<?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.post7765804930379180250..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/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.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>16</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1113225388767342538</id><published>2008-04-16T20:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T20:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>who, pray tell, is Billy Collins?  and shld I care...</title><summary type='text'>who, pray tell, is Billy Collins?  and shld I care?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the Pope is here in D.C.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;why didn&#39;t he go to Boston?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;maybe he can tell me who Billy Collins is..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/1113225388767342538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/1113225388767342538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208393760000#c1113225388767342538' 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/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-303429016516878799</id><published>2008-04-16T14:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T14:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>But even bad publicity is better than none. Every ...</title><summary type='text'>But even bad publicity is better than none. Every time Ron goes after Billy Collins I defend him.  Every poet that gets attacked will have defenders.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kindness kills.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/303429016516878799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/303429016516878799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208371020000#c303429016516878799' 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/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2541000015936767808</id><published>2008-04-15T21:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T21:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well Ron, if you credit the proverb that posits, &quot;...</title><summary type='text'>Well Ron, if you credit the proverb that posits, &quot;all&#39;s fair in love and war,&quot; and further assume that  submitting to and agreeing to judge a poem contest both involve large amounts of love and war, then your naming of the &quot;genuinely incompetent&quot; would be okay. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Plus, knowing what you think is &quot;genuinely incompetent&quot; would help us evaluate that which you conclude is WCW award worthy. &lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/2541000015936767808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/2541000015936767808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208310360000#c2541000015936767808' 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/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8196594621537794414</id><published>2008-04-15T17:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T17:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I just thnk it would be funto get so many books al...</title><summary type='text'>I just thnk it would be fun&lt;BR/&gt;to get so many books all at once..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;as for the rest of it&lt;BR/&gt;Ron&#39;s human&lt;BR/&gt;as in all too&lt;BR/&gt;who aint&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;m curios to sea&lt;BR/&gt;which camisole he flops out&lt;BR/&gt;and what the nomme of the grotty barger whill bee&lt;BR/&gt;whtere i bee&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the great card game&lt;BR/&gt;of the grotty packets&lt;BR/&gt;gose awn&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i do hope&lt;BR/&gt;ron will make&lt;BR/&gt;some nod in his</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/8196594621537794414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/8196594621537794414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208294580000#c8196594621537794414' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_hLJ2N7ZOgD8/R6EJKLnXPdI/AAAAAAAAAS4/2kJ0hAZuqOs/S220/Ozilanniman.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937671995476927130</id><published>2008-04-15T17:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T17:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey RonI&#39;m just happy you are reading the books. I...</title><summary type='text'>Hey Ron&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m just happy you are reading the books. I don&#39;t think you have to bleed from any orifice.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Take it easy.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Gary</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/3937671995476927130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/3937671995476927130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208293800000#c3937671995476927130' title=''/><author><name>farfalla press</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09446212454796875908</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://a614.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/8/m_e4aa9fa7812c0f94eb3f12932f507eed.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-176615294"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7227773438065106393</id><published>2008-04-15T17:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T17:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron is just trying to define categories. I think t...</title><summary type='text'>Ron is just trying to define categories. I think this is fine.  And he&#39;s doing it in a fine, manly way.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Except manly is probably a word he wouldn&#39;t like as applied to himself.  But I still think of it as a virtue in a man to be manly. Not that I am, manly. Mainly.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Billy Collins is also manly.  Mainly.  I really liked Collins&#39; poem about the Lanyard at the end of the Whitman </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/7227773438065106393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/7227773438065106393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208293500000#c7227773438065106393' 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/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8895291048668791431</id><published>2008-04-15T16:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T16:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>dude:i ching &#39;em&#39;cept the 5--late</title><summary type='text'>dude:&lt;BR/&gt;i ching &#39;em&lt;BR/&gt;&#39;cept the 5--&lt;BR/&gt;late</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/8895291048668791431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/8895291048668791431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208292960000#c8895291048668791431' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan David Jackson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10608993872673053839</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/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1201164035"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080081603658274644</id><published>2008-04-15T15:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T15:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m a young writer interested in applying for a co...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m a young writer interested in applying for a competition.  What are good competitions, ones that are more judicial?  and prefereably for someone never published in their mid twenties.  Anyone know something.  It would be appreciated.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/8080081603658274644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/8080081603658274644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208289540000#c8080081603658274644' 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/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-426792754"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4105925555682959112</id><published>2008-04-15T15:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T15:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron is an overly-defined teenager, peeing on Cinna...