<?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.post9083946019045806485..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/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><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>26</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5609993949487549287</id><published>2009-03-15T17:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-15T17:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;I think the future of poetry periodicals is onlin...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;&quot;I think the future of poetry periodicals is online--it&#39;s so much cheaper and more efficient. Jacket is destined to be (well, it already is) a more important venue than print journals.&quot;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i only want to second this sentiment &amp;amp; say &lt;I&gt;hear, hear&lt;/I&gt; -- academic print journals are one of the most isolated birds in the forest, i find it offputting when serious poets declare they </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/5609993949487549287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/5609993949487549287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1237151280000#c5609993949487549287' title=''/><author><name>troylloyd</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14706450196335510065</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_n-IRSYagfYk/SDCABr3syNI/AAAAAAAAAAw/weVi5gqdgms/S220/monkee.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-81611072"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7582610660557097467</id><published>2009-03-14T22:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T22:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by the author.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/7582610660557097467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/7582610660557097467'/><author><name>Georgie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5439926985977715595</id><published>2009-03-14T17:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T17:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Not only did Kafka come from a German Jewish famil...</title><summary type='text'>Not only did Kafka come from a German Jewish family, but he eventually moved to Berlin.  I think probably everything in that last paragraph is objectionable.  African-American poets don&#39;t belong in America?  Is she implying they would like to &quot;return&quot; to Africa (most so-called African Americans have never been in Africa, and many would find the experience not nearly as amenable as going to Europe</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/5439926985977715595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/5439926985977715595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1237064820000#c5439926985977715595' 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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4925186488283412497</id><published>2009-03-14T07:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T07:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kafka wasn&#39;t Czech. He came from a German Jewish f...</title><summary type='text'>Kafka wasn&#39;t Czech. He came from a German Jewish family. German, the language he wrote in, was also his native language.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/4925186488283412497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/4925186488283412497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1237029840000#c4925186488283412497' title=''/><author><name>blatt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10292619344606858197</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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-334335145"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7698731628665887012</id><published>2009-03-14T00:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T00:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Being influenced by Swedenborg makes one not-Chris...</title><summary type='text'>Being influenced by Swedenborg makes one not-Christian? This would be a great surprised to the congregation here, and I question your acquaintance with real, live Swedenborgians.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anyway, it is a strange sort of &quot;influence&quot; that writes&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Hear a thing. Swedenborg has written no new truth.&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Hear another. He has written all the old falsehoods.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;..and the rest of the vehement </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/7698731628665887012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/7698731628665887012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1237003920000#c7698731628665887012' title=''/><author><name>Gillimer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15222328459836041333</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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1423115120"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5800041322146558323</id><published>2009-03-13T13:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T13:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Keats wasn&#39;t a Christian and Blake was highly infl...</title><summary type='text'>Keats wasn&#39;t a Christian and Blake was highly influenced by Swedenborgian thinking. I would doubt if Byron was Christian, either. Wordworth and Coleridge weren&#39;t exactly CoE in their youths. http://www.bizdevariz.com</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/5800041322146558323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/5800041322146558323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236965280000#c5800041322146558323' title=''/><author><name>Erkan Yaşar</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15583369665409611391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nmR25RY0prw/SYi-Lb4LFuI/AAAAAAAAAcA/s4zRuJgGmJw/S220/pic046.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1147056959"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7154072446252086951</id><published>2009-03-13T11:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T11:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Christopher Wiliam:I&#39;m with you!  Magazines seldom...</title><summary type='text'>Christopher Wiliam:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m with you!  Magazines seldom seem organized and clear enough in their presentations to attract my attention.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I really used to love the Paris Review--say, up until the Anthony Burgess Interview number in 1973--its look, its feel, the paper, everything.  After that they went with perfect sewn binding and slicker coated cover stock, and the poetry went into </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/7154072446252086951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/7154072446252086951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236958920000#c7154072446252086951' 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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1009338401690826000</id><published>2009-03-13T09:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T09:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Perloff&#39;s sloppy paradigm that everybody went into...</title><summary type='text'>Perloff&#39;s sloppy paradigm that everybody went into exile is wondrous, especially as she goes into Black Mountain.  Charles Olson spends most of his latter-day career in Gloucester, which was just a hop from his home in Worcester -- where he spent most of his boyhood vacations.  Ginsberg may have left Paterson, but spent most of his adult life in NYC, occasionally travelling to Cherry Valley, NY (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1009338401690826000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1009338401690826000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236952620000#c1009338401690826000' 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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4189737085122490518</id><published>2009-03-12T23:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T23:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;post-avant&quot; I am trying to track down who invente...