<?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.post114587740719239791..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/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.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>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114610876982252922</id><published>2006-04-26T23:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-26T23:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>LOLOL!Right now it&#39;s all chapped- I mean my &#39;books...</title><summary type='text'>LOLOL!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Right now it&#39;s all chapped- I mean my &#39;books&#39;!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114610876982252922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114610876982252922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html?showComment=1146108720000#c114610876982252922' title=''/><author><name>shann</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139</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/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587740719239791' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114587740719239791' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1505930166"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114607813223751535</id><published>2006-04-26T15:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-26T15:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;uh, okay- are you, like, drinking?&quot;to paraphrase ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;uh, okay- are you, like, drinking?&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;to paraphrase someone, poetry is that which gets said despite the various technologies that intend to shame.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i can&#39;t mark the consistency or degree of your attention by your sobriety shann.  but i look forward to marking both in your forthcoming books.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114607813223751535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114607813223751535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html?showComment=1146078120000#c114607813223751535' title=''/><author><name>Farid Matuk</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12190604271290546858</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/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587740719239791' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114587740719239791' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1308311682"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114602406522658956</id><published>2006-04-26T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-26T00:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>No, I didn&#39;t.  That rag has a spine.  Yeah a touch...</title><summary type='text'>No, I didn&#39;t.  That rag has a spine.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yeah a touch of scotch but my facts are straight.  My point, more simply and without the sword waving, is that when you say &quot;REAL book with ISBN&quot; something moves in me and it isn&#39;t good.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perfectly legitimate business doesn&#39;t equate to good and exciting literature to me.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I only hear &quot;spine&quot; and &quot;barcode&quot; both of which have more to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114602406522658956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114602406522658956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html?showComment=1146024060000#c114602406522658956' title=''/><author><name>Scott Pierce</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16423689694814177548</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/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587740719239791' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114587740719239791' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262046517"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114602311157233607</id><published>2006-04-25T23:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T23:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>hey- did you edit one of the Di-verse-City antholo...</title><summary type='text'>hey- did you edit one of the Di-verse-City anthologies?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I had a poem on two of them, 2001 maybe and 2004, I think.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114602311157233607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114602311157233607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html?showComment=1146023100000#c114602311157233607' title=''/><author><name>shann</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139</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/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587740719239791' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114587740719239791' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1505930166"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114602267450331364</id><published>2006-04-25T23:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T23:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>uh, okay- are you, like, drinking?your passion is ...</title><summary type='text'>uh, okay- are you, like, drinking?&lt;BR/&gt;your passion is obvious, yet filled with obfuscation IMO.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What have you got against vanity? It&#39;s practically the law for an artist of any ilk- even a cook or a dancer. And if you publish your own book or chapbook that is a vain act, is it not?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;But thanks for proving my point that it is in the public mind that length/spine/barcode equates </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114602267450331364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114602267450331364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html?showComment=1146022620000#c114602267450331364' title=''/><author><name>shann</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139</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/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587740719239791' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114587740719239791' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1505930166"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114602099873280556</id><published>2006-04-25T23:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T23:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shann, thanks for hearing me.Materials and talent ...</title><summary type='text'>Shann, thanks for hearing me.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Materials and talent cost money though.  So if you have somethng produced using material and talent in a rare edition it tends to cost accordingly. Universities aside, let us say.  (They mark it all up, even tuitons, do not be surprised.) Chapbooks in the end tend to cost more to produce and are often more labor intensive.  Not talking your bristol vellum + </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114602099873280556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114602099873280556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html?showComment=1146020940000#c114602099873280556' title=''/><author><name>Scott Pierce</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16423689694814177548</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/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587740719239791' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114587740719239791' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262046517"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114600766268303728</id><published>2006-04-25T19:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T19:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I hear you, but the locals(yokels) think of a chap...</title><summary type='text'>I hear you, but the locals(yokels) think of a chapbook as stapled/non-ISBN. Anything with a publisher is a book- there are big books and little books but in order to get a reading or signing in a non-independent bookstore you have to have a &#39;book.&#39;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The lifeblood of the local poet is still the &#39;chapbook&#39; as I defined it- we sell them so we can eat, have gas to get to gigs, etc.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114600766268303728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114600766268303728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html?showComment=1146007620000#c114600766268303728' title=''/><author><name>shann</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139</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/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587740719239791' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114587740719239791' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1505930166"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114599434947514133</id><published>2006-04-25T15:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T15:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>right on right on.  I&#39;m with buntin</title><summary type='text'>right on right on.  I&#39;m with buntin</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114599434947514133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114599434947514133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html?showComment=1145994300000#c114599434947514133' title=''/><author><name>Scott Pierce</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16423689694814177548</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/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587740719239791' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114587740719239791' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262046517"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114598291637224663</id><published>2006-04-25T12:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T12:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>When putting the survey together, I purposefully d...</title><summary type='text'>When putting the survey together, I purposefully didn&#39;t define chapbook, because as we see it can have multiple meanings.  For me, and so of course there&#39;s a bias there, it&#39;s basically any book of poetry (no matter how published or bound) that is smaller than 64 pages.  I think of the wonderful chapbooks that LSU Press publishes, for example.  I tend to think of them as non self-published, though</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114598291637224663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114598291637224663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html?showComment=1145982900000#c114598291637224663' title=''/><author><name>Simmons B. Buntin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02912485144027132314</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/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587740719239791' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114587740719239791' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2091954450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114597629837972086</id><published>2006-04-25T10:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T10:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Levels?  No.  Sorry Shann. You didn&#39;t hit the defi...</title><summary type='text'>Levels?  No.  Sorry Shann. You didn&#39;t hit the definition of a chapbook, not even for central Virginia.  Well, especially for Virginia which probably has a long history of independent literature produced there, you know, with the big wars and the independence thing and all.  Chapbooks (&quot;cheap book&quot;) were probably the lifeblood of lit. distribution for a couple hundred years in Virgina but that is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114597629837972086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114597629837972086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html?showComment=1145976240000#c114597629837972086' title=''/><author><name>Scott Pierce</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16423689694814177548</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/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587740719239791' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114587740719239791' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262046517"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114590738669941030</id><published>2006-04-24T15:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T15:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The definition of chapbook may be of interest. In ...</title><summary type='text'>The definition of chapbook may be of interest. In these parts (Central Virginia) a chapbook is generally a self-produced (via kinkos, office max, or stolen time at work or school) booklet of 44-48 pages- the most a long arm stapler will easily do. Almost everyone I know has at least one, Jimmy Warner, local poet has 35 plus. We generally sell them at readings, in art shops, independent bookstores</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114590738669941030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114590738669941030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html?showComment=1145907360000#c114590738669941030' title=''/><author><name>shann</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139</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/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587740719239791' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114587740719239791' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1505930166"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114590631538840959</id><published>2006-04-24T15:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T15:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>For those who completed the survey and requested r...</title><summary type='text'>For those who completed the survey and requested results, I&#39;ll be sending those shortly---within the next week or so.  I&#39;ll also post results at Terrain.org.  [Unfortunately, our web host just had a major power outage, so Terrain.org is not online right now... hopefully up again soon.]&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Additional folks who would like the survey results can email me at sb - riverfall - com.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114590631538840959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114587740719239791/comments/default/114590631538840959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html?showComment=1145906280000#c114590631538840959' title=''/><author><name>Simmons B. Buntin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02912485144027132314</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/2006/04/last-july-16-i-posted-following-note.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587740719239791' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114587740719239791' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2091954450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2006"/></entry></feed>