680</id><published>2006-10-17T16:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-17T16:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And Ron, if you&#39;ll indulge me just a bit here.  I ...</title><summary type='text'>And Ron, if you&#39;ll indulge me just a bit here.  I know not everyone has the time to keep up with my anger level on my blog right now.  It is self centered it seems (even to me sometimes) and is really just a way of archiving my thoughts.  I&#39;d like to share this little gem....it really struck me that this friend of mine literally had to be hypnotized to uncover her sense of displacement.  A </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116111851527186680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116111851527186680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html?showComment=1161118500000#c116111851527186680' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116092409446934293' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116092409446934293' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116111761545893384</id><published>2006-10-17T16:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-17T16:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You know, it is odd that you would choose a &quot;Zioni...</title><summary type='text'>You know, it is odd that you would choose a &quot;Zionist&quot; mystical poet and Darwish.  What is odd is that the Irish would get inflamed about their &quot;ownership&quot; of Ireland.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Who is the most Irish of poets nowadays eh?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Well.  I&#39;m not Irish.  And I&#39;m not American, I&#39;m a literalist Muslim and I&#39;ve been told by my former mentor that because of my extremely ANGRY view about Zionism (well, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116111761545893384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116111761545893384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html?showComment=1161117600000#c116111761545893384' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116092409446934293' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116092409446934293' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116110226720454160</id><published>2006-10-17T12:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-17T12:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Like Yehuda Amichai, the Israeli poet he read in H...</title><summary type='text'>Like Yehuda Amichai, the Israeli poet he read in Hebrew as a young man, Mr. Darwish has given expression to his people&#39;s ordinary longings and desires. He writes, he said, with &quot;an eye toward the beautiful,&quot; and would like his poetry to be read for its literary attributes.&quot; &quot;Sometimes I feel as if I am read before I write,&quot; he added, clearly frustrated. &quot;When I write a poem about my mother, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116110226720454160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116110226720454160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html?showComment=1161102240000#c116110226720454160' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116092409446934293' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116092409446934293' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116099486015265113</id><published>2006-10-16T06:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-16T06:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>O.D.,While I&#39;ve not been drawn (and certainly not ...</title><summary type='text'>O.D.,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;While I&#39;ve not been drawn (and certainly not force-exposed) to Maya Angelou&#39;s poetry, I found her ceremonial poem for Bill Clinton&#39;s innaugural -- on that sunny and bracing day, standing amid half a million people (I suppose it was) listening, in the wide sprawl of the national mall -- bracing and satisfyingly suitable for the occasion.  If it somehow did not carry as well in TV </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116099486015265113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116099486015265113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html?showComment=1160994840000#c116099486015265113' 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/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116092409446934293' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116092409446934293' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116096043912558654</id><published>2006-10-15T21:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T21:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You wouldn&#39;t call Ben Lerner post-avant?For me, th...</title><summary type='text'>You wouldn&#39;t call Ben Lerner post-avant?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For me, the most embarrassing moment of Clinton&#39;s presidency came during his inauguration, when he endorsed the School of Winfrey via Maya&#39;s awful verse. Hallmark of wretchedness. (Does anyone know why the rich bird won&#39;t stick to her greeting card industry? Hell, when I was in public highschool we were actually forced to read her poetry. No Hart </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116096043912558654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116096043912558654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html?showComment=1160960400000#c116096043912558654' 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/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116092409446934293' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116092409446934293' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116094880406677229</id><published>2006-10-15T17:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T17:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I am not thinking of getting the Reader. I&#39;m happy...</title><summary type='text'>I am not thinking of getting the Reader. I&#39;m happy with my Palm Pilot TX. I&#39;m simply noting the latest attempt at a solution for which there is no problem.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116094880406677229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116094880406677229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html?showComment=1160948760000#c116094880406677229' 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/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116092409446934293' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116092409446934293' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116094785668029075</id><published>2006-10-15T17:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T17:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron- are you thinking about getting the Reader?</title><summary type='text'>Ron- are you thinking about getting the Reader?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116094785668029075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116094785668029075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html?showComment=1160947800000#c116094785668029075' title=''/><author><name>Phil</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08738290695461467516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2433/708/1600/Scan10008.0.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116092409446934293' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116092409446934293' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1355987448"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116094341179979475</id><published>2006-10-15T16:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T16:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow, a great post where I actaully have soemthing ...</title><summary type='text'>Wow, a great post where I actaully have soemthing to say and no other commnets!  1. When I met Shirley Kaufman at Wake Forest in April 1998, she was a humble lovely person.  I had no idea she was as old as she is.  her &quot;Roots in the Air&quot; is a fine book. 2.  Maya Angelou&#39;s &quot;Amazing Peace&quot; was beautiful for its simplicity.  3. Concerning &quot;There is no such thing as performance poetry.&quot;   Well, I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116094341179979475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116092409446934293/comments/default/116094341179979475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html?showComment=1160943360000#c116094341179979475' title=''/><author><name>Helen Losse</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17091815827047472237</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/2006/10/when-i-think-of-shirley-kaufman-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116092409446934293' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116092409446934293' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-713953301"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2006"/></entry></feed>