<?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.post111414274450901760..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/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/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>71</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111462393506886004</id><published>2005-04-27T13:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-27T13:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Or a bake sale.  Or pony rides.  Effing Press will...</title><summary type='text'>Or a bake sale.  Or pony rides.  Effing Press will be having a yard sale fundraiser this summer and  people are donating stuff for that.  Or an event of poetry, music, and various performances + a raffle of local DIY objects and services.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I know maybe not every town is like Austin.  People here like some eye and ear candy to go with their Pabst.  And I don&#39;t feel the least bit bad </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111462393506886004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111462393506886004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114623900000#c111462393506886004' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111461753274538940</id><published>2005-04-27T11:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-27T11:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Quick solution to raising money for publishing cos...</title><summary type='text'>Quick solution to raising money for publishing costs: keg party. a buck a cup. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-sp&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How about this one. Rather than an entry fee, each submitter sends the cash register receipt for two books by contemporary poets or three literary magazines.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111461753274538940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111461753274538940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114617480000#c111461753274538940' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111461384807373192</id><published>2005-04-27T10:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-27T10:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah Yeah.  He made a &quot;stupid&quot; remark one day.  Th...</title><summary type='text'>Yeah Yeah.  He made a &quot;stupid&quot; remark one day.  That&#39;s a fraction of the story but no matter, it was an aside anyway (and we won&#39;t go into the unethical manner in which the university tried to fire him for his free speech)  I just heard several stupid remarks on the elevator at my office, they just happened to not be political comments.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I can agree with you on:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;The best </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111461384807373192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111461384807373192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114613820000#c111461384807373192' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111461136451621508</id><published>2005-04-27T10:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-27T10:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I might add that the responses to my initial post ...</title><summary type='text'>I might add that the responses to my initial post have tended to herd me towards a position which I don&#39;t hold, vis-a-vis academic creative writing. I was responding to the passage in Silliman&#39;s take on foetry.com that implied that the questioning of poetry contests was the wrong question because contests were being held to a higher standard than general academic hiring, refereeing, etc. (&quot;What </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111461136451621508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111461136451621508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114611360000#c111461136451621508' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111460853321383758</id><published>2005-04-27T09:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-27T09:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bob Watts: &quot;But it has been my experience that cre...</title><summary type='text'>Bob Watts: &quot;But it has been my experience that creative writing faculty are no different in their behaviors than are their colleagues.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So yes, different experiences.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;SP: &quot; don&#39;t think nor could I prove that other highly competitive programs are necessarily corrupt in their admissions and hirings (though it be true in many sectors in the outside world), but I do think wherever a</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111460853321383758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111460853321383758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114608480000#c111460853321383758' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111456955806115260</id><published>2005-04-26T22:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T22:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>and he was a great teacher I should add.-sp</title><summary type='text'>and he was a great teacher I should add.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-sp</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111456955806115260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111456955806115260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114569540000#c111456955806115260' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111456937908704968</id><published>2005-04-26T22:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T22:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>anon~I see what you mean about the nurtured cultur...</title><summary type='text'>anon~&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I see what you mean about the nurtured culture of MFA programs.  That, it seems, makes some sense.   And yeah atheIetics departments were a poor example.  But don&#39;t count out the dark side of electrical engineering!  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t think nor could I prove that other highly competitive programs are necessarily corrupt in their admissions and hirings (though it be true in many </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111456937908704968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111456937908704968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114569360000#c111456937908704968' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111456592459974232</id><published>2005-04-26T21:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T21:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Anonymous wrote:&quot;Some creative writers are accultu...</title><summary type='text'>Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Some creative writers are acculturated in MFA programs to be paranoid about their status in the academy and their position vis-a-vis the majority drysasdusts. Your response perfectly demonstrates this.&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And some people are acculturated--or just naturally have the tendency--to make broad generalizations without facts. I have a PhD, thank you, was never interested in</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111456592459974232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111456592459974232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114565880000#c111456592459974232' title=''/><author><name>Bob Watts</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16555034124978170417</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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-311679473"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111454954880002061</id><published>2005-04-26T17:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T17:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Seems you want to make &quot;creative writers&quot; at univ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Seems you want to make &quot;creative writers&quot; at universities a category all of their own as far as politics and nepotism and paranoia etc. goes and I don&#39;t think that&#39;s the case. I really don&#39;t. Are you pointing your finger at yourself and your colleagues, as you are a tenored prof as you have stated, you have the inside skinny so to speak, but really, do you really think such behavour is special </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111454954880002061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111454954880002061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114549500000#c111454954880002061' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111454145209842277</id><published>2005-04-26T14:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T14:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>POD is a real boon for poetry publishing. I publis...