<?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.post112119150174708559..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/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.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>21</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112182489925908674</id><published>2005-07-19T22:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-19T22:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I especially liked the bit After Sauer.  What did ...</title><summary type='text'>I especially liked the bit After Sauer.  What did indeed happen with this geographical push that Olson opened.  Now of course almost everything that critics are writing about in academic circles has to do with place.  I think in fact that there is a new Billy Collins poem somewhere that makes fun of this phenomenon (was itin the new humor issue of Poetry magazine?) that comes out of Walter </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112182489925908674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112182489925908674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121824860000#c112182489925908674' 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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112181859316553827</id><published>2005-07-19T20:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-19T20:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>While I&#39;m at it, the Station Hill Press link on th...</title><summary type='text'>While I&#39;m at it, the Station Hill Press link on the EPC page is out of date, it seems. The current link is:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A&gt;http://www.stationhill.org/irby.html&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112181859316553827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112181859316553827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121818560000#c112181859316553827' 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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112181823312017938</id><published>2005-07-19T20:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-19T20:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, those little snatches aren&#39;t by Irby, but by...</title><summary type='text'>Well, those little snatches aren&#39;t by Irby, but by McCrary. However, for Ken, start here:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A&gt;http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/irby/&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112181823312017938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112181823312017938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121818200000#c112181823312017938' 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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112181514279571454</id><published>2005-07-19T19:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-19T19:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve heard of Kenneth Irby before but don&#39;t know t...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve heard of Kenneth Irby before but don&#39;t know this work.  Could you post a link to what is considered his best poem?  Or could you just print his entire best poem?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;These small pieces are hard to see in their larger context.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112181514279571454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112181514279571454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121815140000#c112181514279571454' 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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112178482739524398</id><published>2005-07-19T10:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-19T10:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Don, A generous post.And it&#39;s actually DJ Spooky, ...</title><summary type='text'>Don, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A generous post.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And it&#39;s actually DJ Spooky, not Spooking, although the latter isn&#39;t bad either! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;May I also recommend Nicolas Bourriaud&#39;s Postproduction, which discusses contemporary artistic production as a series of sampling, artists/writers as DJs juggling preexisting forms.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Best,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;G.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112178482739524398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112178482739524398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121784780000#c112178482739524398' title=''/><author><name>Glenn Bach</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00623252725909826749</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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-605189307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112177817535251367</id><published>2005-07-19T09:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-19T09:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>David, it was good to remember the details.  The m...</title><summary type='text'>David, it was good to remember the details.  The movie WAS extremely boring, although the fallout in terms of commentary was quite interesting.  Do you remember Reagan&#39;s comment about Chinese dinners?  Do I recall correctly?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Interesting post from Don Byrd who goes on to my must-read list.  Thanks for the heads-up to Joe Safdie.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112177817535251367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112177817535251367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121778120000#c112177817535251367' 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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112168557845844256</id><published>2005-07-18T07:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-18T07:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Joe— The first draft of the Olson book was written...</title><summary type='text'>Joe— The first draft of the Olson book was written in Lawrence. It seemed clearer then what poetry might be.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The 1960s were a very long time ago, in another world.  No one remembers that two University of Kansas students were shot and killed by the police.  The Student Union and a major downtown bank burned down. We were under curfew for a while. The sound of National Guard heel taps on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112168557845844256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112168557845844256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121685540000#c112168557845844256' title=''/><author><name>Don Byrd</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00317855515644011637</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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-81973615"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112165133700319761</id><published>2005-07-17T21:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-17T21:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The TV movie KO asks about was The Day After.  Law...</title><summary type='text'>The TV movie KO asks about was &lt;I&gt;The Day After&lt;/I&gt;.  Lawrence and Kansas City were well nuked, as was the rest of the world (the best image from the film featured the protagonist driving down the highway as Minutemen launched from silos in the surrounding farmland to do unto the USSR big time).  I was in grade school in KC at the time and it made something of an impression, though nothing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112165133700319761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112165133700319761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121651280000#c112165133700319761' title=''/><author><name>David</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11178475324815529819</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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1663033531"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112161113082091187</id><published>2005-07-17T10:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-17T10:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ronald Johnson is my favorite kansas poet, but i d...</title><summary type='text'>Ronald Johnson is my favorite kansas poet, but i don&#39;t think he ever lived or worked in lawrence.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112161113082091187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112161113082091187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121611080000#c112161113082091187' title=''/><author><name>chris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11136826672171802719</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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-13350073"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112156675654625829</id><published>2005-07-16T22:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-16T22:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Don Byrd has classed up this comments space immeas...</title><summary type='text'>Don Byrd has classed up this comments space immeasurably. Don, it&#39;s been a long time since the BuffPo list, but as I mentioned here a week or so ago, I&#39;ve recently reread your brilliant book on the &lt;I&gt;Maximus Poems&lt;/I&gt; and took away much to treasure (not to mention Jed Rasula&#39;s &lt;I&gt;This Compost&lt;/I&gt;, which I understand you had a role in). Hope you and yours are well.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112156675654625829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112156675654625829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121566740000#c112156675654625829' title=''/><author><name>Joe Safdie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17504838189736814071</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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1693656871"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112155084637950135</id><published>2005-07-16T17:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-16T17:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I met Mr. Irby once.  In fact I had dinner with hi...</title><summary type='text'>I met Mr. Irby once.  In fact I had dinner with him &amp; a lot of other poets after his reading at a used bkstore in CAMBRIDGE (ma).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He gave a very good reading.  