<?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.post115660772193164687..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/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.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>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115741029058469260</id><published>2006-09-04T18:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-04T18:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I just picked up Lethem&#39;s &quot;Motherless Brooklyn.&quot;  ...</title><summary type='text'>I just picked up Lethem&#39;s &quot;Motherless Brooklyn.&quot;  It&#39;s first sentence:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Context is everything.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No wonder Ron wrote about this book on the day that he did!  The thesis of Ron&#39;s post the day before this one (i.e. on August 24th) was that context is inescapable. The first sentence of Lethem&#39;s book is an interesting coincidence, and perhaps not a coincidence at all.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115741029058469260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115741029058469260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html?showComment=1157410260000#c115741029058469260' 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/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115660772193164687' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115660772193164687' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115739287565647578</id><published>2006-09-04T14:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-04T14:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It is true that some posters speak a version of so...</title><summary type='text'>It is true that some posters speak a version of souped-up lit crit in the blog box.  Well, boo-hoo.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There are as many kinds of box comment as there are people interested in the subject (Modern and post-Modern poetry).  The academy has been responsible for generating mountains of prolix ratiocination and exegesis--much of it dull and &quot;raw&quot; but some of it fascinating and quite accurate.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115739287565647578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115739287565647578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html?showComment=1157392860000#c115739287565647578' 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/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115660772193164687' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115660772193164687' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115717007308004162</id><published>2006-09-02T00:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-02T00:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Steve, you try to parse Joe&#39;s words and you end up...</title><summary type='text'>Steve, you try to parse Joe&#39;s words and you end up being what he is writing about.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It is really not that diffucult to understand what Joe means.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;B&gt;&#39;I am always amazed at how a few simple, clear statements can generate so much lit-speak jargon.&#39;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The above statement does not require parsing.  It is as easy to understand as Ron&#39;s writing is on this blog.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115717007308004162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115717007308004162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html?showComment=1157170020000#c115717007308004162' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Hunkaburning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05144662896092856507</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/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115660772193164687' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115660772193164687' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 02, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115705805906713198</id><published>2006-08-31T17:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-31T17:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Assnog?  Ok, it&#39;s come back to haunt me now.  Many...</title><summary type='text'>Assnog?  Ok, it&#39;s come back to haunt me now.  &lt;BR/&gt;Many&#39;s the night...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115705805906713198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115705805906713198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html?showComment=1157058000000#c115705805906713198' title=''/><author><name>forkingspoon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05103242774838156692</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/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115660772193164687' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115660772193164687' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-619181895"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 31, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115694872282852118</id><published>2006-08-30T10:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-30T10:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Joe Torra&#39;s complaint about the quality of comment...</title><summary type='text'>Joe Torra&#39;s complaint about the quality of comment-box writing -- quoated in the comment above -- itself shows how difficult it is to exactly write what one feels. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Torra first writes that in &quot;some cases&quot; (note the word: &quot;some&quot;) he finds convoluted writing.  This implies that he believes that other comments aren&#39;t poorly written.  But then Torra questions, &quot;Can&#39;t anyone&quot; [write clearly]?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115694872282852118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115694872282852118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html?showComment=1156948680000#c115694872282852118' 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/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115660772193164687' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115660772193164687' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 30, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115691637075356217</id><published>2006-08-30T01:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-30T01:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yipes!I&#39;m always amazed at where Ron&#39;s posts lead ...</title><summary type='text'>Yipes!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m always amazed at where Ron&#39;s posts lead me, and again I have to thank him, this time for mentioning in the last line of this post, Joe Torra.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I followed the mention and found this quote on Joe&#39;s blog:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;B&gt;&quot;I am always amazed at how a few simple, clear statements can generate so much lit-speak jargon. Witness the comment sections of Ron Silliman&#39;s Blog. In some</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115691637075356217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115691637075356217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html?showComment=1156916340000#c115691637075356217' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Hunkaburning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05144662896092856507</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/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115660772193164687' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115660772193164687' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 30, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115669214180349435</id><published>2006-08-27T11:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T11:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Letham worked in Moe&#39;s Books after spending time a...</title><summary type='text'>Letham worked in Moe&#39;s Books after spending time at Pegasus.  He was still part time there when his Gun, With Occasional Music was first published.  Not long after he returned to Brooklyn and the source of his power.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115669214180349435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115669214180349435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html?showComment=1156692120000#c115669214180349435' 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/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115660772193164687' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115660772193164687' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115666713737526211</id><published>2006-08-27T04:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-27T04:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ombillic des proves that there is humor in these c...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;B&gt;ombillic des&lt;/B&gt; proves that there is humor in these comments stream.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In response to Ron&#39;s post, Bob Dylan, mentioned therin, will be wrapping up his third tour of minor league basball stadiums with a concert in Cooperstown, the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I hope that fan Ron treks down from wherever he is and takes in that concert and reports back to us all.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115666713737526211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115666713737526211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html?showComment=1156667100000#c115666713737526211' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Hunkaburning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05144662896092856507</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/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115660772193164687' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115660772193164687' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115663488055294169</id><published>2006-08-26T19:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-26T19:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Palilalia and echolalia---sound a lot like the tra...</title><summary type='text'>Palilalia and echolalia---sound a lot like the traditional primary medium of great poetry (sounded again and again, inside and out: memorized through phonic incorporation (&quot;primary&quot; not necessarily in the sense of macro-transmission (LimP(s,t,d-&gt;infinity) = &quot;dim phonemes of &lt;I&gt;quie&lt;/I&gt;&quot;), but the micro- level of enactment-corporation and local repetition/usage)). I seem neurologically unable to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115663488055294169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115663488055294169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html?showComment=1156634880000#c115663488055294169' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115660772193164687' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115660772193164687' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115661926018757677</id><published>2006-08-26T15:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-26T15:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lemme quibble right back at your possible quibble ...</title><summary type='text'>Lemme quibble right back at your possible quibble that &quot;the verb &#39;hunting&#39; requires too much interpretation&quot; -- &amp; just note that whether one hankers to interpret it or not, it&#39;s precisely *right* as Southern American dialect (speaking as a Southerner): one&#39;s far more likely to be &quot;huntin&#39;&quot; for something that to be &quot;looking&quot; or &quot;searching.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You make me want to read Motherless Brooklyn, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115661926018757677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115661926018757677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html?showComment=1156619220000#c115661926018757677' 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/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115660772193164687' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115660772193164687' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-905168142"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115661158136356736</id><published>2006-08-26T12:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-26T12:59:00.000-04:00</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/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115661158136356736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115660772193164687/comments/default/115661158136356736'/><author><name>Dave</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16753199914595710564</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/2006/08/lionel-essrog-is-direct-descendant-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115660772193164687' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115660772193164687' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1577715810"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 26, 2006"/></entry></feed>