<?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.post114743465024537769..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/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114770828064922699</id><published>2006-05-15T11:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-15T11:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>See responsefroman alt-fiction perspective at http...</title><summary type='text'>See responsefroman alt-fiction perspective at http://nowwhatblog.blogspot.com&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;US fiction isn&#39;t dead.  It&#39;s just not usually published by the types that read the NYT Book Review.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Here&#39;s my list from there (and I wish I read more):&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Toni Morrison - Beloved&lt;BR/&gt;Ben Marcus – Notable American Women&lt;BR/&gt;Jane Smiley – A Thousand Acres&lt;BR/&gt;Marilynne Robinson – Housekeeping&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114770828064922699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114770828064922699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147708260000#c114770828064922699' title=''/><author><name>Ted Pelton</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13616332838143149496</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-44221322"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114770371608714464</id><published>2006-05-15T10:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-15T10:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And where the hell is Alice Walker?</title><summary type='text'>And where the hell is Alice Walker?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114770371608714464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114770371608714464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147703700000#c114770371608714464' title=''/><author><name>Collin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1318193204"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114765065856221088</id><published>2006-05-14T19:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-14T19:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i like gary indiana - not unreservedly - id like t...</title><summary type='text'>i like gary indiana - not unreservedly - id like to see what he did with the capote &#39;story&#39; - capote is overrated - but like most people hes over &amp; underrated - its the rater &amp; the style of the rating that i object to more often than the basic thing of this writers good-great</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114765065856221088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114765065856221088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147650600000#c114765065856221088' title=''/><author><name>michaelf</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03896092358881060164</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-107943565"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114761535004806192</id><published>2006-05-14T10:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-14T10:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>On the other hand Kerouac has something genuine an...</title><summary type='text'>On the other hand Kerouac has something genuine and authentic in his writing which makes me prefer him in some ways.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t think American literature is very good when compared to French literature, for instance.  There is perhaps not enough cultural attention to it for it to matter.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The supply side problem that Ron points out here is a genuine problem. Updike went to Harvard, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114761535004806192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114761535004806192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147615320000#c114761535004806192' 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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114756338309755203</id><published>2006-05-13T19:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-13T19:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s Updike&#39;s argument, Curtis.  He says it is a s...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s Updike&#39;s argument, Curtis.  He says it is a satire of the Beat generation.  It&#39;s just plainly factual.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think your final metaphor is way too strong to say that he is disinterested in the love scenes:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;a.  he tells the prostitute he loves her, and fathers a child with her, while across the street men and women are going to church&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;b.  some twenty years on he comes </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114756338309755203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114756338309755203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147563360000#c114756338309755203' 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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114754719288317118</id><published>2006-05-13T15:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-13T15:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The old Rabbit versus Kerouac argument is so tired...</title><summary type='text'>The old Rabbit versus Kerouac argument is so tired, Kirby.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Updike was incapable of seeing from inside the Beat Generation.  He was a child of the polite fiction of the &#39;Thirties and &#39;Forties.  He&#39;d never be capable of &quot;letting go&quot; and writing out of energy and lust and anger.  He&#39;s always the Olympian sensibility, an omniscient uncle.  Kereouac was about writing from INSIDE desire, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114754719288317118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114754719288317118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147547160000#c114754719288317118' 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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114753082595758370</id><published>2006-05-13T10:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-13T10:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Updike book is a classic case of how different...</title><summary type='text'>The Updike book is a classic case of how different factions in competition are actually good for literature.  Updike&#39;s Rabbit sequence is a response to Kerouac&#39;s work.  Rabbit is frightened of domestic responsibility and runs and runs, avoiding responsibility.  It&#39;s a very direct satire of the Beat movement from a Lutheran sensibility.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Updike was raised in Reading (actually just </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114753082595758370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114753082595758370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147530780000#c114753082595758370' 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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114751841279150996</id><published>2006-05-13T07:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-13T07:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Out of the ones listed I have a soft spot for the ...</title><summary type='text'>Out of the ones listed I have a soft spot for the Rabbit books.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m glad Ron mentions David Markson - I recently read through all his novels.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d also mention Curtis White&#39;s Requiem and Heather McGowan&#39;s Schooling.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114751841279150996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114751841279150996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147518360000#c114751841279150996' title=''/><author><name>Edmund Hardy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00577772055947332383</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-376115651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114750969003721081</id><published>2006-05-13T04:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-13T04:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>it doesn&#39;t matter WHAT some people readand, it doe...