<?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.post3343546635879368450..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/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.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>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6753159260662686030</id><published>2008-12-18T10:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-18T10:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron:We need both.Your most serious reviews seem to...</title><summary type='text'>Ron:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We need both.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your most serious reviews seem to me to be either extended paeans, with little discrimination, or sardonic tirades against poets you despise (mostly). &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I do believe that culture is well served by a skeptical, suspicious, resistant, somewhat mannered curmudgeon who feels personally responsible for the state of the language. Not &quot;best&quot;-served, but </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/6753159260662686030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/6753159260662686030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html?showComment=1229612460000#c6753159260662686030' 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/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3343546635879368450' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3343546635879368450' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9086838576636740758</id><published>2008-12-18T06:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-18T06:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No, Curtis, he&#39;s not. He mostly takes easy shots a...</title><summary type='text'>No, Curtis, he&#39;s not. He mostly takes easy shots at people. You may agree with him about one or more of these (I&#39;m not that far from him in his assessment of Mary Oliver, for example), but none of these is really a reading. Especially the one of Cole Swensen, which could politely be called a hatchet job. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/9086838576636740758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/9086838576636740758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html?showComment=1229601420000#c9086838576636740758' 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/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3343546635879368450' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3343546635879368450' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5015213305586190025</id><published>2008-12-17T12:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-17T12:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chime chime.Whatever Ron may say about Logan--I ec...</title><summary type='text'>Chime chime.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Whatever Ron may say about Logan--I echo--he (Logan) is right about these poets.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He&#39;s snide, and crass, and cutely rude, but right on.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We need angry, grouchy critics.  They put us back in touch with ourselves.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/5015213305586190025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/5015213305586190025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html?showComment=1229534340000#c5015213305586190025' 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/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3343546635879368450' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3343546635879368450' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4764381832080306308</id><published>2008-12-14T11:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T11:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>William Logan may whine, but he reads close the po...</title><summary type='text'>William Logan may whine, but he reads close the poetry books he reviews.  Also, while his jibes are often cheap shots, I fully agree  with his critique of Mary Oliver, in the set of reviews linked to here.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/4764381832080306308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/4764381832080306308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html?showComment=1229273520000#c4764381832080306308' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3343546635879368450' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3343546635879368450' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4088201443885140337</id><published>2008-12-13T17:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:00:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>your link like that 2/3rds of the way down sent me...</title><summary type='text'>your link like that 2/3rds of the way down sent me here&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.oberlin.edu/student/jrowell/&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;was that intentional?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/4088201443885140337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/4088201443885140337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html?showComment=1229205600000#c4088201443885140337' title=''/><author><name>James</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17344291340292275616</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/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3343546635879368450' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3343546635879368450' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-727962162"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 13, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6071667307052617823</id><published>2008-12-11T15:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T15:20:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,Your link to Kenny Goldsmith&#39;s Harriet post on...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your link to Kenny Goldsmith&#39;s Harriet post on &quot;Flarf vs. Conceptual writing&quot; (whose comment stream you state is not as interesting as the comment stream at Kasey Mohammad&#39;s blog on same topic) actually cuts-off most of the discussion there, which includes a link sent in by one Noah Freed to Don Share&#39;s blog, where the comments under *Share&#39;s* post on the matter [this is getting </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/6071667307052617823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/6071667307052617823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html?showComment=1229026800000#c6071667307052617823' title=''/><author><name>Kent Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15233688630151467658</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/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3343546635879368450' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3343546635879368450' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-901447242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7498416795219943451</id><published>2008-12-11T11:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T11:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, for what it&#39;s worth, I think Logan&#39;s reviews...</title><summary type='text'>Well, for what it&#39;s worth, I think Logan&#39;s reviews are pretty much right on the money this time.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d like someone to clarify &quot;whining&quot; in this case.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/7498416795219943451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3343546635879368450/comments/default/7498416795219943451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html?showComment=1229011260000#c7498416795219943451' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17919492445467135425</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/2008/12/poetry-readings-in-white-house-new.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3343546635879368450' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3343546635879368450' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 11, 2008"/></entry></feed>