<?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.post115823003404969596..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/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/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>30</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115946493659935446</id><published>2006-09-28T13:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T13:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think we&#39;re on the same wave length zeke.  If th...</title><summary type='text'>I think we&#39;re on the same wave length zeke.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If the poem is good, it doesn&#39;t need to be an example of privileged minority entitlement.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Dumas was at least 50% African.  Does that color his work for us?  I don&#39;t think so.  The Count of Monte Cristo is a masterpiece nonetheless.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115946493659935446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115946493659935446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1159464900000#c115946493659935446' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115942622521861166</id><published>2006-09-28T02:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T02:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You make a compelling point, Curt, but so does Ste...</title><summary type='text'>You make a compelling point, Curt, but so does Steve.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Divorce Hughes&#39; &#39;Dream&#39; from the context of a poem written by a &#39;pissed off nigger&#39; and would we still consider it a great poem?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I say yeah.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It may have been written by a &#39;pissed off mick&#39; in Boston in the 1800&#39;s -- Hughes mentions no race or color in the poem.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115942622521861166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115942622521861166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1159426200000#c115942622521861166' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115896740793094003</id><published>2006-09-22T19:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-22T19:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Context cannot make or break a poem.  Context is b...</title><summary type='text'>Context cannot make or break a poem.  Context is biography, history, and opportunity.  Dryden is not important because he &quot;engaged&quot; the forces of his time, but because he was a brilliant writer, as evidenced by his work, and his work alone.  Endless chains of deduction can be woven out of the myriad implications and coincidences of history and biography within his work, but it matters not a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115896740793094003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115896740793094003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158967380000#c115896740793094003' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 22, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115896237633301162</id><published>2006-09-22T17:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-22T17:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, It isn&#39;t so black and white.  An appeciati...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It isn&#39;t so black and white.  An appeciation of the quality of a particular work is not entirely divorced from &quot;the color of [the writer&#39;s] skin.&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Consider please Langston Hughes&#39; &quot;Harlem&quot; aka &quot;Harlem:A Dream Deferred.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That poem most would agree is powerful.  And it would be powerful regardless of  who Hughes was.  The power of the poem is different, though, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115896237633301162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115896237633301162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158962340000#c115896237633301162' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 22, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115889917451215919</id><published>2006-09-22T00:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-22T00:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What would be your basis for assuming, or even thi...</title><summary type='text'>What would be your basis for assuming, or even thinking, that I would ever, or even now, &quot;limit&quot; myself to reading &quot;only&quot; white Euro-American writers?  The classic passive-aggressive strategy is to accuse others of failing to gratify the privilege of minority status, thereby creating a dialectic in which the only possible alternatives are to accept or reject so-called &quot;minority&quot; as &quot;great&quot; or &quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115889917451215919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115889917451215919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158899160000#c115889917451215919' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 22, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115888429856525434</id><published>2006-09-21T20:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-21T20:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>perhaps instead of &#39;white&#39; i might have written......</title><summary type='text'>perhaps instead of &#39;white&#39; i might have written... what? &quot;monocultural&quot;? not sure. I mean, I don&#39;t wish to imply that anyone is not being read due to race, rather that &#39;our&#39; (mine included) reading patterns seems to be somewhat provincial &amp; restricted. It&#39;s NOT a matter of reading something based on the author&#39;s identity (shallow tokenism, etc) but rather opening up our fields of what we find </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115888429856525434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115888429856525434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158884280000#c115888429856525434' title=''/><author><name>dbuuck</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03761833911183265443</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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1214706708"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 21, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115870895071182849</id><published>2006-09-19T19:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-19T19:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I suddenly realized the real reason for the popula...</title><summary type='text'>I suddenly realized the real reason for the popularity of this poet.  She looks like Linda Hamilton in Termiator!  Exchange the pooch for a 20 gauge and you have Linda Hamilton in Terminator.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Think about it folks!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115870895071182849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115870895071182849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158708900000#c115870895071182849' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115870815908774340</id><published>2006-09-19T19:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-19T19:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&gt;pardon if I indulge in pleasantry:this could poss...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;&lt; but wow - look at how white the lists are! &gt;&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;pardon if I indulge in pleasantry:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;this could possibly seem a case of the ivories calling the porcelain white.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(okay, it&#39;s not really that; but the saying seemed to call for such a subversion or at least revision)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;;-)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115870815908774340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115870815908774340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158708120000#c115870815908774340' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115867221776831693</id><published>2006-09-19T09:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-19T09:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>“Cultural diversity.”  