</title><summary type='text'>POD is a real boon for poetry publishing. I publish 50 poetry books per year, mostly by  poets such as Allison Joseph, Phil Dacey, et. al--not so many from this end of the poetisphere--and I do it without contests. And I do it full-time, that is, my wife and I earn our living from it. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I can&#39;t speak to third-world sweatshops: my books are printed in LaVergne, Tennessee. But I can </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111454145209842277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111454145209842277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114541400000#c111454145209842277' title=''/><author><name>Kevin Walzer</name><uri>http://www.wordtechcommunications.com</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111454102975870333</id><published>2005-04-26T14:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T14:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>to tie my above statement back to Foetry, etc, and...</title><summary type='text'>to tie my above statement back to Foetry, etc, and it is my strong opinion that the issues they raised and others defended is not only biproduct of a much larger capitalistic culture and rat race, but also a narrow-mindedness that somehow corruption, competition, paranoia, bickering, on and on are somehow only occuring in the realm of US poetry.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;While W trods hand in hand in a field of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111454102975870333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111454102975870333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114540980000#c111454102975870333' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111453956991753951</id><published>2005-04-26T14:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T14:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As long as they know what you are talking about, t...</title><summary type='text'>As long as they know what you are talking about, then that&#39;s all that matters.  Still lost on your point though.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Some creative writers are acculturated in MFA programs to be paranoid about their status in the academy and their position vis-a-vis the majority drysasdusts.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Seems you want to make &quot;creative writers&quot; at universities a category all of their own as far as politics </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111453956991753951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111453956991753951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114539540000#c111453956991753951' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111453719054084382</id><published>2005-04-26T13:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T13:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Yes, and people are acculturated. But I wasn&#39;t ta...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Yes, and people are acculturated. But I wasn&#39;t talking about poets. I was talking about university faculty, creative writing.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And of course they/we aren&#39;t people, right? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bob Watts&lt;BR/&gt;------------------------------&lt;BR/&gt;Some creative writers are acculturated in MFA programs to be paranoid about their status in the academy and their position vis-a-vis the majority drysasdusts.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111453719054084382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111453719054084382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114537140000#c111453719054084382' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111453565399038891</id><published>2005-04-26T13:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T13:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think he&#39;s saying that some people have looser o...</title><summary type='text'>I think he&#39;s saying that some people have looser or different standards than others.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps creative writers value friendship when choosing a new faculty member, while other English faculty value standards or principles.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I can&#39;t see why this is so hard to understand.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Agreeing with it is another matter.  I don&#39;t have enough experience to know whether or not I agree </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111453565399038891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111453565399038891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114535640000#c111453565399038891' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111453551528286161</id><published>2005-04-26T13:11:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T13:11:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think he&#39;s saying that some people have looser o...</title><summary type='text'>I think he&#39;s saying that some people have looser or different standards than others.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps creative writers value friendship when choosing a new faculty member, while other English faculty value standards or principles.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I can&#39;t see why this is so hard to understand.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Agreeing with it is another matter.  I don&#39;t have enough experience to know whether or not I agree </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111453551528286161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111453551528286161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114535460001#c111453551528286161' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111453550900074435</id><published>2005-04-26T13:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T13:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think he&#39;s saying that some people have looser o...</title><summary type='text'>I think he&#39;s saying that some people have looser or different standards than others.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps creative writers value friendship when choosing a new faculty member, while other English faculty value standards or principles.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I can&#39;t see why this is so hard to understand.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Agreeing with it is another matter.  I don&#39;t have enough experience to know whether or not I agree </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111453550900074435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111453550900074435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114535460000#c111453550900074435' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111453049286244815</id><published>2005-04-26T11:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T11:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Yes, and people are acculturated. But I wasn&#39;t ta...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Yes, and people are acculturated. But I wasn&#39;t talking about poets. I was talking about university faculty, creative writing.