<?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.post111842472578944147..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/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/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>45</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111893933045927871</id><published>2005-06-16T12:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-16T12:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Online poetry zines and blogs (poetry blogs especi...</title><summary type='text'>Online poetry zines and blogs (poetry blogs especially) are wonderful in that they nurture spontaneity and impulsivity, two qualities of passionate communication/discourse which have often gotten a bad rap because of the assumed drop-off in &quot;good&quot; or &quot;deeply thought-out&quot; work that emerges from them.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The online avenue is pure mind touching pure mind, temporally immediate, with nothing of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111893933045927871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111893933045927871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118939280000#c111893933045927871' title=''/><author><name>Scott Glassman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09765668936962074730</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1630916886"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111889501967867279</id><published>2005-06-16T00:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-16T00:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow. That&#39;s pretty intense. And I thought the Inte...</title><summary type='text'>Wow. That&#39;s pretty intense. And I thought the Internet (along with wireless) was the most democratic technology since the book. The network is a tree too, and the Internet is its book.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111889501967867279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111889501967867279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118895000000#c111889501967867279' 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/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-626236699"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111887482392784938</id><published>2005-06-15T18:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-15T18:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lyle brought up an aspect that&#39;s broiling around f...</title><summary type='text'>Lyle brought up an aspect that&#39;s broiling around for me in this discussion, though my take is lsightly different. Many years ago when I worked for a collection of trade magazines, I interviewed a fellow at Johnson &amp; Johnson. Just for background, I was doing an in depth article relating to latex and mylar, as in balloons and environmental pollutants. Well anyway, the guy told me, in so many words:</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111887482392784938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111887482392784938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118874780000#c111887482392784938' title=''/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07387011571975673624</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1923720012"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111885280600040049</id><published>2005-06-15T12:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-15T12:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,enjoyed your post on online vs. print poets.Fr...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;enjoyed your post on online vs. print poets.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;From my view, it can only be a positive change. The speed alone, then the level field, then inclusiveness of it.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-Peter Ciccariello&lt;BR/&gt;http://poemsfromprovidence.blogspot.com/&lt;BR/&gt;http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111885280600040049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111885280600040049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118852760000#c111885280600040049' title=''/><author><name>Peter Ciccariello</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08064142385081707524</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-870824884"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111880950187790915</id><published>2005-06-15T00:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-15T00:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>At the root of this whole discussion is the econom...</title><summary type='text'>At the root of this whole discussion is the economy.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;People began doing small press publishing -- finding technologies for it -- because it was becoming too hard to be published (to be accepted for publication) by corporate or academic publishers.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What has driven the large-scale move by literary magazines (and to some extent small press publishers) from print to online has been,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111880950187790915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111880950187790915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118809500000#c111880950187790915' title=''/><author><name>Lyle Daggett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1880267297"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111872485895626318</id><published>2005-06-14T00:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-14T00:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Check out this series featured on C-Span recently....</title><summary type='text'>Check out this series featured on C-Span recently.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;THE DIGITAL FUTURE:A series of eight discussions hosted by the Library of Congress&#39; John W. Kluge Center, which examine how the digital age is changing the most basic ways information is organized and classified.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Archived video segments at:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.c-span.org/congress/digitalfuture.asp</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111872485895626318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111872485895626318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118724840000#c111872485895626318' title=''/><author><name>Arlee Christian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08200416510821299942</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-551028600"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 14, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111870953387396870</id><published>2005-06-13T20:38:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T20:38:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111870953387396870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111870953387396870'/><author><name>anders</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08681497819726244816</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1214566224"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111870952283313278</id><published>2005-06-13T20:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T20:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ken, I can smell you from hear... wind must be blo...</title><summary type='text'>Ken, I can smell you from hear... wind must be blowing west from Pittsboro...... your windsong stays on my mind....... ciao</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111870952283313278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111870952283313278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118709480000#c111870952283313278' title=''/><author><name>anders</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08681497819726244816</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1214566224"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111870157823900317</id><published>2005-06-13T18:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T18:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wonder no longer:Odor -- it has been shown -- trav...</title><summary type='text'>Wonder no longer:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Odor -- it has been shown -- travels poorly on the page.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The internet is much better at doing odor.