When will this sad little c...</title><summary type='text'>“Cultural diversity.”  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When will this sad little cottage industry go away?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I can’t think of a single work of merit that ever needed the protection of its “diversity” to shield it from neglect.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;On the contrary, it almost always results in the promulgation of mediocrity.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115867221776831693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115867221776831693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158672180000#c115867221776831693' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115864079963905971</id><published>2006-09-19T00:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-19T00:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The one thing that threw me off, Dave, is the ment...</title><summary type='text'>The one thing that threw me off, Dave, is the mention of color, as in race?  Are you suggesting that we actively seek out writers who are not white just for the sake of diversity?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your argument would carry more weight if you mentioned writers and works of a quality that you feel merit attention and who were maybe ignored because of their race.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115864079963905971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115864079963905971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158640740000#c115864079963905971' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115852808048836667</id><published>2006-09-17T17:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-17T17:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>but wow - look at how white the lists are! Is this...</title><summary type='text'>but wow - look at how white the lists are! Is this an adequate sociological representation of the &quot;expanded&quot; field? 12 years since NAFTA/Zapatismo, 7 since Seattle, 5 since 9/11? are &quot;we&quot; that provincial in our reading habits? or is this more reflective of those who might feel a sympathy w Steve&#39;s projects/leanings? Not to sound like a scold here, nor to diss on any of the fine writers </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115852808048836667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115852808048836667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158528060000#c115852808048836667' title=''/><author><name>dbuuck</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03761833911183265443</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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1214706708"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115847684493295859</id><published>2006-09-17T03:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-17T03:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And it suggests (once again) that this whole poetr...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;B&gt;And it suggests (once again) that this whole poetry scene is ripe material for a good anthropologist or sociologist. Especially as it transitions from the clubby coherence of a scene composed of a few hundred poets into a new century peopled by thousands.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So you think it was ‘clubby’ then, Ron, only then, (?) where have you been sleeping?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As a professional fine arts </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115847684493295859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115847684493295859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158476820000#c115847684493295859' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115837651295474569</id><published>2006-09-15T23:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T23:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As DRI said, facinating observations in this post....</title><summary type='text'>As DRI said, facinating observations in this post.  It makes for interesting reading and some good links.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Interesting to note ratios in Ron&#39;s numbers:  from 1940 the population swelled from 150,000 to 300,000, basicily doubling, but the number of books published went from 8,000 to 174,000, a bit more than doubling, and the number of published poets went from 200 to over 10,000, also a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115837651295474569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115837651295474569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158376500000#c115837651295474569' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115836855036061295</id><published>2006-09-15T21:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T21:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>hey, I just want to shout out to LR as an excellen...</title><summary type='text'>hey, I just want to shout out to LR as an excellent poet who really is fantastic and deserves this attention: no lemming-like rush to the hot new water-cooler poet, but just &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;safe=off&amp;client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=%22lisa+robertson%22+poet&amp;btnG=Search&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;google and read&lt;/A&gt;. (I see my rather lame rhubarb review is, embarassingly, high on the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115836855036061295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115836855036061295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158368520000#c115836855036061295' title=''/><author><name>Simon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03035545713190516583</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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1104587410"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115835188697754925</id><published>2006-09-15T16:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T16:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>autotranslation:Pray (meaning please)tell (meaning...</title><summary type='text'>autotranslation:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Pray (meaning please)&lt;BR/&gt;tell (meaning say)&lt;BR/&gt;what (meaning que)&lt;BR/&gt;zine (meaning &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://jacketmagazine.com/00/home.shtml&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;these&lt;/A&gt;)?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115835188697754925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115835188697754925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158351840000#c115835188697754925' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115833999195706249</id><published>2006-09-15T13:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T13:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;praytell&quot;prattleparade tillbraid hellprayed hellc...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;praytell&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;prattle&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;parade till&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;braid hell&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;prayed hell&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;czbvjkje</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115833999195706249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115833999195706249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158339960000#c115833999195706249' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115833129373471230</id><published>2006-09-15T10:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T10:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>David Raphael Israel wrote:&quot;What zine is that pray...