<?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.post113198368887045209..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/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.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-113307315744086338</id><published>2005-11-27T01:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-27T01:32:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>TO EVERYONE:THIS BLOG IS THE BEST THING SINCE SLIC...</title><summary type='text'>TO EVERYONE:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;THIS BLOG IS THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD, OR SLICED PAGES, OR WHATEVER. HATS OFF TO RON. [OR WHATVER HE WOULD LIKE ME TO TAKE OFF.]&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;PS  i THINK THIS WORK BY LAMOUREUX MERITS MORE DISCUSSION THAN IT HAS RECEIVD. EVEN IF IT DOESNT ALWAY COME OFF. BUT I THINK HE&#39;S ON T SOMETHING.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;STEVE IN TAIPEI</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113307315744086338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113307315744086338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1133073120000#c113307315744086338' title=''/><author><name>steve in taipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113300947688439598</id><published>2005-11-26T07:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-26T07:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>AndyTell me how Erik Ehn is these days. He and I a...</title><summary type='text'>Andy&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Tell me how Erik Ehn is these days. He and I are like antithetical twins [is there is such a thing}&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;does he still have a shavedhead?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve in taipe&lt;BR/&gt;ps&lt;BR/&gt;do you work on a lot of prouctions?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve in Taipei</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113300947688439598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113300947688439598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1133009460000#c113300947688439598' title=''/><author><name>steve in taipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113270301315975520</id><published>2005-11-22T18:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-22T18:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i emailed this publisher askingif they would like ...</title><summary type='text'>i emailed this publisher askingif they would like to look at my own eforts in this mode. they never answered.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Once Spuyten Divil [sp?] asked to see my stuff [the same stuff actually], then never got back to me. I sent them an email, they still never answered.[they had asked for the stuf.] We have discussed the sorry case of Fairleigh-Dickinson; I once sent an article to PMLA, it was a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113270301315975520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113270301315975520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132702980000#c113270301315975520' title=''/><author><name>steve in taipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113265872549786132</id><published>2005-11-22T06:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-22T06:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I disagree with Curtis [who always calls me Stevie...</title><summary type='text'>I disagree with Curtis [who always calls me Stevie]; L&#39;s poems are &quot;potentially&quot; interesting, but he needs more woodshed and to not watch movies while doing it, Instead, watch teh experience, object, whatever.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve in taipei</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113265872549786132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113265872549786132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132658700000#c113265872549786132' title=''/><author><name>steve in taipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113265575824768368</id><published>2005-11-22T05:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-22T05:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;My point, though, Murat, is that inspiration, or ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;My point, though, Murat, is that inspiration, or immediate inspiration, if you will, is secondary to our appreciation of the text.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I agree Curtis, though surely that&#39;s stating the obvious (and to call it  &quot;secondary&quot; places way too much importance on it). Suppose that what initially inspired JJ to begin Ulysses was a simple desire to wreak vengeance on his enemies (beginning with the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113265575824768368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113265575824768368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132655700000#c113265575824768368' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113261834246512872</id><published>2005-11-21T19:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-21T19:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy,I liked sea self rain too. But these pieces s...</title><summary type='text'>Andy,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I liked sea self rain too. But these pieces seem a little too bare, gaseous. like they need to be filled in a little. I experimented with this approach. Can email to anyone who&#39;s interested...[ha ha] don&#39;t worry it&#39;s not too much.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve in taipei</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113261834246512872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113261834246512872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132618320000#c113261834246512872' title=''/><author><name>steve in taipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113256149464591172</id><published>2005-11-21T03:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-21T03:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I agree with Curtis. these bio thisngs are irrelev...</title><summary type='text'>I agree with Curtis. these bio thisngs are irrelevant. My students seem addicted to them, not so much teh bio as what these days is called teh background [historical social etc]. of course sometimes this is useful or needed [medieval miracle plays etc] but they use it as crutches to avoid the text. I ask, &quot;what does this mean?