</title><summary type='text'>Ron is an overly-defined teenager, peeing on Cinnabons, for the sake of electronic media.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Can&#39;t he a little more precious, without being too precocious?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron, who splooges limericks all across his gangster&#39;s e-paradise:&lt;BR/&gt;why don&#39;t you let us lick your armpits (for the sake of readability)?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Let down that shawl Ron, and let us see those shoulders.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your blog is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/4105925555682959112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/4105925555682959112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208288220000#c4105925555682959112' title=''/><author><name>Iain</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15197666388360786350</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/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1107385782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-335197211969232903</id><published>2008-04-15T15:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T15:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That second pile of books--the ones that don&#39;t alw...</title><summary type='text'>That second pile of books--the ones that don&#39;t always &quot;&#39;click&#39; on first reading&quot;--that&#39;s the pile I am most curious about. And it&#39;s the pile that I hope you end up choosing from. I&#39;d be interested in finding out what other poets you might count among that quiet but not necessarily quietudinal group. And would like to hear what it is that the group might have in common, other than lack of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/335197211969232903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/335197211969232903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208287320000#c335197211969232903' title=''/><author><name>Annandale Dream Gazette</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08155953951163636760</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/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1293329833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9004465367934024920</id><published>2008-04-15T14:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T14:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Nobody entered a book into this with any understan...</title><summary type='text'>Nobody entered a book into this with any understanding that it might be a target for ridicule, Steve. So it would be more than unfair to &quot;name names&quot; in those terms. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Logan, Williams knew exactly what to make of those other interpretations of his work, especially those posing as friendly. That&#39;s why he advised Paul Blackburn to &quot;watch out for those b-bastards out there.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/9004465367934024920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/9004465367934024920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208285640000#c9004465367934024920' 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/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7558169871481896440</id><published>2008-04-15T14:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T14:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>just change the name of the award to:The Delmore S...</title><summary type='text'>just change the name of the award to:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Delmore Schwartz Prize&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and avoid all of these allusions to  the selling-out of our culture.... such as it is....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/7558169871481896440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/7558169871481896440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208284680000#c7558169871481896440' 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/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5700120207472920494</id><published>2008-04-15T13:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T13:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;... as at least decently crafted, but without any...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;... as at least decently crafted, but without any other larger driving idea or passion behind it. Again, there is no single aesthetic trend, just a general lack of ambition.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So if something doesn&#39;t fit within yr overly-defined classifications for a &quot;this&quot; or &quot;that&quot; kind of poetry it&#39;s &quot;lacking ambition&quot;?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/5700120207472920494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/5700120207472920494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208279460000#c5700120207472920494' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03267444929810505425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1114/677904588_5481c50e58.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-790052993"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2974365220776097787</id><published>2008-04-15T12:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T12:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Maybe you should post blogs about the poems you do...</title><summary type='text'>Maybe you should post blogs about the poems you do like, or that you personally get a kick out of, like that new poetry blog O Sweet Flowery Roses does...&lt;BR/&gt;you know? osfrjournal.blogspot.com?&lt;BR/&gt;I wonder how much faster this book process would go if left to the devices of the digi-world!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/2974365220776097787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/2974365220776097787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208277900000#c2974365220776097787' title=''/><author><name>Russell</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14714265860194106839</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/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-740884733"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3668573912848394767</id><published>2008-04-15T12:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T12:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What is poetry that merits receiving a WCW award? ...</title><summary type='text'>What is poetry that merits receiving a WCW award?  You pigeon-hole WCW if you just say it&#39;s writing in the &quot;Pound-Williams-Zukofsky&quot; tradition. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;WCW certainly is that, but he was an influence on other poets and trends too.  And of course WCW is sort of notorious for having written introductions, blurbs or reviews full of praise for many poets: his aesthetics, as a reader and champion of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/3668573912848394767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/3668573912848394767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208277660000#c3668573912848394767' 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/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1140163743125886295</id><published>2008-04-15T10:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T10:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>so i&#39;m wonderingwere you to read these textsaloudw...</title><summary type='text'>so i&#39;m wondering&lt;BR/&gt;were you to read these texts&lt;BR/&gt;aloud&lt;BR/&gt;would it sound like&lt;BR/&gt;scanning across the FM&lt;BR/&gt;stations on your car radio&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;how does poetry sound today?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;j</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/1140163743125886295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7765804930379180250/comments/default/1140163743125886295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html?showComment=1208268000000#c1140163743125886295' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/i-spend-next-several-weeks-reading.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7765804930379180250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7765804930379180250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 15, 2008"/></entry></feed>