</title><summary type='text'>David Raphael Israel wrote:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;&quot;What zine is that praytell?&quot;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I believe Ron is referring to Jacket.  The latest issue is #30, which focuses on Zukofsky:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://jacketmagazine.com/30/index.shtml&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Btw, thanks for sharing the quote from &quot;Soft Architecture: A Manifesto.&quot;  I picked up a copy of &lt;I&gt;Occassional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture&quot;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115833129373471230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115833129373471230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158331260000#c115833129373471230' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15418310802340579561</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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-326822307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115832834696342099</id><published>2006-09-15T09:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T09:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Madame Levy--ah, betwixt Volvo and Völva, quite a ...</title><summary type='text'>Madame Levy--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;ah, betwixt Volvo and Völva, quite a span.  (The latter was evidently a girls&#39; club.)  The three taps of the distaff is an interesting detail in &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B6lva&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the Wikipedia item&lt;/A&gt; on same.  I also like the &quot;sitting outdoors&quot; part: &lt;&lt; All Völvas were not surrounded by the same retinue and preparations as Þórbjörgr, but she</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115832834696342099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115832834696342099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158328320000#c115832834696342099' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115832779664683490</id><published>2006-09-15T09:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T09:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Is the dog hers or did she rent it to pose with it...</title><summary type='text'>Is the dog hers or did she rent it to pose with it?  What gender is the dog?  What age is the dog?  What is the nature of her relationship with this dog?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Where are they?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s summer, I think (green grass in distance and light clothing).  She&#39;s stopped at a Shell station.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Who took the photograph?  What is the nature of her relationship to the photographer?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115832779664683490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115832779664683490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158327780000#c115832779664683490' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115832626425073570</id><published>2006-09-15T09:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T09:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Not a boys club... so it was the gender of the clu...</title><summary type='text'>Not a &lt;I&gt;boys&lt;/I&gt; club... so it was the &lt;I&gt;gender&lt;/I&gt; of the club that was the problem.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115832626425073570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115832626425073570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158326220000#c115832626425073570' title=''/><author><name>Jordan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645</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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115830426884940082</id><published>2006-09-15T03:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T03:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>it&#39;s a Völva.</title><summary type='text'>it&#39;s a Völva.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115830426884940082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115830426884940082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158304260000#c115830426884940082' title=''/><author><name>madamelevy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15532983048712309949</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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1676644065"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115830368761606299</id><published>2006-09-15T03:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T03:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Without question, Lisa Robertson is so fabulously ...</title><summary type='text'>Without question, Lisa Robertson is so fabulously the thinking girl&#39;s Madonna.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115830368761606299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115830368761606299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158303660000#c115830368761606299' title=''/><author><name>barnes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00830039775080263620</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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-811792930"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115829468893271415</id><published>2006-09-15T00:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T00:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&gt;What zine is that praytell?</title><summary type='text'>&lt;&lt; ... the borders between markets have become fully permeable in the age of the internet, where the most influential online zine for American poetry is published by John Tranter in Australia. &gt;&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What zine is that praytell?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115829468893271415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115829468893271415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158294660000#c115829468893271415' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115827566452443686</id><published>2006-09-14T19:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T19:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well even in context the question &quot;what kind car i...</title><summary type='text'>Well even in context the question &quot;what kind car is she driving?&quot; includes the assumptions that Ms. Robertson drives, and that the car  in which Ms. Robertson is pictured is hers.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In a court, there&#39;d thus be a meritorious objection for lack of foundation for the question.  And an even better objection of relevance.  But I appreciate curiosity in most every form, so I&#39;m not going to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115827566452443686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115827566452443686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158275640000#c115827566452443686' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115827157299201174</id><published>2006-09-14T18:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T18:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tony, I meant by this something along the lines of...</title><summary type='text'>Tony, I meant by this something along the lines of, &quot;What kind of coffee do you drink?&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This doesn&#39;t mean that you are drinking coffee right at this minute!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Context!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115827157299201174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115823003404969596/comments/default/115827157299201174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html?showComment=1158271560000#c115827157299201174' 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/2006/09/for-second-time-in-three-years-lisa.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115823003404969596' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115823003404969596' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 14, 2006"/></entry></feed>