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ken</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111870157823900317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111870157823900317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118701560000#c111870157823900317' title=''/><author><name>Ken Rumble</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00746644074804416378</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1033809189"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111869906059067301</id><published>2005-06-13T17:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T17:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>___Well I do have a poem coming out in the excelle...</title><summary type='text'>___&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Well I do have a poem coming out in the excellent mipoesias in the Tom Beckett issue.  Another blogger encouraged me to submit and I couldn&#39;t say no.  Vanity and all that.  What I don&#39;t understand is how the print magazines haven&#39;t figured out yet that I&#39;m &quot;a genius, incredibly charismatic, and smell good.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869906059067301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869906059067301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118699040000#c111869906059067301' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1218785319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111869774423623447</id><published>2005-06-13T17:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T17:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Confronted by email and SASEa hack need not feel o...</title><summary type='text'>Confronted by email and SASE&lt;BR/&gt;a hack need not feel out of place&lt;BR/&gt;a keyboard or pen&lt;BR/&gt;work identically when&lt;BR/&gt;one&#39;s transcribing with egg on his face</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869774423623447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869774423623447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118697720000#c111869774423623447' 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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1629265714"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111869724139197952</id><published>2005-06-13T17:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T17:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jonathan -- everyone knows the reason why the ezin...</title><summary type='text'>Jonathan -- everyone knows the reason why the ezines accept all your work is because you&#39;re a genius, incredibly charismatic, and smell good ! : )&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;p.s. submit to Mipo !</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869724139197952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869724139197952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118697240000#c111869724139197952' title=''/><author><name>anders</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08681497819726244816</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1214566224"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111869515241524136</id><published>2005-06-13T16:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T16:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Also, who is Lon Silliman. Is it Ron&#39;s dopplegange...</title><summary type='text'>Also, who is Lon Silliman. Is it Ron&#39;s doppleganger? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I answer this question on my blog.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bill Knott lives.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869515241524136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869515241524136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118695140000#c111869515241524136' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111869127204863602</id><published>2005-06-13T15:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T15:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m not sure about the question of &quot;prestige,&quot; eit...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m not sure about the question of &quot;prestige,&quot; either: I want to know what folks are writing, not so much decide how appropriate the method of publication is. I read blogs with the same curiosity, tho it&#39;s a given that most are fairly informal, one of their finer points, I think.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869127204863602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869127204863602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118691240000#c111869127204863602' title=''/><author><name>Laura Carter</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16936549737323400532</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-843607452"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111869118271805542</id><published>2005-06-13T15:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T15:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>scalljah wrote: ...then it stands to reason books ...</title><summary type='text'>scalljah wrote: &lt;I&gt;...then it stands to reason books will be consigned to the past. Same as vinyl and the horse and cart. I maybe wrong,...&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think this is wrong.  Books have been around for thousands of years and will continue to be around.  I look at the internet/web as another media, perhaps a new printing press, but books will not go the way of vinyl.  I think of the web more </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869118271805542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869118271805542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118691180000#c111869118271805542' 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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-326822307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111869108620589002</id><published>2005-06-13T15:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T15:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As a student I&#39;ve benefited quite a bit from webzi...</title><summary type='text'>As a student I&#39;ve benefited quite a bit from webzines &amp; web archives, etc. My $8 is more likely to go to try to build up a suitable book collection than to &quot;take a chance,&quot; so to speak, on a print zine. With journals like Octopus, GutCult, Typo, Drunken Boat, etc., out there, I&#39;m fortunate in not having to choose between staying up on what contemporary writers are doing &amp; picking up a used copy </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869108620589002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869108620589002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118691060000#c111869108620589002' title=''/><author><name>Laura Carter</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16936549737323400532</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-843607452"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111869079266431275</id><published>2005-06-13T15:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T15:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I also think that it takes a lot of balls for writ...</title><summary type='text'>I also think that it takes a lot of balls for writers to go online, and it is a sign of Ron&#39;s sincerity that he can do so. Like an earlier poster said, the immediacy of the net can take away the romance of the dreams we build around our poet heroes. Some poets will come across as dull as dishwater when we meet them in the flesh and others we will have underestimated. The net means that the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869079266431275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111869079266431275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118690760000#c111869079266431275' title=''/><author><name>Scalljah</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14578109925453070447</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1613744976"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111868943273699826</id><published>2005-06-13T15:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T15:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>***Also, I&#39;m simply not a good reader of poetry on...