&quot; They cant answer. [not that i&#39;m looking for any ONE meaning. Just </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113256149464591172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113256149464591172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132561440000#c113256149464591172' title=''/><author><name>steve in taipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113232969266801555</id><published>2005-11-18T11:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-18T11:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The act of writing takes time, and attention.  The...</title><summary type='text'>The act of writing takes time, and attention.  The mind cannot split into two, allowing one to compose sentences, arguments, while paying attention at the same time to a movie, with its own dialogue, changing scenes, etc.  Back in college I used to have these huge lecture classes at Berkeley--the professor would rattle off this stuff--names and dates and qualities and relationships, while the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113232969266801555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113232969266801555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132329660000#c113232969266801555' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113232690116010910</id><published>2005-11-18T10:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-18T10:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Response to Curtis:A poem&#39;s &quot;interesting ideas&quot; ar...</title><summary type='text'>Response to Curtis:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A poem&#39;s &quot;interesting ideas&quot; are always entagled with the process which creates them. In that way, the inspiration is never gratuitous.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think there is a difference between a film and drugs, a film being a construct. A poem in response to a film is similar to a poem in response to a painting, a photograph, etc. In fact, such a response seems integral to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113232690116010910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113232690116010910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132326900000#c113232690116010910' title=''/><author><name>Murat Nemet-Nejat</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113224552979567075</id><published>2005-11-17T11:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T11:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No Joe, I mean this:&quot;The gilded phaloi of the croc...</title><summary type='text'>No Joe, I mean this:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;The gilded phaloi of the crocuses&lt;BR/&gt;                               are thrusting at the spring air.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;from Pound&#39;s &#39;Coitus&#39;. Who knows? Perhaps some other poet wrote of &quot;gilded phaloi&quot;, but I&#39;ve never come across the image before (or since) reading Pound&#39;s LUSTRA.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113224552979567075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113224552979567075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132245480000#c113224552979567075' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113223940929648263</id><published>2005-11-17T09:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T09:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Do you mean &quot;skull underneath theskin?&quot;Which is fr...</title><summary type='text'>Do you mean &quot;skull underneath the&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;skin?&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Which is from Eliot.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Webster was much possessed by death&lt;BR/&gt;And saw the skull beneath the skin;&lt;BR/&gt;And breastless creatures under ground&lt;BR/&gt;Leaned backward with a lipless grin.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Daffodil bulbs instead of balls&lt;BR/&gt;Stared from the sockets of the eyes!&lt;BR/&gt;He knew that thought clings round dead limbs&lt;BR/&gt;Tightening its </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113223940929648263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113223940929648263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132239360000#c113223940929648263' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113222055321349249</id><published>2005-11-17T04:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T04:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What&#39;s a &quot;relief-dichter&quot; Tragedy?</title><summary type='text'>What&#39;s a &quot;relief-dichter&quot; Tragedy?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113222055321349249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113222055321349249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132220520000#c113222055321349249' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113219973027534370</id><published>2005-11-16T22:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T22:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>...and so here come the relief dichters, fresh fro...</title><summary type='text'>...and so here come the relief dichters, fresh from the bull (point) pen...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113219973027534370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113219973027534370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132199700000#c113219973027534370' 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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1629265714"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113218556419942669</id><published>2005-11-16T18:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T18:59:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Just wondering, but why the image from Ezra Pound?...</title><summary type='text'>Just wondering, but why the image from Ezra Pound? Was it in Vanderbeek&#39;s film?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113218556419942669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113218556419942669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132185540000#c113218556419942669' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113218456926829140</id><published>2005-11-16T18:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T18:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Ron, for the generous and close reading of...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks, Ron, for the generous and close reading of &lt;I&gt;Film Poems&lt;/I&gt;, and to you enthusiastic commentors.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113218456926829140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113218456926829140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132184520000#c113218456926829140' title=''/><author><name>Mark</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12907078718133120295</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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1006589168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113217812374628095</id><published>2005-11-16T16:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T16:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mark is such a fine poet, someone who we must see ...