<?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.post4206233198512205370..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/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.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>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-244349849890505505</id><published>2008-09-13T13:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-13T13:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ron, I&#39;d thought you might want to know about t...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ron, I&#39;d thought you might want to know about the post I just added about Reginald&#39;s interview in APR.  Thanks for this post.  I&#39;m including it on my blog, too.  Still can&#39;t understand that he&#39;s gone.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default/244349849890505505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default/244349849890505505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.html?showComment=1221326580000#c244349849890505505' title=''/><author><name>Christopher Hennessy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00303711050443055226</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/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4206233198512205370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4206233198512205370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1586290734"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4466032240881608522</id><published>2008-09-13T13:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-13T13:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Ron, One other thing is sticking in my craw.W...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Ron, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;One other thing is sticking in my craw.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When you write, &quot;So far as I can tell, Reginald Shepherd and I agreed about two things, and perhaps two things only . . .&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think -- I hope -- you mean you and Shepard agreed on two things when it came to poetry. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d wager that you and him saw eye to eye on many many things: including for example the value of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default/4466032240881608522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default/4466032240881608522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.html?showComment=1221325500000#c4466032240881608522' 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/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4206233198512205370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4206233198512205370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2303672579995507287</id><published>2008-09-13T12:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-13T12:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Ron, Thank you for pointing out, to use your ...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Ron, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thank you for pointing out, to use your word, &quot;unparalleled&quot; way Mr. Shepard interactd with others, inlcudig in particular those who disagreed with him.  Many including me completely share your view on this (see the comments to your post a few days ago on the death itself).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thank you also for the links to the remembrances and tributes of others on the web. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default/2303672579995507287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default/2303672579995507287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.html?showComment=1221324960000#c2303672579995507287' 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/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4206233198512205370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4206233198512205370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4789748601254940926</id><published>2008-09-13T11:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-13T11:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for this post and links.Didn&#39;t visit the...</title><summary type='text'>Thank you for this post and links.&lt;BR/&gt;Didn&#39;t visit them in order, but am&lt;BR/&gt;pretty sure all were visited.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default/4789748601254940926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default/4789748601254940926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.html?showComment=1221321060000#c4789748601254940926' title=''/><author><name>brian salchert</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11649691450577647656</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aq6Q75KCx78/SMl3Wo2CQTI/AAAAAAAAAEo/AQduABHubLA/S220/me20080910+001.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4206233198512205370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4206233198512205370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1297934363"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2552111212884544006</id><published>2008-09-13T11:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-13T11:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In contrast to the frozen cruelty of the picture o...</title><summary type='text'>In contrast to the frozen cruelty of the picture of Sarah Palin, engaged in celebrating the death of beauty and nature, through loathing for human sensitivity, the deep awareness and aesthetic praxis of Reginald Shepherd&#39;s poetry makes us wonder about the&lt;BR/&gt;value of life, art and communication.&lt;BR/&gt;His poetry makes us more alive and more courageous&lt;BR/&gt;in our fight against the &quot;family values&#39;, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default/2552111212884544006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default/2552111212884544006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.html?showComment=1221320400000#c2552111212884544006' title=''/><author><name>k.s.rosenberg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04567949714663832593</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/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4206233198512205370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4206233198512205370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-520014586"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6646335278133903777</id><published>2008-09-13T08:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-13T08:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Agree one hundred percent with your assessment of ...</title><summary type='text'>Agree one hundred percent with your assessment of Reginald, a man and poet who loved to argue, debate, assess, the entire range of American poetry. He is already missed,deeply.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Tyrone</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default/6646335278133903777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4206233198512205370/comments/default/6646335278133903777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.html?showComment=1221309000000#c6646335278133903777' title=''/><author><name>tyrone</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10893356047914344813</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/2008/09/so-far-as-i-can-tell-reginald-shepherd.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4206233198512205370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4206233198512205370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-570102948"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2008"/></entry></feed>