<?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.post7731619037971607646..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/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.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>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1777596097081930139</id><published>2009-12-16T23:18:21.607-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T23:18:21.607-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Cy, &#xa;&#xa;That&amp;#39;s very nice of you to mention ...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Cy, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&amp;#39;s very nice of you to mention my posts.  It is a kick to know that the blog is thought deserving for any list by anyone, humbling  knowing it&amp;#39;s you who has made the suggestion, and astonishing (really) to think of you thinking about all this (and reading all of everyone&amp;#39;s blogs) from Dunedin, New Zealand. Thanks!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/1777596097081930139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/1777596097081930139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html?showComment=1261023501607#c1777596097081930139' 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/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7731619037971607646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7731619037971607646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7533284123630008761</id><published>2009-12-16T16:35:06.186-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T16:35:06.186-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Re. the &amp;quot;best poetry blogs&amp;quot; listing; som...</title><summary type='text'>Re. the &amp;quot;best poetry blogs&amp;quot; listing; some of the choices are spot on, some seem kinda arbitrary. Steven Fama&amp;#39;s blog deserves to be on there.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/7533284123630008761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/7533284123630008761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html?showComment=1260999306186#c7533284123630008761' title=''/><author><name>Cy Mathews</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03244437975709553222</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b4REVX6FKWI/SsgCjedVorI/AAAAAAAAAF4/cdRZQuD8NPU/S220/cy.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7731619037971607646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7731619037971607646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1685508273"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6828418277804819275</id><published>2009-12-16T08:57:22.872-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T08:57:22.872-05:00</updated><title type='text'>2666 is not a Surrealist novel. It&amp;#39;s possible ...</title><summary type='text'>2666 is not a Surrealist novel. It&amp;#39;s possible that &amp;quot;Bolaño was also an avid reader of French Surrealists like .. Jacques Vaché&amp;quot;... but Vaché didn&amp;#39;t actually write much other than the war letters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does anyone expect me to like Al Gore&amp;#39;s poetry?  It sucks. Here&amp;#39;s a better poem:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was Vice President for eight years&lt;br /&gt;And I didn&amp;#39;t do a damn thing</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/6828418277804819275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/6828418277804819275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html?showComment=1260971842872#c6828418277804819275' 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/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7731619037971607646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7731619037971607646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4159313260595671547</id><published>2009-12-15T22:57:15.517-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T22:57:15.517-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/4159313260595671547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/4159313260595671547'/><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/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7731619037971607646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7731619037971607646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7837387679892697974</id><published>2009-12-15T12:36:15.738-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T12:36:15.738-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Argh. Of course I mean Jeffery.</title><summary type='text'>Argh. Of course I mean &lt;i&gt;Jeffery&lt;/i&gt;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/7837387679892697974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/7837387679892697974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html?showComment=1260898575738#c7837387679892697974' title=''/><author><name>Jordan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://static.flickr.com/68/168671726_f87b53b572_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7731619037971607646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7731619037971607646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8997539240893947979</id><published>2009-12-15T11:38:38.053-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T11:38:38.053-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Patricia Highsmith...uh....ooo la la lalalalala. N...</title><summary type='text'>Patricia Highsmith...uh....ooo la la lalalalala. Nothin&amp;#39; like hot fascist dyke mystery-scribblers. The mgmt/publishers should upgrade by appending some high-end graphic smut to those pot-boilers (and her juicylicious bio).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Ave Ballard)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/8997539240893947979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/8997539240893947979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html?showComment=1260895118053#c8997539240893947979' title=''/><author><name>J</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_95DiS_tm2Gs/SwIGrtWoQtI/AAAAAAAAA38/-1CpkpbL_6s/S220/Spade.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7731619037971607646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7731619037971607646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6439448748080136937</id><published>2009-12-15T10:52:21.634-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T10:52:21.634-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I admire Jeffrey&amp;#39;s statistical work, but conti...</title><summary type='text'>I admire Jeffrey&amp;#39;s statistical work, but continue to be non-plussed that anyone takes the Best American Poetry volumes as anything other than William Stanley Braithwaite&amp;#39;s or Oscar Williams&amp;#39;s annuals updated for a new time mainly by adding a power word to the title and marketing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/6439448748080136937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/6439448748080136937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html?showComment=1260892341634#c6439448748080136937' title=''/><author><name>Jordan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://static.flickr.com/68/168671726_f87b53b572_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7731619037971607646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7731619037971607646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-42879673937049867</id><published>2009-12-15T10:49:59.481-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T10:49:59.481-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Good point(s), Ron.</title><summary type='text'>Good point(s), Ron.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/42879673937049867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/42879673937049867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html?showComment=1260892199481#c42879673937049867' title=''/><author><name>Conrad DiDiodato</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WYu0QSkXE9I/RrfUh0dvuKI/AAAAAAAAAA0/q66ZnGQXpSY/s400/IMG_0272.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7731619037971607646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7731619037971607646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-610431874"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2382331838733403506</id><published>2009-12-15T09:57:22.995-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T09:57:22.995-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You forget (or maybe don&amp;#39;t know) that I&amp;#39;m ...</title><summary type='text'>You forget (or maybe don&amp;#39;t know) that I&amp;#39;m 63. My point has to do with the lack of balance &amp;amp; foresight on the part of the editing process here. Would you rather have Wordsworth in his 20s or in his dotage? Let alone the number of poets over the years (Plath, O&amp;#39;Hara, Spicer, Berrigan, etc.) who never got to be 50.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/2382331838733403506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/2382331838733403506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html?showComment=1260889042995#c2382331838733403506' 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/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7731619037971607646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7731619037971607646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3252601952827140517</id><published>2009-12-15T08:08:05.670-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T08:08:05.670-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Old Geezers?&#xa;&#xa;Well, maybe because the over 50-crow...</title><summary type='text'>Old Geezers?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, maybe because the over 50-crowd have something to say, and say it well!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agism creeping into poetry, too??</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/3252601952827140517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7731619037971607646/comments/default/3252601952827140517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html?showComment=1260882485670#c3252601952827140517' title=''/><author><name>Conrad DiDiodato</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WYu0QSkXE9I/RrfUh0dvuKI/AAAAAAAAAA0/q66ZnGQXpSY/s400/IMG_0272.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/photo-by-ben-friedlander-pierre-joris.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7731619037971607646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7731619037971607646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-610431874"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2009"/></entry></feed>