<?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.post3106489908528335750..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/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/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>27</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-347002624266664072</id><published>2008-05-09T17:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T17:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I thought the point of getting an MFA was to use t...</title><summary type='text'>I thought the point of getting an MFA was to use the process of getting it to make the right connections to get published by mainstream presses.  Not that I would know much about that.  I&#39;ve gone the otherstream route: in a few months my Runaway Spoon Press will be 25-years-old.  It and similar presses have published me and my vispo friends.  In my case, it wasn&#39;t very effective in getting me </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/347002624266664072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/347002624266664072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1210369440000#c347002624266664072' title=''/><author><name>bobgrumman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16289253159301582507</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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1438100233"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7224064881409428265</id><published>2008-05-09T15:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T15:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>MFAs in creative writing, I think, are probably wo...</title><summary type='text'>MFAs in creative writing, I think, are probably worthless from a practical career standpoint (meaning they have no advantage over a regular MA). &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No one cares about your degree unless you&#39;ve published. So what&#39;s the point in even attending one, unless you think that sitting around with 10 people of the same experience and education as you can dramatically improve your writing. In which </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/7224064881409428265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/7224064881409428265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1210360500000#c7224064881409428265' title=''/><author><name>chippens</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319797537274875566</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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-197089391"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-50135311067778494</id><published>2008-04-29T21:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-29T21:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Just one comment: there&#39;s no such thing as blind j...</title><summary type='text'>Just one comment: there&#39;s no such thing as blind judging.  Oh, another: I think I made over 35 grand during my best four consecutive years at my highest-paying job.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;--Bob</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/50135311067778494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/50135311067778494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209518100000#c50135311067778494' title=''/><author><name>bobgrumman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16289253159301582507</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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1438100233"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3308322523387787676</id><published>2008-04-29T14:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-29T14:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If the idea is to get TIME to write, then marrying...</title><summary type='text'>If the idea is to get TIME to write, then marrying for money makes some sense.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If the idea is to get an EDUCATION to write, then going to school makes sense.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But your rich spouse would be happy to pay for your education, too, so it still makes sense to marry up, so that you can have TIME and MONEY and an EDUCATION.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I was only kidding. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Marriage is too </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/3308322523387787676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/3308322523387787676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209492420000#c3308322523387787676' 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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-685243118579051616</id><published>2008-04-28T21:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T21:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ron,your defense is basically &quot;it all depends on w...</title><summary type='text'>ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;your defense is basically &quot;it all depends on what your definition of &#39;job offer&#39; is&quot; which is, i shouldn&#39;t, have to say, pretty weak. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The point is that you when you said you were offered jobs before you did so as evidence that you were &quot;too cool for school&quot; i.e. above the &quot;academic,&quot; refusing on some kind of principle. This time when you said you weren&#39;t offered jobs (&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/685243118579051616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/685243118579051616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209432780000#c685243118579051616' title=''/><author><name>peter</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05327429647175738328</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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2035658647"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3285164168983672751</id><published>2008-04-28T17:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T17:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I should, according to your logic, kirby, forget a...</title><summary type='text'>I should, according to your logic, kirby, forget about getting my PhD and all the debt and just marry for money... who needs an education, anyway?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/3285164168983672751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/3285164168983672751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209418920000#c3285164168983672751' 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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-838014625524855364</id><published>2008-04-28T14:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T14:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Barnes and Noble pays much better: at least to the...</title><summary type='text'>Barnes and Noble pays much better: at least to their managers.  But their managers have business degrees.  They start at about 80 grand in the larger stores.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In the hinterlands there are still colleges that offer less than 35 to beginning assistant professors.  And that&#39;s if you can find a job.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Literature programs are now splitting up and being replaced by Ethnic Studies </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/838014625524855364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/838014625524855364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209405720000#c838014625524855364' 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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5993874585606214667</id><published>2008-04-28T13:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T13:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Literature programs don&#39;t compete with business fo...</title><summary type='text'>Literature programs don&#39;t compete with business for employees. They don&#39;t compete at all -- they overproduce candidates, keep large numbers on as adjuncts and compete instead with Barnes &amp; Noble.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/5993874585606214667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/5993874585606214667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209403920000#c5993874585606214667' 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='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5943658896032539709</id><published>2008-04-28T11:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T11:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for that clarification, Ron. That makes aca...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for that clarification, Ron. That makes academic salaries look even worse, doesn&#39;t it? It&#39;s a wonder anybody wants one of those jobs.