</title><summary type='text'>it doesn&#39;t matter WHAT some people read&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and, it doesn&#39;t matter THAT some other people read&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;on a weird planet with these 2 types of people, I&#39;d say:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the 2nd case came up with these best novels of the whatever bloody fing century&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the 1st case are more interesting people &amp; also, therefore, more interesting writers if they write&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;surprising</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114750969003721081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114750969003721081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147509660000#c114750969003721081' title=''/><author><name>Silliman never goes far enough</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11261487268242556601</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-946464022"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114748921919021873</id><published>2006-05-12T23:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T23:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Though this point was somewhat (partially) made --...</title><summary type='text'>Though this point was somewhat (partially) made -- it&#39;s to be noted that Ray Carver&#39;s &quot;Where I&#39;m Calling From&quot; is not only a collection of short stories, it&#39;s essentially his collected stories: the definitive collection, released around the time of his demise, and the culmination of his life&#39;s work in fiction (he never seemed to have any interest in writing a novel, far as I know).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114748921919021873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114748921919021873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147489200000#c114748921919021873' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114748259648698890</id><published>2006-05-12T21:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T21:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Of the books on the list I&#39;ve read, Housekeeping i...</title><summary type='text'>Of the books on the list I&#39;ve read, Housekeeping is by far my favorite.  I haven&#39;t finished her follow-up, Gilead, but I love it so far. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anyone can cull together an alternative list (mine would feature Lydia Davis, Ben Marcus, Padgett Powell, Donald Hays, Carol Maso) but my favorite work of American fiction of the last 25 years is Barry Hannah&#39;s Ray (I think it&#39;s within 25 years).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114748259648698890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114748259648698890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147482540000#c114748259648698890' 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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599768463"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114747310605422050</id><published>2006-05-12T18:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T18:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The 25 year constraint does exclude some marginal ...</title><summary type='text'>The 25 year constraint does exclude some marginal work. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d throw Exley in there, were it 40 years...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114747310605422050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114747310605422050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147473060000#c114747310605422050' title=''/><author><name>radio</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04326854015729536558</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-743849109"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114747271161656642</id><published>2006-05-12T18:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T18:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114747271161656642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114747271161656642'/><author><name>radio</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04326854015729536558</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-743849109"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114747097197814847</id><published>2006-05-12T17:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T17:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>id like to see the same list of books with votes b...</title><summary type='text'>id like to see the same list of books with votes by the same judges answering the question which books on this list have you read?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114747097197814847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114747097197814847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147470960000#c114747097197814847' title=''/><author><name>michaelf</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03896092358881060164</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-107943565"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114746307779202178</id><published>2006-05-12T15:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T15:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What works of American Fiction written in the past...</title><summary type='text'>What works of American Fiction written in the past 25 years would you recommend to a friend? I’d like to see that list, not this one. It all smacks of some drunken arm-wrestling tourney in an old age home.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114746307779202178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114746307779202178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147463040000#c114746307779202178' title=''/><author><name>PFCAlbertAyler</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04923287031424923548</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-492242838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745855096911140</id><published>2006-05-12T14:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T14:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>is this a ranking or a list?because i find it hard...</title><summary type='text'>is this a ranking or a list?&lt;BR/&gt;because i find it hard to believe that rabbit would be at the end.&lt;BR/&gt;i mean redux is not rabbit, run by any means, but even though it strays and stays in preaching, it at least brings the important issues of the day onto the page.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;ugh. i have been meaning to read housekeeping for so long.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;in general, lists and rankings bore me. it should only </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114745855096911140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114745855096911140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147458540000#c114745855096911140' title=''/><author><name>zach rampold</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05760349566128424884</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1968973472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745805780867365</id><published>2006-05-12T14:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T14:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I LOVE arguments about Lists!But instead of pullin...</title><summary type='text'>I LOVE arguments about Lists!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But instead of pulling out my own I just wanted to point out that Samuel R. Delany&#39;s NOTORIOUS book &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://nupress.northwestern.edu/title.cfm?ISBN=1-57366-119-8&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;HOGG&lt;/A&gt; has JUST BEEN translated into French for the first time.  And, as you can imagine the randy French LOVE IT!  Oops, every time I call the French randy someone wants </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114745805780867365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114745805780867365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147458000000#c114745805780867365' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360262447900081942</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745695480424398</id><published>2006-05-12T14:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T14:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Peter, do you honestly believe this?  