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;post-avant&quot; I am trying to track down who invented this most ridiculous term, Ron. You weren&#39;t responsible for this on top of all your other crimes were you?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/4189737085122490518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/4189737085122490518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236915060000#c4189737085122490518' 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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1710022853297343241</id><published>2009-03-12T23:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T23:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The reason I read poetry in single-poet book form ...</title><summary type='text'>The reason I read poetry in single-poet book form is that I&#39;m pretty sure I&#39;m getting what the poet intended, unfiltered by the prejudices of a magazine or anthology editor.  I may read reviews first and I may just grab the book based on the cover or the title.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;With everything connected and available online, with &quot;books received&quot; lists and online reviews, I&#39;m not sure what value the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1710022853297343241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1710022853297343241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236913620000#c1710022853297343241' title=''/><author><name>Christopher William</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09326302489426731056</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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-892424264"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1463431360983894557</id><published>2009-03-12T22:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T22:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by the author.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1463431360983894557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1463431360983894557'/><author><name>Georgie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7715951530481536305</id><published>2009-03-12T19:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T19:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Some of us write poetry because we love poetry, no...</title><summary type='text'>Some of us write poetry because we love poetry, not because we want to win prizes, be listed by some academic as an official &quot;poet,&quot; publish a book or get paid. I&#39;m pretty sure there are hundreds of thousands of people in the US writing poems...some of them may be bad poems, but some of the poems published in respected journals and magazines are bad poems. I think it&#39;s pretty silly to argue about</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/7715951530481536305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/7715951530481536305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236902220000#c7715951530481536305' title=''/><author><name>Elizabeth</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08924529514196589677</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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2043942321"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9001744135860043977</id><published>2009-03-12T19:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T19:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by the author.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/9001744135860043977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/9001744135860043977'/><author><name>Georgie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5901373946393423067</id><published>2009-03-12T18:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T18:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;. . .housewives, fifth-generation beatnik wannabe...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;. . .housewives, fifth-generation beatnik wannabes, new age psych-patients, and other hangers-on, all intrigued by the romance of breaking into print.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Speaking of gatekeeping . . .</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/5901373946393423067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/5901373946393423067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236898380000#c5901373946393423067' title=''/><author><name>janet</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09207484854024301867</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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1072956537"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4273104969463382463</id><published>2009-03-12T15:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T15:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;d love to see that Steinberg map!!!</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;d love to see that Steinberg map!!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/4273104969463382463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/4273104969463382463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236886260000#c4273104969463382463' 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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3181751312102862584</id><published>2009-03-12T13:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T13:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, there you go again.  If there were that many...</title><summary type='text'>Well, there you go again.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If there were that many poets, we could eat them for breakfast.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There were certainly more poets writing in 1955 and 1960 than the tiny number you posit (500?).  The biggest difference is the exponential growth of workshops (and the bureaucracy of publishing, prizes and positions which it spawned), casual dabblers, housewives, fifth-generation beatnik </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/3181751312102862584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/3181751312102862584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236879120000#c3181751312102862584' 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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1714329395447342840</id><published>2009-03-12T12:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T12:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Keats wasn&#39;t a Christian and Blake was highly infl...</title><summary type='text'>Keats wasn&#39;t a Christian and Blake was highly influenced by Swedenborgian thinking.  I would doubt if Byron was Christian, either.   Wordworth and Coleridge weren&#39;t exactly CoE in their youths.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1714329395447342840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1714329395447342840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236874440000#c1714329395447342840' title=''/><author><name>Rebecca</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02970460598359037559</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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2037586659"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-328325683282028919</id><published>2009-03-12T12:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T12:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How can you believe that we&#39;re &quot;rapidly reaching t...</title><summary type='text'>How can you believe that we&#39;re &quot;rapidly reaching the point where one’s relationship to the overall map is less important than one’s relation to how the map is changing as it grows&quot; you&#39;re compelled to posit and rail against the big bad bugaboos &quot;Official Verse Culture&quot; and &quot;Quietists&quot; over and over again?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sounds like a Saul Steinberg map to me.