</title><summary type='text'>***&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also, I&#39;m simply not a good reader of poetry on the web.  I associate web surfing with flitting quickly from one thing to another.  I suspect others are equally bad web readers, with attention spans as short as my own.  I can&#39;t even get through a whole post by Ron Silliman or Josh Corey most days.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868943273699826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868943273699826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118689380000#c111868943273699826' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1218785319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111868928405333305</id><published>2005-06-13T15:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T15:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>***Also, I&#39;m simply not a good reader of poetry on...</title><summary type='text'>***&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also, I&#39;m simply not a good reader of poetry on the web.  I associate web surfing with flitting quickly from one thing to another.  I suspect others are equally bad web readers, with attention spans as short as my own.  I can&#39;t even get through a whole post by Ron Silliman or Josh Corey most days.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868928405333305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868928405333305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118689260000#c111868928405333305' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1218785319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111868912702390339</id><published>2005-06-13T14:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T14:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Here here. No one seems to have picked up on the m...</title><summary type='text'>Here here. No one seems to have picked up on the most glaringly obvious thing, that whether it&#39;s in print or online, the words are what counts. The crafstmanship and the quality. At the moment the net is seen as an easy way to publish, but in 20 years from now, the head honcho poets will all be up to scratch online and many would have established their careers through the net.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868912702390339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868912702390339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118689080000#c111868912702390339' title=''/><author><name>Scalljah</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14578109925453070447</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1613744976"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111868830756830048</id><published>2005-06-13T14:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T14:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t want a metaphor for my existential conditi...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t want a metaphor for my existential condition; I want actual printed pages with a binding or a staple!  I guess it might be inaccurate to say it&#39;s easier to get work accepted on line, as a general rule, but that&#39;s been my own personal experience, partly because I get invitations to submit to online things, I send in poems, and voila, it appears the next week-- whereas just sending out </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868830756830048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868830756830048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118688300000#c111868830756830048' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1218785319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111868497798074132</id><published>2005-06-13T13:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T13:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Someone in this thread, stated quite ignorantly th...</title><summary type='text'>Someone in this thread, stated quite ignorantly that to get published online, or to be accepted by a zine online is easier than it is in print journals.  Where is your data?  Where is the empirical base in which you feel comfortable in making such a statement about it’s “reality”?  What are the statistics?  Have you surveyed the population?  Have you been part of anything political online </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868497798074132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868497798074132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118684940000#c111868497798074132' title=''/><author><name>Paul Adrian M</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07760060502233827602</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-753269044"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111868265360087002</id><published>2005-06-13T13:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T13:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, time works differently for net text, yes, the...</title><summary type='text'>Yes, time works differently for net text, yes, there seems to be more buzz with a print acceptance.  But net text is a better metaphor for our current existential condition than print text.  Print text is geared toward and inevitably tied back into old notions of logocentricm and hierarchy.  Plus the book/hardcopy publishers can effectively be politically avoided by going to the net.  Plus epubs </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868265360087002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868265360087002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118682600000#c111868265360087002' title=''/><author><name>anders</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08681497819726244816</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1214566224"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111868256782764167</id><published>2005-06-13T13:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T13:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Since coming to the internet I&#39;ve pretty much lost...</title><summary type='text'>Since coming to the internet I&#39;ve pretty much lost interest in getting my poetry published - either in hardcopy or online (not that I was published much prior to the &#39;net, of course). &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think of my website as a cheap form of vanity publishing, with the one key difference being that anyone can stumble across my website and spend a few minutes (or hours) reading my work. It&#39;s especially </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868256782764167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868256782764167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118682540000#c111868256782764167' title=''/><author><name>Rik</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10564300512472868098</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1097429834"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111868214911815377</id><published>2005-06-13T13:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T13:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think Jonathan hit the nail on the head.  The bo...</title><summary type='text'>I think Jonathan hit the nail on the head.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The book or magazine is a physical object.  As such it represents a labor toward actualization &amp; permanence - &amp; the reward of such labor is its very physicality.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s there in your hand, a part of the physical world, the world of the senses, the world of summer &amp; winter, trees &amp; ice.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Web publishing &amp; communication have </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868214911815377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111842472578944147/comments/default/111868214911815377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html?showComment=1118682120000#c111868214911815377' title=''/><author><name>Henry Gould</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04783460308217456577</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/all-way-from-beijing-bob-marcacci.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111842472578944147' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111842472578944147' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1417109118"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 13, 2005"/></entry></feed>