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/5943658896032539709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/5943658896032539709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209395760000#c5943658896032539709' title=''/><author><name>mark wallace</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10047292022080114501</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.avecbooks.org/images/markwallace.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-476913415"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1642367031325762203</id><published>2008-04-28T11:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T11:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, I don&#39;t know how it works at the &quot;big contes...</title><summary type='text'>Well, I don&#39;t know how it works at the &quot;big contests&quot; but I do think a small press can be successful at running and  national contest AND coming up with a winner that readers can trust to be &quot;good&quot; according to the press&#39;s esthetic. At the press I run (Carolina Wren Press), we have four published/publishing poets reading all the mss. that are submitted in the first round. Each ms. gets read (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/1642367031325762203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/1642367031325762203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209395100000#c1642367031325762203' title=''/><author><name>andreaselch</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08318029374243759478</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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-875204967"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-360572365723630857</id><published>2008-04-28T09:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T09:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>From a Mexican perspective, one of the only ways o...</title><summary type='text'>From a Mexican perspective, one of the only ways of not only getting your work published, but of making ends meet, is submitting to contests. Most of us &quot;young&quot; Mexican writers can live for up to a year if we win one mainstream literary contest.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If you have sorted out your financial needs doing something unrelated to literature, fair enough, I suppose you can then just publish wherever </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/360572365723630857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/360572365723630857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209390300000#c360572365723630857' 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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3965091162398358799</id><published>2008-04-28T06:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T06:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m not a manager in my current job, Mark.</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m not a manager in my current job, Mark.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/3965091162398358799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/3965091162398358799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209379560000#c3965091162398358799' 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='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9104336434675891804</id><published>2008-04-27T18:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-27T18:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Based on the criteria that you&#39;d have to make more...</title><summary type='text'>Based on the criteria that you&#39;d have to make more money than in a corporate managerial position, there are almost no &quot;serious&quot; offers in the whole academic field of literature. Maybe one or two at Harvard or Princeton.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/9104336434675891804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/9104336434675891804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209336120000#c9104336434675891804' title=''/><author><name>mark wallace</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10047292022080114501</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.avecbooks.org/images/markwallace.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-476913415"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7923851569053327746</id><published>2008-04-27T15:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-27T15:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Poetry has no economic value (or very little) and ...</title><summary type='text'>Poetry has no economic value (or very little) and yet is at the very center of society.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This must be puzzling for a Marxist.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/7923851569053327746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/7923851569053327746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209322920000#c7923851569053327746' 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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-512510771804890484</id><published>2008-04-27T13:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-27T13:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Matt, (this is a different Matt), I think the char...</title><summary type='text'>Matt, (this is a different Matt), I think the charge of nepotism arises from a misunderstanding of the nature of community-based friendships.  The poetry is what enables the friendship, not the other way around.  Poets make the closest friends with people whose work they admire, so when they publish each other and help each other out, it&#39;s not as if they&#39;re doing a favor--the poetry is what </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/512510771804890484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/512510771804890484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209315600000#c512510771804890484' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5651816064558977587</id><published>2008-04-27T12:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-27T12:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I appreciated everything you wrote. I didn&#39;t come ...</title><summary type='text'>I appreciated everything you wrote. I didn&#39;t come out of an MFA I came out of U Penn&#39;s MLA program. I wasn&#39;t terribly concerned with the status of MFA programs, I just knew three things when I applied to U Penn: (1) that program would allow me to write poetry and theory (2) maybe I&#39;d have a chance to learn from Charles Bernstein and Bob Perelman who&#39;s work I read and loved while researching grad </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/5651816064558977587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/5651816064558977587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209315360000#c5651816064558977587' title=''/><author><name>Matthew</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01913278950823273657</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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1091123171"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5528041305314383753</id><published>2008-04-27T10:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-27T10:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, Ron, if there&#39;s anyone in Philly who shares ...</title><summary type='text'>Well, Ron, if there&#39;s anyone in Philly who shares my interests, I&#39;d be happy to know who they are. Chicago is fresher, hipper, and better.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/5528041305314383753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/5528041305314383753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209306900000#c5528041305314383753' title=''/><author><name>P.F.S. Post</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11909851580874856025</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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1001663691"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3129134569216453001</id><published>2008-04-26T23:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T23:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The comments about teaching jobs are fair game -- ...</title><summary type='text'>The comments about teaching jobs are fair game -- I tried to make too complicated a point in too few words. I&#39;ve twice been offered tenure-track positions, tho not in the past 13 years, and both times it was at a substantial cut in pay. Which is something that a person with multiple children (and some chronic health issues in the family) can&#39;t even look at. I&#39;ve had a standing offer to teach on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/3129134569216453001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/3129134569216453001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209267120000#c3129134569216453001' 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='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7898441210465330077</id><published>2008-04-26T16:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T16:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Enjoyed the article.  