<?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.post2711046645884306422..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/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.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>21</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4892830689633881361</id><published>2007-05-22T22:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-22T22:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>JohnI think I&#39;m going to barf.</title><summary type='text'>John&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think I&#39;m going to barf.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/4892830689633881361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/4892830689633881361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179886740000#c4892830689633881361' title=''/><author><name>Nada</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01448534316756256503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/119/316140010_e2bd73b381_s.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1564832188"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8392759681577086788</id><published>2007-05-22T17:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-22T17:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>nada and jimi think you two need to get togetheran...</title><summary type='text'>nada and jim&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i think you two need to get together&lt;BR/&gt;and work this out&lt;BR/&gt;face to face&lt;BR/&gt;the animosity and confusion&lt;BR/&gt;is purely mental&lt;BR/&gt;words and concepts slinging&lt;BR/&gt;across the blog stream&lt;BR/&gt;try to find the love&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;if you could but smell one another&#39;s breath&lt;BR/&gt;how the acid would turn sweet&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;try writing love poems&lt;BR/&gt;to the one you hate&lt;BR/&gt;or merely </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/8392759681577086788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/8392759681577086788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179868860000#c8392759681577086788' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5404161962698598218</id><published>2007-05-22T13:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-22T13:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I certainly haven&#39;t called you names or diagnosed ...</title><summary type='text'>I certainly haven&#39;t called you names or diagnosed you in this box. I guess I&#39;d need specific examples of calling you names or diagnosing you. I didn&#39;t mention you in the VILLAGE VOICE piece. I&#39;m sorry you feel so mistreated--I&#39;m not sure what makes you feel that way.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/5404161962698598218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/5404161962698598218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179856080000#c5404161962698598218' title=''/><author><name>Jim Behrle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08581472923510160635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t307/jbehrle/-42.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-108210959"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3495462351085445376</id><published>2007-05-22T11:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-22T11:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What are you TALKING about?  You call me names and...</title><summary type='text'>What are you TALKING about?  You call me names and diagnose me all the time?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/3495462351085445376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/3495462351085445376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179847260000#c3495462351085445376' title=''/><author><name>Nada</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01448534316756256503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/119/316140010_e2bd73b381_s.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1564832188"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5342287849224199113</id><published>2007-05-22T10:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-22T10:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think it&#39;s great that this article has become co...</title><summary type='text'>I think it&#39;s great that this article has become controversial--thank you for giving it further life here. Unlike others, I feel no need to call people names or diagnose them. Who knows why they react to things they way they do? The Satires continue...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;With much thanks,&lt;BR/&gt;Jimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/5342287849224199113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/5342287849224199113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179843960000#c5342287849224199113' title=''/><author><name>Jim Behrle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08581472923510160635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t307/jbehrle/-42.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-108210959"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3678695960306643592</id><published>2007-05-22T08:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-22T08:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jim, I don’t think it’s accurate to say that I was...</title><summary type='text'>Jim, I don’t think it’s accurate to say that I was using your drinking problem for my own advantage.  I believe I said you had fortitude (that is called “positive reinforcement”).  Your misprision is typical; you take what I say and twist it into your own weird echoic nutty hostility.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Nor did I imply that you need less coverage; judging by your photo, you clearly need more.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Jim,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/3678695960306643592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/3678695960306643592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179838260000#c3678695960306643592' title=''/><author><name>Nada</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01448534316756256503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/119/316140010_e2bd73b381_s.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1564832188"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3679664381326974292</id><published>2007-05-22T05:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-22T05:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Of that group I think Boyle was closest to getting...</title><summary type='text'>Of that group I think Boyle was closest to getting to the truth – Hemingway’s penchant for myth is better suited to writing fiction. I agree with your characterization of Hemingway...females only exist in Hemingway’s fiction as symptoms of his self-image. Hemingway’s is the myth of the (American) male image in defining moments - the Movable Feast scene, the ideologically-tinged warfare in Spain, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/3679664381326974292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/3679664381326974292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179826920000#c3679664381326974292' 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/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3523044382242598367</id><published>2007-05-21T22:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T22:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i for one admire behrle&#39;sreactive radioactivecomix...