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/328325683282028919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/328325683282028919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236873900000#c328325683282028919' title=''/><author><name>Doodle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04995332885940017913</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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1604261415"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1508034905428031713</id><published>2009-03-12T12:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T12:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If by exile you mean &quot;alienated&quot; from one&#39;s &quot;home&quot;...</title><summary type='text'>If by exile you mean &quot;alienated&quot; from one&#39;s &quot;home&quot; country, culture and/or society, then exile defines a substantial part of the entire history of Western poetry (e.g., the 17th c. metaphysical poets). Of course, the underlying issue is whether one is alienated by choice (a thorny problem itself, I know) or by reason of physical (race, gender, class, etc.) &quot;defect&quot;....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1508034905428031713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1508034905428031713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236873780000#c1508034905428031713' 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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-570102948"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4732640932841960892</id><published>2009-03-12T12:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T12:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ron,You really need to revisit that &quot;10,000 pub...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You really need to revisit that &quot;10,000 publishing poets in the U.S.&quot; figure.  I know you&#39;ve used it before, and believe in it, but honestly--given that 10,000 poets have graduated from MFA or Ph.D. in Creative Writing programs &lt;EM&gt;in just the past five years&lt;/EM&gt;--there is absolutely no possibility of it being correct.  Likewise, if you consider the number of print and online </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/4732640932841960892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/4732640932841960892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236873720000#c4732640932841960892' title=''/><author><name>Seth Abramson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08059849202129580100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_0C6zfNUN2dI/RpI1VX9QIyI/AAAAAAAAACI/Ar7qLwIt4AQ/s400/seth.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-11614668"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1647585631609514141</id><published>2009-03-12T10:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T10:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Byron wasn&amp;#39;t English or a Christian --&amp;amp; li...</title><summary type='text'>Byron wasn&amp;#39;t English or a Christian --&amp;amp; like Shelley, was certainly an exile, Keats (not a Christian either) died in Rome...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1647585631609514141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1647585631609514141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236868740000#c1647585631609514141' title=''/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12003245243758973391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://www.moominvoices.com/pictures/muumi_lehdisto.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-653182069"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6037327520553118481</id><published>2009-03-12T10:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T10:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A couple of years ago I had a discussion with a bo...</title><summary type='text'>A couple of years ago I had a discussion with a board member of the Poetry Foundation about their offering health insurance for poets.  He asked me how would they know who a &quot;poet&quot; was.  In my book if someone declares theirself a poet, they probably are.  Who would want to be? Getting published today is much easier than in Don Allen&#39;s day. It would be better for the Foundation to offer insurance </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/6037327520553118481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/6037327520553118481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236866820000#c6037327520553118481' title=''/><author><name>pam</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15052557146822827887</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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1393650286"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4150879606214401743</id><published>2009-03-12T09:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T09:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s not clear what you mean by &quot;critical thinking...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s not clear what you mean by &quot;critical thinking&quot; -- to judge from your body of work it would appear to be a Frankfurt School-inflected combination of sociology and close reading.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If there are 10,000 poets publishing and maybe one or two books of poetry that top 10,000 copies a year in sales, well, then you&#39;ve got a think piece. No real story, but a think piece all the same. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/4150879606214401743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/4150879606214401743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236863760000#c4150879606214401743' 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/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3841180790124046087</id><published>2009-03-12T06:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T06:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shelley wasn&#39;t a christian, he was an outspoken at...</title><summary type='text'>Shelley wasn&#39;t a christian, he was an outspoken atheist, expelled from Oxford for his &quot;The Necessity of Atheism&quot;. He may have been a posh boy, but his work was absolutely opposed to English imperialism. Perloff should get her facts straight.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/3841180790124046087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/3841180790124046087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236854400000#c3841180790124046087' title=''/><author><name>Sean Bonney</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01249091680381502755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xYGS__BIJHY/SK7BC6L3YMI/AAAAAAAAAIg/n53rcD61OhQ/S220/fuck+up.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1237098011"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1542934054814410021</id><published>2009-03-12T02:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T02:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Muldoon&#39;s a quietist and Shelley&#39;s a Christian. No...</title><summary type='text'>Muldoon&#39;s a quietist and Shelley&#39;s a Christian. Now I&#39;ve heard it all.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1542934054814410021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9083946019045806485/comments/default/1542934054814410021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html?showComment=1236837600000#c1542934054814410021' title=''/><author><name>Zachariah Wells</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02241595894807722933</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WZtd0PpGGKI/R8iYzWXja9I/AAAAAAAAAKE/8GecaFrVbm8/S220/zachatzekes.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-was-reading-marjorie-perloffs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9083946019045806485' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9083946019045806485' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-303228146"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2009"/></entry></feed>