<?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.post6433095619583921372..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/3738579/6433095619583921372/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/obituary-for-jonathan-williams-another.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>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3414577613062570020</id><published>2008-03-20T22:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-20T22:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That&#39;s a nice Bernstein review. Girly Man is a won...</title><summary type='text'>That&#39;s a nice Bernstein review. &lt;I&gt;Girly Man&lt;/I&gt; is a wonder, his best since &lt;I&gt;Dark City&lt;/I&gt;, or maybe even &lt;I&gt;Controlling Interests&lt;/I&gt;. The implicit vulnerability in his writing really takes over here in explicit ways. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;*&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;FCC: the organization that dare not speak its name.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;--Roy Zimmerman</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6433095619583921372/comments/default/3414577613062570020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6433095619583921372/comments/default/3414577613062570020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/obituary-for-jonathan-williams-another.html?showComment=1206067800000#c3414577613062570020' 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='24' height='32' src='http://www.princemyshkins.com/images/Detritus.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/obituary-for-jonathan-williams-another.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6433095619583921372' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6433095619583921372' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4269415497331650965</id><published>2008-03-20T11:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-20T11:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, it&#39;s good to see that you nodded toward the r...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, it&#39;s good to see that you nodded toward the rust belted Cleve, in honor of my bitching about it.  Larry Smith and Bottom Dog is a fixture...and Bottom Dog--doesn&#39;t that say it all?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6433095619583921372/comments/default/4269415497331650965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6433095619583921372/comments/default/4269415497331650965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/obituary-for-jonathan-williams-another.html?showComment=1206028620000#c4269415497331650965' title=''/><author><name>Philip Metres</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289</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/2008/03/obituary-for-jonathan-williams-another.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6433095619583921372' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6433095619583921372' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1498505073"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8598097657871945255</id><published>2008-03-20T07:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-20T07:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>...but you can get  &quot;credentials&quot; at University!ju...</title><summary type='text'>...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;but you can get  &quot;credentials&quot; at University!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;just what &quot;we&quot;  (especially  poetry/literature) need..  more     Credentialists  shuffling their computer generated-spell-checked &lt;BR/&gt;thesis&#39;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;   and everybody using  non-stop their BigMac Computers&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;something happened in the &#39;80&#39;s  &quot;we&quot; got lobotomized   and out National Culture became Reagan&#39;s Alzheimer&#39;s!&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6433095619583921372/comments/default/8598097657871945255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6433095619583921372/comments/default/8598097657871945255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/obituary-for-jonathan-williams-another.html?showComment=1206012540000#c8598097657871945255' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/obituary-for-jonathan-williams-another.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6433095619583921372' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6433095619583921372' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2209111132003189074</id><published>2008-03-19T18:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-19T18:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The future of literary programs:  They have become...</title><summary type='text'>The future of literary programs:  They have become training grounds for identity politics. Now you have Ethnic Studies programs that are multiplying (Ward Churchill), while programs in English literature are shrinking.  The idea is to improve the self-esteem of various constituencies.  Reading Chaucer isn&#39;t done, or Milton.  Reading the top twenty multicultural novels however is something that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6433095619583921372/comments/default/2209111132003189074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6433095619583921372/comments/default/2209111132003189074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/03/obituary-for-jonathan-williams-another.html?showComment=1205965560000#c2209111132003189074' 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/2008/03/obituary-for-jonathan-williams-another.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6433095619583921372' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6433095619583921372' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 19, 2008"/></entry></feed>