</title><summary type='text'>i for one admire behrle&#39;s&lt;BR/&gt;reactive radioactive&lt;BR/&gt;comix&lt;BR/&gt;and his flippant remarks&lt;BR/&gt;that i know only really&lt;BR/&gt;from this blog&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;he seems to be able to tap&lt;BR/&gt;a reservoir of humor&lt;BR/&gt;and doesn&#39;t mind the possibility&lt;BR/&gt;of it being bad humor&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;is anyone doing really good humor these days&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;we live in a culture that &lt;BR/&gt;is really doing something&lt;BR/&gt;about bad boys</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/3523044382242598367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/3523044382242598367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179802140000#c3523044382242598367' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8501859475321977621</id><published>2007-05-21T21:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T21:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Snyder&#39;s presence here in Ojai was magnificent.</title><summary type='text'>Snyder&#39;s presence here in Ojai was magnificent.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/8501859475321977621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/8501859475321977621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179797820000#c8501859475321977621' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1341666209"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-286263265271572456</id><published>2007-05-21T19:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T19:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I was just curious about how one might integrate a...</title><summary type='text'>I was just curious about how one might integrate a concept of &quot;acceptable&quot; behavior from the &quot;Bohemian&quot; coterie into a progressive view of the avant garde.  La Boheme (by Bizet) is, in fact, a picture of the &quot;bohemian&quot; cliche from the 19th Century.  San Francisco&#39;s North Beach &quot;scene&quot; in the 1950&#39;s (and beyond) stands for some kind of concept of difference from the norm.  Exile&#39;s Return by </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/286263265271572456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/286263265271572456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179791340000#c286263265271572456' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4644619863371734230</id><published>2007-05-21T14:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T14:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My essays generally have pooping bears in them. An...</title><summary type='text'>My essays generally have pooping bears in them. And my poetics have pirates gang-raping each other.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/4644619863371734230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/4644619863371734230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179773520000#c4644619863371734230' title=''/><author><name>Jim Behrle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08581472923510160635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t307/jbehrle/-42.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-108210959"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-33911569221723783</id><published>2007-05-21T13:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T13:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, A Movable Feast was definitely not only an...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, A Movable Feast was definitely not only an act of bad manners but by distancing himself from the milieu that helped make him an interesting writer, Hemingway paved the way for the decline of his literary abilities that ensued.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I’m sure you appreciate the point of ‘autodidact/ education’ I was making: until Behrle musters a passable essay about poetics, his repetitive posturing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/33911569221723783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/33911569221723783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179769200000#c33911569221723783' 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/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2742013831240364483</id><published>2007-05-21T09:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T09:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian:&quot;It is convenient for establishment professors...</title><summary type='text'>Ian:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;It is convenient for establishment professors when the ‘hipster autodidact’ mantle is assumed by someone in bad need of an education and good bohemian manners, which may explain his appeal to the Poetry Foundation.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Are you saying here that Behrle is an autodidact &quot;without education&quot;?  And that he also lacks &quot;bohemian manners&quot;?  If so, what are &quot;bohemian&quot; manners, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/2742013831240364483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/2742013831240364483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179753720000#c2742013831240364483' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2588317550384465636</id><published>2007-05-21T02:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T02:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I just thought it was a funny (and charmingly unhi...</title><summary type='text'>I just thought it was a funny (and charmingly unhip) picture to have at the head of a list of links that included &quot;language poetry and the body.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/2588317550384465636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/2588317550384465636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179728580000#c2588317550384465636' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://www.princemyshkins.com/images/yeller.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5570562503525819185</id><published>2007-05-20T22:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T22:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, it&#39;s clear to me here that no one begrudges t...</title><summary type='text'>Yes, it&#39;s clear to me here that no one begrudges the coverage I got. And that *I&#39;m* the only poet *in the world* who has problems they ought to be dealing with. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for using my drinking problem for _your_ purposes *again*!! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/5570562503525819185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/5570562503525819185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179716040000#c5570562503525819185' title=''/><author><name>Jim Behrle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08581472923510160635</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/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-108210959"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6243608758599020874</id><published>2007-05-20T16:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T16:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>man, this pic of jimwould make a pretty coolmodel ...</title><summary type='text'>man, this pic of jim&lt;BR/&gt;would make a pretty cool&lt;BR/&gt;model for a gargoyle, like the&lt;BR/&gt;blue jeans hipster in damm square&lt;BR/&gt;in amsterdamm. &lt;BR/&gt;anyone ever seen that? its up&lt;BR/&gt;on the facade of one of the old buildings there. or was.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;or like a Duane Hanson&lt;BR/&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Hanson&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i remember we had these giant headless black foam rubber body builder</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/6243608758599020874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/6243608758599020874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179694500000#c6243608758599020874' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://www.phaneronoemikon.org/imago/2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3046334308712276472</id><published>2007-05-20T10:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T10:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Anne, Whatever people’s perceptions were about tha...</title><summary type='text'>Anne, Whatever people’s perceptions were about that, you addressed their concerns well - my point was that wasn’t worth further coverage in the Blogosphere though I suppose my wording above contained the previous arguments.. I agree with everything you said.  Concerning the allegation of promoting poets, Nada, I was just rebutting the story line that you were resisting his lampoon style when in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/3046334308712276472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/3046334308712276472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179673080000#c3046334308712276472' 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/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2894194863671033173</id><published>2007-05-20T08:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T08:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ian,Just a clarification.  First, Pussipo is no...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ian,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just a clarification.  First, Pussipo is not a &quot;secret&quot; group.    Second, I do not understand what you mean by &quot;whisper campaigns.&quot;  I do remember a time when Elizabeth Treadwell posted about a blurb Ron wrote on her blog, and others -- members of pussipo, non-members, men, women, etc. -- joined in a discussion on Elizabeth&#39;s blog around feminism, the long poem, Ron&#39;s blog etc.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/2894194863671033173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/2894194863671033173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179663600000#c2894194863671033173' title=''/><author><name>AB</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06553741703526633185</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/386826702_e28358f649_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1586425008"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1590364676974800951</id><published>2007-05-19T21:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-19T21:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Ian, although I&#39;m not sure I remember or a...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks, Ian, although I&#39;m not sure I remember or agree with your account of the Pussipo Incident you refer to.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t think it&#39;s true, though, that I was one of those who &quot;did the most to promote Jim the &#39;Satirist&#39;&quot;, although I do confess to being amused by him early on.  I agree that he is not currently practicing satire, but enacting his delusions and rage on people who markedly do </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/1590364676974800951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/1590364676974800951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179624900000#c1590364676974800951' title=''/><author><name>Nada</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01448534316756256503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/119/316140010_e2bd73b381_s.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1564832188"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 19, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7810524188705077912</id><published>2007-05-19T16:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-19T16:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Village Voice coverage of phenomenon is prefer...</title><summary type='text'>The Village Voice coverage of phenomenon is preferable to, say, FoxNews, but I find it highly irresponsible for the Voice to take Nada Gordon’s comments out of context, inserting them (and the comments of the unnamed source) in the article to make her seem like an opponent of Us Weekly-style lampooning that can’t take a joke.  I believe Nada Gordon is one of the people who did the most to promote</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/7810524188705077912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/7810524188705077912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179607800000#c7810524188705077912' 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/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 19, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2683056274318357594</id><published>2007-05-19T16:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-19T16:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That independent bookstore that&#39;s closing is a los...</title><summary type='text'>That independent bookstore that&#39;s closing is a loss, I suppose. But the best independent around here (which has a good poetry section), The Book House (also mentioned in the article), is going strong. And the best in my city, The Open Door, does well in a fairly blighted block-long retail strip--partly because it also serves as a mid-scale gift shop and partly because its selection of books (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/2683056274318357594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2711046645884306422/comments/default/2683056274318357594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html?showComment=1179604980000#c2683056274318357594' title=''/><author><name>Geof Huth</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04763053227479195348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/186/968/1024/HUTH21.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/05/profiling-jim-behrle-language-poetry.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711046645884306422' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2711046645884306422' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-599696549"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 19, 2007"/></entry></feed>