He&#39;s a bonafide poet, which means that journalists like Ron here &amp; others often reveal a ton of anxiety about PLACEMENT.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Place him in the Plains, people.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I gave him a bunch of my chapbooks.  He acted like a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112155084637950135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112155084637950135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121550840000#c112155084637950135' 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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1417109118"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112155039270436682</id><published>2005-07-16T17:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-16T17:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What do Irby&#39;s translations of Pasternak have or h...</title><summary type='text'>What do Irby&#39;s translations of Pasternak have or have not to do with his supposed soi-disant Americanism?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A moment of trans-logic there?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112155039270436682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112155039270436682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121550360000#c112155039270436682' 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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1417109118"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112152344983865891</id><published>2005-07-16T10:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-16T10:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Olson,In the future, please learn at least the...</title><summary type='text'>Hey Olson,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In the future, please learn at least the rudiments of basic English grammar before responding to a post. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also, I checked out your blog -- you Lutherans be trippin&#39;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112152344983865891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112152344983865891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121523420000#c112152344983865891' title=''/><author><name>I_am_not_kirby_olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00580121595024371032</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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-606168786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112149260531502616</id><published>2005-07-16T01:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-16T01:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Don, thanks so much for the, shall we say, recolle...</title><summary type='text'>Don, thanks so much for the, shall we say, recollection. These lines leapt instantly to mind:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Flageolets of fire&lt;BR/&gt;he says there will be.&lt;BR/&gt;This is for your sadly missing heart&lt;BR/&gt;the girl you left&lt;BR/&gt;in Juarez, the blank&lt;BR/&gt;political days press her now&lt;BR/&gt;in the narrow adobe&lt;BR/&gt;confines of the river town&lt;BR/&gt;her dress is torn&lt;BR/&gt;by the misadventure of&lt;BR/&gt;         her gothic </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112149260531502616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112149260531502616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121492580000#c112149260531502616' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112148145213845376</id><published>2005-07-15T22:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T22:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron--Lawrence has had a strong poetry scene since ...</title><summary type='text'>Ron--&lt;BR/&gt;Lawrence has had a strong poetry scene since the 50&#39;s.  John Fowler’s Abbington Book shop was the forerunner to Moritz’s Tansy, and when I arrived in 67, it would have been possible to write a solid history of poetry in Lawrence from the posters on the walls.  In the Abbington, I heard stories of visits by Ginsbergs, Creeley, Mac Low, and many other before I arrived.  Fowler published a</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112148145213845376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112148145213845376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121481420000#c112148145213845376' title=''/><author><name>Don Byrd</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00317855515644011637</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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-81973615"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112147902265472300</id><published>2005-07-15T21:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T21:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Maybe me be unnecessarily unromantic, but to me a ...</title><summary type='text'>Maybe me be unnecessarily unromantic, but to me a name is just a means of identification.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&amp; some time the raven quoth no more&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Besides I like the notion of a litmag focused strictly on text, be it critical or poetic &amp; the first brief poem (which I hope it is) is really cool</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112147902265472300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112147902265472300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121479020000#c112147902265472300' title=''/><author><name>Lars Palm</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18014279624033048950</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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1490930370"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112147308212374596</id><published>2005-07-15T20:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T20:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Quoth the Raven, &quot;Nevermore.&quot;</title><summary type='text'>Quoth the Raven, &quot;Nevermore.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112147308212374596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112147308212374596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121473080000#c112147308212374596' title=''/><author><name>incredulass</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16890154204998918984</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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-286548612"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112146810314178277</id><published>2005-07-15T18:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T18:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I can&#39;t understand why the person or person who ca...</title><summary type='text'>I can&#39;t understand why the person or person who can&#39;t even stand up for their own families names enough to give their own must proceed by insulting Silliman&#39;s.  At least his family has the courage to write and think under their own names. It&#39;s just preposterous that such infamy should be allowed to continue.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Leave the man&#39;s family alone.  They have certainly proven themselves and have a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112146810314178277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112146810314178277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121468100000#c112146810314178277' 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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112144217543939398</id><published>2005-07-15T11:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T11:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Another important cultural event for Lawrence was ...</title><summary type='text'>Another important cultural event for Lawrence was a made for TV movie that was filmed on location there and aired with much hype in the 80s.  It was about the aftermath of an atomic explosion.  Asked to comment Ronald Reagan made a weird remark that I&#39;ve never completely understood having something to do with the movie being somewhat like a 12-course Chinese dinner.  I admit that it&#39;s been 20 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112144217543939398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112144217543939398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121442120000#c112144217543939398' 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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112143334916237712</id><published>2005-07-15T09:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T09:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Not to be picky, but technically it is K.U. U.K. i...</title><summary type='text'>Not to be picky, but technically it is K.U. U.K. is Kentucky, a point which people in Lawrence and Lexington can be rather testy on.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112143334916237712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112143334916237712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121433300000#c112143334916237712' title=''/><author><name>Bryan Newbury</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01859820289124152774</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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-760652786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112143232269270670</id><published>2005-07-15T08:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T08:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Any community that can generate poetry of this or...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Any community that can generate poetry of this order will never have to worry about being vibrant or healthy.&quot;  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They&#39;ll never have to worry about that, to be sure -- there&#39;s little vibrancy or health evidenced by any of these poems.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112143232269270670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112119150174708559/comments/default/112143232269270670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html?showComment=1121432280000#c112143232269270670' title=''/><author><name>Bookboojum</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00335409230042230657</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/2005/07/l-r-stan-lombardo-kenneth-irby-jordan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112119150174708559' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112119150174708559' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1901513328"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2005"/></entry></feed>