I don&#39;t think competitions a...</title><summary type='text'>Enjoyed the article.  I don&#39;t think competitions are all bad, as long as the poet can keep his expectations and ego under control.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It also keeps those who have armchairs of established success and canonicity busy doing something other than writing poetry, ever so slightly increasing my chance of getting published. Not as much as actually improving my poetry, but every bit counts.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/7898441210465330077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/7898441210465330077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209242820000#c7898441210465330077' title=''/><author><name>Mikel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00908912202651108928</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_QQR1VVzXFqI/R-XgY1C6N9I/AAAAAAAAAAM/kOramkPcamM/S220/Mikel.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-425470605"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1590855425689979327</id><published>2008-04-26T16:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T16:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;...I don’t see anyone offering me a teaching job,...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;...I don’t see anyone offering me a teaching job, TC...&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This seems rather disingenuous, as I recall reading comments you&#39;ve made here before mentioning offers you&#39;ve received for teaching positions. (That was on a post about the impact of blogging for you as a poet.)  You are at this point a &quot;canonical&quot; poet among the various American avant gardes, nothing wrong with that. Why pretend </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/1590855425689979327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/1590855425689979327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209240540000#c1590855425689979327' title=''/><author><name>GJPW</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13383940105241352465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_vY8ZDumH8EQ/R1Y8OuFuKiI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/C0vcYDgv9sk/S220/Self-Portrait.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-669631030"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-782086307176089807</id><published>2008-04-26T16:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T16:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Everybody can&#39;t win. And contests are just the rea...</title><summary type='text'>Everybody can&#39;t win. And contests are just the reason for the event. I admit much of what you said went over my head, since I like what I like. But I did read your blog.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/782086307176089807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/782086307176089807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209240180000#c782086307176089807' title=''/><author><name>Bob</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05340669458360220906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_VBDDKO3f6Zg/R_KcjrpTCPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/1V-UsknOZB0/S220/standish.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-238980686"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8303691487071039355</id><published>2008-04-26T14:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T14:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You said: &quot;Yet I think for a lot of young writers,...</title><summary type='text'>You said: &quot;Yet I think for a lot of young writers, in particular, especially those coming out of MFA mills (and especially the programs that don’t quite &#39;get&#39; contemporary poetry, which is to say most of them), I think the transition to becoming a practicing writer can be a daunting, even crushing task. &lt;EM&gt;It’s when most people stop writing.&lt;/EM&gt;&quot; (my italics)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;B&gt;It&#39;s when they stop </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/8303691487071039355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/8303691487071039355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209235020000#c8303691487071039355' title=''/><author><name>Bobby Byrd</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17990783036661848472</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_n2Wex_QRk70/R8WsKZZ0emI/AAAAAAAAAG0/RaDXpHkOIbA/S220/2008_January_Debbie%27s%2BLee%2Band%2BBobby.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1846872364"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2594925415098050331</id><published>2008-04-26T13:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T13:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This post, among others of yours, sound elitist an...</title><summary type='text'>This post, among others of yours, sound elitist and snobby and hardly address the real issue: why is poetry important?  Why do any of us try to write it or share it?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As a young poet, who has worked his ass off writing, reading, sending and getting published outside of &quot;MFA mills,&quot; I think your notion of audience is crap.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If friends publish friends who then get certain books </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/2594925415098050331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/2594925415098050331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209231060000#c2594925415098050331' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10420439951183484197</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/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591834375"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7193110503289381590</id><published>2008-04-26T13:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T13:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry. I said three things badly up there, in retr...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry. I said three things badly up there, in retrospect.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;First, obviously peer-published books can be very fine indeed.  I was thinking in terms of the systemic risks that attend such publications, and don&#39;t attend (necessarily) certain other types of publications (though these have their own problems as well).  These systemic risks probably do cause most readers to be more </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/7193110503289381590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/7193110503289381590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209229800000#c7193110503289381590' title=''/><author><name>Seth Abramson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08059849202129580100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_0C6zfNUN2dI/RpI1VX9QIyI/AAAAAAAAACI/Ar7qLwIt4AQ/s400/seth.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-11614668"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2845896943849044500</id><published>2008-04-26T12:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T12:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;...where if they would just get together with the...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;...where if they would just get together with their friends and publish one another, they would be making enormous headway much more quickly.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Headway in what sense: in publishing books, or publishing &lt;EM&gt;good&lt;/EM&gt; books?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s hard to see peer-publishing rings--the literary equivalent of social promotion in education--being the solution for poetry as a genre, and not simply an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/2845896943849044500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3106489908528335750/comments/default/2845896943849044500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html?showComment=1209228060000#c2845896943849044500' title=''/><author><name>Seth Abramson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08059849202129580100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_0C6zfNUN2dI/RpI1VX9QIyI/AAAAAAAAACI/Ar7qLwIt4AQ/s400/seth.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-comment-here-on-april-10-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3106489908528335750' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3106489908528335750' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-11614668"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2008"/></entry></feed>