</title><summary type='text'>Mark is such a fine poet, someone who we must see in the perfect-bound world soon.  Please please please, if you have a copy of &quot;Film Poems,&quot; be sure not to miss the longer poem &quot;The God Of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him&quot; which swells to ecstatic heights.  Its length allows these little intense fires of language Mark deposits on the page to become rungs on a ladder that you (almost subliminally) </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113217812374628095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113217812374628095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132178100000#c113217812374628095' 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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1630916886"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113217459211369289</id><published>2005-11-16T15:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T15:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah, this is real good stuff. I&#39;ll have to pick i...</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, this is real good stuff. I&#39;ll have to pick it up.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The one I like least of these three is &quot;Science Friction;&quot; for me, it adds up to a kind of groovy little image-sequence that I find disappointing. Because of this image-character, it&#39;s the one that seems closest to the &quot;responding to a film&quot; situation, whether the film shows Eiffel Tower-like/phalloid rockets taking off or whether </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113217459211369289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113217459211369289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132174560000#c113217459211369289' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113216112482753640</id><published>2005-11-16T12:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T12:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis,I&#39;d disagree, if only that calling it &quot;Film...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d disagree, if only that calling it &quot;Film Poems&quot; and noting the process frames the reception in a unique way (which the book design contributes to -- you _can&#39;t_ ignore the premise without ignoring the object), and that&#39;s just another sphere to apply technique/talent to (for both writer/reader).  I mean, to say that occasion doesn&#39;t influence reception -- how about Yasusada, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113216112482753640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113216112482753640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132161120000#c113216112482753640' title=''/><author><name>Tony Tost</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15765857872778493229</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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599768463"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113215952075672163</id><published>2005-11-16T11:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T11:45:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>hey curtis____I&#39;ve been a bitstalled on answering ...</title><summary type='text'>hey curtis____&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ve been a bit&lt;BR/&gt;stalled on answering your &lt;BR/&gt;what writers influence your writing question&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;but after your comments&lt;BR/&gt;about Ron Johnson&#39;s  &lt;BR/&gt;A Line of Poetry; A Row of Trees&lt;BR/&gt;I hauled my fairly recently purchased volumes of &lt;BR/&gt;Ark and radii os&lt;BR/&gt;and To Do As Adam Did&lt;BR/&gt;off my shelves&lt;BR/&gt;and hunted down some excerpts&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and after I read </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113215952075672163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113215952075672163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132159500000#c113215952075672163' title=''/><author><name>suzanne</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113215480689511803</id><published>2005-11-16T10:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T10:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nice stuff, Ron.I tend to agree with you, though, ...</title><summary type='text'>Nice stuff, Ron.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I tend to agree with you, though, about the gratuitous &quot;inspiration&quot;.  Either the poet has interesting ideas and has made interesting poems, or he hasn&#39;t.  The film or occasion is really of no importance whatsoever.  Whatever works.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You could do a few blogs on the old &quot;drug&quot; inspiration thing which was so hot an issue back in the 1950&#39;s-60&#39;s.  The Beats, SF </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113215480689511803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113215480689511803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132154760000#c113215480689511803' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113215151405089288</id><published>2005-11-16T09:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T09:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Amen to that! Mark is one of the best poets we&#39;ve ...</title><summary type='text'>Amen to that! Mark is one of the best poets we&#39;ve got, and it&#39;s high time somebody steps up to the plate and publishes a full-length.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Additionally, I&#39;d like to call attention to the gorgeous design, by Michael Carr of &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://katalanchepress.blogspot.com&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Katalanche Press&lt;/A&gt;. This book is not to be missed.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113215151405089288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113198368887045209/comments/default/113215151405089288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html?showComment=1132151460000#c113215151405089288' title=''/><author><name>Aaron Tieger</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02678539479923664310</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/2005/11/in-1981-steve-benson-participated-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113198368887045209' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113198368887045209' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1427003792"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 16, 2005"/></entry></feed>