I mean, unle...</title><summary type='text'>Peter, do you honestly believe this?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I mean, unless you say that every Trollope novel, every Dickens novel, every Conrad novel, every Walpole novel, every Sand novel, every Meredith novel, every Thackery novel, etc., etc. is a &quot;masterpiece&quot; (are you really saying that???--or are you being ironic about the NYT standards??)--I say, unless you&#39;re saying that, Updike and Vollmann have been</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114745695480424398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114745695480424398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147456920000#c114745695480424398' 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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745437696949268</id><published>2006-05-12T13:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T13:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If you hold the mouse over the ‘history bookmark’ ...</title><summary type='text'>If you hold the mouse over the ‘history bookmark’ or the ‘explorer bar’ of the article, it says: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;“What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-New York Times”&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I couldn’t agree more.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114745437696949268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114745437696949268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147454340000#c114745437696949268' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114745407290809127</id><published>2006-05-12T13:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T13:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>unfortunately the 25 year constraint forbids me fr...</title><summary type='text'>unfortunately the 25 year constraint forbids me from mentioning Robert Stone&#39;s DOG SOLDIERS (&#39;74) but not A FLAG FOR SUNRISE (&#39;81).&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t read very many novels. 92 IN THE SHADE by Tom Mcguane&#39;s pretty good.&lt;BR/&gt;Anything by DeLillo&#39;s been good to me so far. What&#39;s the next novel I&#39;ll read? Maybe none...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114745407290809127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114745407290809127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147454040000#c114745407290809127' title=''/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01390053646668652290</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-857295758"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114744884098638962</id><published>2006-05-12T11:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T11:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>David Markson&#39;s Wittgenstein&#39;s Mistress is one of ...</title><summary type='text'>David Markson&#39;s Wittgenstein&#39;s Mistress is one of the great books of world literature in the last 25 years--forget American literature.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Stacey Levine&#39;s DRA-- is a wonderful novel.  Eurydice&#39;s f/32 is very nice as well.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also worth reading, Scott Bradfield&#39;s essay &quot;Why I Hate Toni Morrison’s Beloved&quot; in Denver Quarterly--Volume 38, Number 4, 2004.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114744884098638962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114744884098638962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147448820000#c114744884098638962' title=''/><author><name>James</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14066844450420389687</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-564976163"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114744830815963272</id><published>2006-05-12T11:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T11:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>nothing unusual about Updike and Vollman&#39;s brisk p...</title><summary type='text'>nothing unusual about Updike and Vollman&#39;s brisk production--novelists like Sand, Trollope, Balzac &amp; Dickens turned out books at a similar or faster clip, most of them &quot;masterpieces&quot; by the standards either the NYT list or yours.  And the only problem with the amount Vollman&#39;s written is that it gives people an &quot;excuse&quot; not to read him. But the idea that you can&#39;t write a &quot;great&quot; novel in a year </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114744830815963272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114744830815963272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147448280000#c114744830815963272' title=''/><author><name>peter</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16265963954337715983</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1136741023"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114744812335130347</id><published>2006-05-12T11:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T11:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually, Ron, Sam Tanenhaus does indeed list his ...</title><summary type='text'>Actually, Ron, Sam Tanenhaus does indeed list his &quot;sages&quot; (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/books/review/best-judges.html), tho they&#39;re a pretty predictable crowd -- New Yorker writers, critics whose books get reviewed in the Times, etc, with the only person with any demonstrated interest in the post-avant being Geoffrey O&#39;Brien (unless I&#39;ve missed someone). What&#39;s Harold Bloom doing there????&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114744812335130347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114744812335130347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147448100000#c114744812335130347' title=''/><author><name>Mark Scroggins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10241775268634437417</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-905168142"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114744782033209147</id><published>2006-05-12T11:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T11:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The list of judges is here. http://www.nytimes.com...</title><summary type='text'>The list of judges is here. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/books/review/best-judges.html</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114744782033209147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114744782033209147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147447800000#c114744782033209147' title=''/><author><name>Graham Foust</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15539768577684276661</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-834561255"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114744742826731703</id><published>2006-05-12T11:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T11:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Good lord, I thought I was the only person in POET...</title><summary type='text'>Good lord, I thought I was the only person in POETRYWORLD who knew or cared who Samuel R. Delany was. I saw him read a couple years ago, and he was a combination of Santa Claus and God. &lt;I&gt;Dahlgren &lt;/I&gt; is one of those books I read at least once and sometimes twice a year.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114744742826731703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114743465024537769/comments/default/114744742826731703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html?showComment=1147447380000#c114744742826731703' title=''/><author><name>Radish King</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18201988289885910677</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/2006/05/on-sunday-new-york-times-book-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114743465024537769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114743465024537769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1595279777"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 12, 2006"/></entry></feed>