<?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.post114786918926453122..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/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.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>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114798870852787083</id><published>2006-05-18T17:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-18T17:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>this is slightly off-tangent - but it gave me an o...</title><summary type='text'>this is slightly off-tangent - but it gave me an opportunity to spend $500 on books i like. i stayed a night at a b&amp;b in a small town in western australia &amp; noticed they had no books (id woken feeling like writing &amp; wanted some reading material other than what id brought). they were still getting the place together - looking for new ideas - i suggested what they needed - rather than a bunch of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114798870852787083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114798870852787083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147988700000#c114798870852787083' 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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-107943565"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114796702932936520</id><published>2006-05-18T11:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-18T11:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In england there is a book village.  In the Catski...</title><summary type='text'>In england there is a book village.  In the Catskills there is also a book village. It consists right now of four stores in a tiny village called Hobart.  It was written up in the New York Times last October. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Three of the bookstores are open weekends only. The fourth, called the Bibliobarn, is open year round, 9 hours a day.  This store is the nucleus, run by an Anglican priest, and her</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114796702932936520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114796702932936520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147966980000#c114796702932936520' 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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114793271226055464</id><published>2006-05-18T02:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-18T02:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>fsg has schuyler priced obscenely; as befits, he&#39;s...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://claytonbanes.blogspot.com/2006/04/let-me-get-something-off-my-chest-i.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;fsg has schuyler&lt;/A&gt; priced obscenely; as befits, he&#39;s rare as hen&#39;s teeth used (well, almost). until we&#39;re rescued, of course, ditto spicer (but help is on the way). and sweet diane wakoski, like it or not, is as common as dirt used and sells pretty miserably (alas).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;let&#39;s face it:</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114793271226055464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114793271226055464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147932660000#c114793271226055464' title=''/><author><name>CLAY BANES</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658806946108194962</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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1291817752"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114792526177259597</id><published>2006-05-18T00:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-18T00:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>thank god!  i have begun to use this formula for r...</title><summary type='text'>thank god!  i have begun to use this formula for rating the quality of a bookstore&#39;s poetry section, and therefor overall quality:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;how much (if any) schuyler&lt;BR/&gt;how much (if any) spicer&lt;BR/&gt;how much (if any) wakoski&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;most barnes and noble types now carry a little creeley, o&#39;hara, etc.  i consider that a slight improvement over, say, five years ago, when all i found were a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114792526177259597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114792526177259597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147925220000#c114792526177259597' title=''/><author><name>angela vasquez-giroux</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00111771809497487444</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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1901620241"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114791037479151359</id><published>2006-05-17T19:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T19:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Anecdotage:  Chapters -- A Literary Bookstore, a 2...</title><summary type='text'>Anecdotage:  &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.chaptersliterary.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Chapters -- A Literary Bookstore&lt;/A&gt;, a 20-year-old local independent in Washington, DC, is following this survival strategy: they&#39;re becoming a nonprofit, and will evidently look to paid memberships and whatnot to keep brick &amp; mortar together.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So long as the physical culture of books (rather than</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114791037479151359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114791037479151359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147910340000#c114791037479151359' 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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114790647355818822</id><published>2006-05-17T18:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T18:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And the number of people who will continue to &quot;sto...</title><summary type='text'>And the number of people who will continue to &quot;stock little bookstores&quot; is far fewer today than it was one, five, or ten years ago, and the number continues to sharply decline, so long as we are talking about &quot;bricks and mortars&quot; open shops.  I can probably name two or three dozen such bookstores that have closed in the Bay Area in the last five years. I can count on one hand the number of new </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114790647355818822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114790647355818822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147906440000#c114790647355818822' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114789999980276356</id><published>2006-05-17T17:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T17:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Troubadour in North Hatfield, MA no doubt is worth...</title><summary type='text'>Troubadour in North Hatfield, MA no doubt is worth a visit, as is just about every bookshop this side of the  romance sci-fi mystery paperback places (and even those are worth it if you&#39;re looking for those types of books).  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Although I&#39;ve never been, I understand there are a number of used book sellers in that part of Massachusetts, though how many have open shops I don&#39;t know. But I&#39;d </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114789999980276356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114789999980276356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147899960000#c114789999980276356' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114789807251596161</id><published>2006-05-17T16:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T16:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>things is tough. people will continue to read and ...</title><summary type='text'>things is tough. people will continue to read and run small presses and stock little bookstores and blog and write and start it all up again&amp;mdash;not that there&#39;s any money in it.  capital likes other things. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;people have covered berkeley very well. i&#39;d just like to note the amazing used poetry at troubadour books in no. hatfield, mass., just up the road from northampton. if you&#39;re ever</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114789807251596161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114789807251596161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147898040000#c114789807251596161' title=''/><author><name>CLAY BANES</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658806946108194962</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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1291817752"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114789732093555770</id><published>2006-05-17T16:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T16:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i&#39;m sure it is just me, but i can&#39;t get over the r...