<?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.post111790886201522628..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/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111894786926883295</id><published>2005-06-16T14:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-16T14:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,it&#39;s good to see you review this anthology, mo...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;it&#39;s good to see you review this anthology, mostly favourably and with enthusiasm, and I&#39;m glad you agree that the idea behind it is &quot;so obvious &amp; so brilliant&quot; - even though, sadly, few American poets/editors have bothered to compile such a collection as this.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Notwithstanding the fact I&#39;m deeply honoured to be included, I do think editor Sina Queyras (herself a significant</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111894786926883295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111894786926883295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html?showComment=1118947860000#c111894786926883295' title=''/><author><name>Todd Swift</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01900801847916951522</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/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111790886201522628' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111790886201522628' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1789007763"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111827508738490000</id><published>2005-06-08T19:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-08T19:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Steve,Without hijacking Ron&#39;s post, I&#39;d recomm...</title><summary type='text'>Hey Steve,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Without hijacking Ron&#39;s post, I&#39;d recommend a Sleeman Cream Ale, and if you make it to Toronto (about 1 hour away from Niagara Falls), I&#39;d recommend dropping into Coach House Books and picking up some stuff.  Great press -- available on SPD, too.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111827508738490000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111827508738490000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html?showComment=1118275080000#c111827508738490000' title=''/><author><name>Daniel Sendecki</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10629793042887940161</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/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111790886201522628' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111790886201522628' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1697163837"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111826197445717615</id><published>2005-06-08T16:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-08T16:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m curious about this Canadian anthology, but I h...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m curious about this Canadian anthology, but I haven&#39;t been able to find a complete list of the poets included.  It&#39;s disappointing that McCaffery and bissett aren&#39;t included.  It&#39;s too bad that Al Purdy was left out?  He&#39;s dead, too, but I&#39;m curious about his work.  Thanks for the links for Sina Queyras.  There is so much to read.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s funny how the world works sometimes.  The night </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111826197445717615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111826197445717615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html?showComment=1118261940000#c111826197445717615' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15418310802340579561</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/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111790886201522628' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111790886201522628' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-326822307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111819215260290422</id><published>2005-06-07T20:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T20:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think this anthology fills in some nice gaps whe...</title><summary type='text'>I think this anthology fills in some nice gaps when you consider it in the context of Gary Geddes&#39; &quot;15 Canadian Poets x 2&quot;, in which Cohen and Ondaatje get a few choice pages along with Earle Birney, et al. Most of the scholarship that I&#39;ve pursued has focused on FR Scott and the Canadian modernists; their socialist leanings. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hey, I agree with Ron that Mark Truscott should have made it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111819215260290422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111819215260290422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html?showComment=1118192100000#c111819215260290422' title=''/><author><name>Daniel Sendecki</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10629793042887940161</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/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111790886201522628' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111790886201522628' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1697163837"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111818607826993229</id><published>2005-06-07T19:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T19:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>to merzyes you can, actually (strange as it seems)...</title><summary type='text'>to merz&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;yes you can, actually (strange as it seems)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;a certain canadian cinema is also distinguishable &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;as in any body of writing there is a dull side, but the Canadian SoQ has always proceeded by being ultra-plain, roughly three beats a line, sorta visual or socially conscious or both, doesn&#39;t (dare) puff itself up much&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;GOOD Canadian poetry is rather different,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111818607826993229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111818607826993229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html?showComment=1118186040000#c111818607826993229' title=''/><author><name>JOT</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09756398976763474877</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/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111790886201522628' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111790886201522628' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1767866104"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111818053583668691</id><published>2005-06-07T17:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T17:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The desire to &quot;capturen thte difference&quot; between C...</title><summary type='text'>The desire to &quot;capturen thte difference&quot; between Canuck and Yank poetry really stems from the fear that they&#39;re now one and the same.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If that&#39;s inconceivable, than perhaps the line of inquiry might be, can you distinguish a Canadian FORM from an American one?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111818053583668691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111818053583668691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html?showComment=1118180520000#c111818053583668691' title=''/><author><name>Carton Tragedy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06542989177956491967</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/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111790886201522628' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111790886201522628' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1629265714"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111815974938697679</id><published>2005-06-07T11:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T11:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Just two &#39;check these out&#39; names on the Canadian p...</title><summary type='text'>Just two &#39;check these out&#39; names on the Canadian poetry front.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Dead:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Wilfred Watson.  Most interesting post / same-time-as person in terms of a certain line of thought about &#39;counting&#39; as Zukofsky--not AS big a creator, but who is?  There&#39;s a collected poems.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Alive:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Charles Noble.  No better thinker / perceiver north of that parallel.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It is also the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111815974938697679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111815974938697679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html?showComment=1118159700000#c111815974938697679' title=''/><author><name>JOT</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09756398976763474877</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/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111790886201522628' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111790886201522628' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1767866104"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111815894302643195</id><published>2005-06-07T11:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T11:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Many good questions can be raised if we stop assum...</title><summary type='text'>Many good questions can be raised if we stop assuming that the anxiety of influence came from the UK and start taking more seriously what is closer to home.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-jeremy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111815894302643195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111815894302643195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html?showComment=1118158920000#c111815894302643195' title=''/><author><name>Jehza</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09527708835511076143</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/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111790886201522628' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111790886201522628' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-355639647"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111814179776261829</id><published>2005-06-07T06:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T06:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That was indeed the exchange rate as of this past ...</title><summary type='text'>That was indeed the exchange rate as of this past weekend,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111814179776261829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111814179776261829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html?showComment=1118141760000#c111814179776261829' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='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/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111790886201522628' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111790886201522628' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111812666909280777</id><published>2005-06-07T02:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T02:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve seen a number of selections and anthologies h...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve seen a number of selections and anthologies here in Canada almost entirely lacking in that critical element of self-appraisal or comprehension that incisively answers the question, &quot;Why this selection?&quot; It&#39;s as though just by including the poets between a pair of covers, that&#39;s all that&#39;s necessary to &quot;have them covered.&quot; Thanks though for pointing out this new grouping of poem-makers from </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111812666909280777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111812666909280777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html?showComment=1118126640000#c111812666909280777' title=''/><author><name>Brian Campbell</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17182888011015400963</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/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111790886201522628' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111790886201522628' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1565548225"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111812386075625318</id><published>2005-06-07T01:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T01:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>come on ron / the exchange rate isn&#39;t that good th...</title><summary type='text'>come on ron / the exchange rate isn&#39;t that good these days is it / lol&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;did i ever tell you i love it when you mention poets from the kootenays?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;thanx ron&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;always a treat to look in on your blog&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;~jenn</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111812386075625318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111790886201522628/comments/default/111812386075625318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/i-wish-that-some-35-years-ago-when-i.html?showComment=1118123820000#c111812386075625318' title=''/><author><name>666poetry-finchnot</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09182642674574512863</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' 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