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And of course they/we aren&#39;t people, right? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bob Watts</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111453049286244815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111453049286244815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114530480000#c111453049286244815' title=''/><author><name>Bob Watts</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16555034124978170417</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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-311679473"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111448476361096749</id><published>2005-04-25T23:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-25T23:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Ridiculous.you should get out of your Humanities ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Ridiculous.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;you should get out of your Humanities Bld a little more then.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Poets are people, people are poets.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;    -sp&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes, and people are acculturated. But I wasn&#39;t talking about poets. I was talking about university faculty, creative writing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111448476361096749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111448476361096749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114484760000#c111448476361096749' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111445612170453916</id><published>2005-04-25T15:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-25T15:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ridiculous.  you should get out of your Humanities...</title><summary type='text'>Ridiculous.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;you should get out of your Humanities Bld a little more then.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Poets are people, people are poets.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-sp</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111445612170453916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111445612170453916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114456080000#c111445612170453916' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111445438427954259</id><published>2005-04-25T14:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-25T14:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In my own experience of twenty years in the academ...</title><summary type='text'>In my own experience of twenty years in the academy (tenured English professor), the only field in which I&#39;ve ever seen &quot;nepotism&quot; in the hiring of a tenure-track position was creative writing (poetry).  The only male faculty who persist in sexually harrassing their students have been creative writers (one to the point of getting out of the sack to get the sack). As the editor of a scholarly </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111445438427954259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111445438427954259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114454340000#c111445438427954259' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111445109483628517</id><published>2005-04-25T13:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-25T13:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I count 6 of the 50 comments here as anonymous, Tr...</title><summary type='text'>I count 6 of the 50 comments here as anonymous, Trevor (and one of those is mine, agreeing with Micahel Harold that I forgot to sign my name to).  There only seems to be one or two &quot;hostile&quot; comments but maybe you think of hostility in different terms.  The rest seems to be some very informative stuff. Does this mirror American poetry-culture or just simply life on earth?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You should </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111445109483628517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111445109483628517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114451040000#c111445109483628517' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111444894240247120</id><published>2005-04-25T13:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-25T13:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I finally got through this library of comments tod...</title><summary type='text'>I finally got through this library of comments today, and can&#39;t help but notice how it mirrors American poetry-culture (poeticulture?)--at least toward the end:  Poets sniping and quipping, while the rest of the readership is anonymous and hostile.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;--Trevor Calvert</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111444894240247120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111444894240247120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114448940000#c111444894240247120' title=''/><author><name>Trevor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14599869888780825546</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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-537613234"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111435957846453171</id><published>2005-04-24T12:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-24T12:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Anonymous: You ought to leave families and chi...</title><summary type='text'>Hey Anonymous: You ought to leave families and children of those you&#39;re attacking out of it. It&#39;s uncalled for and actually pretty scummy.  &lt;BR/&gt;--MH</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111435957846453171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111435957846453171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114359540000#c111435957846453171' title=''/><author><name>hackzkztv</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04809989461583195705</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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1003761333"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111435787441098729</id><published>2005-04-24T11:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-24T11:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What is up with all these anonymouses.</title><summary type='text'>What is up with all these anonymouses.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111435787441098729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111435787441098729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114357860000#c111435787441098729' title=''/><author><name>Michael Harold</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11165160971360124629</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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-626236699"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111431707285572202</id><published>2005-04-24T00:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-24T00:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This Kirby character sure knows what matters in ar...</title><summary type='text'>This Kirby character sure knows what matters in art or any pursuit: QUANTITY!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i wonder how many more babies he&#39;s going to make his wife squeeze out.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111431707285572202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111414274450901760/comments/default/111431707285572202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html?showComment=1114317060000#c111431707285572202' 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/2005/04/some-people-have-asked-me-why-i-havent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111414274450901760' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111414274450901760' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2005"/></entry></feed>