</title><summary type='text'>i&#39;m sure it is just me, but i can&#39;t get over &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=walker%20texas%20ranger&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the resemblance&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(being both a texan &amp; a c. norris fan, i&#39;m not poking fun either.)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114789732093555770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114789732093555770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147897320000#c114789732093555770' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114789430994513361</id><published>2006-05-17T15:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T15:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>in the southern hemisphere the best poetry booksho...</title><summary type='text'>in the southern hemisphere the best poetry bookshop is probably collected works, melbourne. but kinokuniya, sydney, deserves props for its placement: up the escalator to the shop &amp;: the first thing you see is a poetry sign, the section next to the front counter. their special distinction is a range of japanese (including contemporary) poetry. (but among everything else.)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;dr xzbc&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114789430994513361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114789430994513361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147894260000#c114789430994513361' 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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-107943565"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114789031179908025</id><published>2006-05-17T14:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T14:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Steven, mine&#39;s eyjegflv.Thanks for reminding of th...</title><summary type='text'>Steven, mine&#39;s eyjegflv.&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for reminding of the name of Ivan Arguelles.  Gotta google the guy.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114789031179908025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114789031179908025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147890300000#c114789031179908025' 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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114788988048122325</id><published>2006-05-17T14:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T14:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shambhala&#39;s been gone I&#39;d say two or maybe three y...</title><summary type='text'>Shambhala&#39;s been gone I&#39;d say two or maybe three years.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Brick and mortar bookstores for several years have been caught in a paradigm shift, sort of like horse-shoe sellers when the automobile came in, or trains when planes took over.  Here, the relatively limited (and perhaps shrinking) pool of bookbuyers is more and more turning to the internet to get their fixes.   &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Brick and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114788988048122325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114788988048122325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147889880000#c114788988048122325' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114788884039010703</id><published>2006-05-17T14:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T14:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I first heard the term &quot;post-language poet&quot; in 198...</title><summary type='text'>I first heard the term &quot;post-language poet&quot; in 1982. Tom Marshall was using it at the time to refer to himself.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114788884039010703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114788884039010703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147888800000#c114788884039010703' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114788513660652690</id><published>2006-05-17T12:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T12:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks Ron for posting this wonderfully detailed l...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks Ron for posting this wonderfully detailed letter from the good Andrew Schelling.  I had no idea that Shambhala is closed; I&#39;ve not been back to Berkeley in a while.  When did it close, I wonder?  (Dare say this belated news closes a chapter in the Berkeley of my imagination.)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Another bookstore notable for its poetry selection is Bridge Street Books, in Washington, DC, where I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114788513660652690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114788513660652690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147885080000#c114788513660652690' 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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114788067951215123</id><published>2006-05-17T11:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T11:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m a Bay Arean too.Moe&#39;s has a good poetry sectio...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m a Bay Arean too.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Moe&#39;s has a good poetry section, and interestng poetry can be found at a few other &quot;regular&quot; used bookstores both in Berkeley and San Francisco, although the number of such stores diminishes every year. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And Curtis is correct, Serendipity and Jeff Maser, both in Berkeley, are especially fantastic, a huge cut above all the rest, and both have &quot;brick and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114788067951215123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114788067951215123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147880640000#c114788067951215123' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114787671463284953</id><published>2006-05-17T10:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T10:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Serendipity is still the best poetry bookstore in ...</title><summary type='text'>Serendipity is still the best poetry bookstore in the world, bar none.  Peter Howard&#39;s protege Jeff Maser has a shop on Camellia Street.  Serious readers and buyers will find more here than they ever dreamed.  Not to speak of yours truly&#39;s selection at Compass Rose Books.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114787671463284953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114787671463284953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147876680000#c114787671463284953' 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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114787551405624643</id><published>2006-05-17T10:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T10:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for posting this. Andrew&#39;s last paragraph i...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for posting this. Andrew&#39;s last paragraph is worth considering. Some people at SPD were thrilled when Bookslinger finally folded in the 90s, thinking--incorrectly--that it would mean more business for them. It meant nothing of the kind, of course. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Very sad to hear about Cody&#39;s. Nice, though, to hear that Moe is a good guy who trusts and treats his employees well.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114787551405624643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114787551405624643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147875480000#c114787551405624643' title=''/><author><name>Gary</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06115441682219034891</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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-350671799"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114787327540341691</id><published>2006-05-17T09:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T09:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Love this letter. Poets on staff = best poetry sec...</title><summary type='text'>Love this letter. Poets on staff = best poetry sections, for sure. It&#39;s an advocacy position.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d just like to point to Clay Banes at Pegasus Books in Berkeley (not on Telegraph but Shattuck) as an enthusiastic supporter of poetry, with a poetry section I get excited about virtually, even from as far away as NYC.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114787327540341691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114786918926453122/comments/default/114787327540341691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html?showComment=1147873260000#c114787327540341691' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</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/my-comments-regarding-forthcoming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114786918926453122' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114786918926453122' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 17, 2006"/></entry></feed>