<?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.post115979338413334996..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/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.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>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115992540128241447</id><published>2006-10-03T21:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-03T21:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;with each downward sing of the oar&quot;Did you mean t...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;with each downward sing of the oar&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Did you mean to write &quot;swing&quot;? Or was this lovely subtle revision intended?....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;the colorless sky&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This is impossible to see. Or is &quot;colorless&quot; a mushy adjective for... some mushy bland color, like oatmeal? &quot;The sky, flowing subtly overhead like blandly-tinted oatmeal....&quot; Or does &quot;colorless&quot; mean &quot;black&quot;? At least it consonates w/ </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115992540128241447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115992540128241447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html?showComment=1159925400000#c115992540128241447' 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/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115979338413334996' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115979338413334996' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115983887542967374</id><published>2006-10-02T21:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T21:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think I&#39;ll sign on for neo-modernism. It&#39;s me to...</title><summary type='text'>I think I&#39;ll sign on for neo-modernism. It&#39;s me to a T. It sounds just what I&#39;ve been looking for in the way of a banner or bin-liner. Thanks.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115983887542967374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115983887542967374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html?showComment=1159838820000#c115983887542967374' title=''/><author><name>wystan curnow</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06430588020138122085</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/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115979338413334996' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115979338413334996' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-620032387"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 02, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115982907823572324</id><published>2006-10-02T18:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T18:44:00.000-04:00</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/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115982907823572324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115982907823572324'/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</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/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115979338413334996' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115979338413334996' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 02, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115982726138854471</id><published>2006-10-02T18:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T18:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Expanding it to non-American literature, the other...</title><summary type='text'>Expanding it to non-American literature, the other one that I think &quot;everyone&quot; can recite is the final seven words or so of Chapter 18 of &lt;I&gt;Ulysses&lt;/I&gt;.  Not a whole chapter, or even close to being the whole sentence, but still it&#39;s something. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A flarfer -- or any poet having some fun -- could do a lot worse than to pair  Faulkner&#39;s chapter with Joyce&#39;s final words, and then follow </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115982726138854471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115982726138854471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html?showComment=1159827240000#c115982726138854471' 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/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115979338413334996' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115979338413334996' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 02, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115982643091997650</id><published>2006-10-02T18:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T18:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;it’s one of those sentences I wish I’d written – ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;it’s one of those sentences I wish I’d written – forces a mournful call into the silence it discovers is about as good as writing is allowed to get.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m a bit confused here.  Is this really as good as it&#39;s allowed to get?  Really?  Does the &quot;mournful call&quot; come before the trees stand sentinel...or after Mr. golden sun shines down me?  I guess I should go watch some great blue herons.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115982643091997650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115982643091997650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html?showComment=1159826400000#c115982643091997650' title=''/><author><name>myshkin2</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12334340208396536106</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/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115979338413334996' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115979338413334996' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-16179833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 02, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115982251997522104</id><published>2006-10-02T16:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T16:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, it&#39;s the chapter in American literature that ...</title><summary type='text'>Yes, it&#39;s the chapter in American literature that everyone can quote verbatim.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115982251997522104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115982251997522104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html?showComment=1159822500000#c115982251997522104' 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/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115979338413334996' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115979338413334996' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 02, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115980714376558654</id><published>2006-10-02T12:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T12:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;My mother is a fish.&quot;That one sentence Vardaman c...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;My mother is a fish.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That one sentence Vardaman chapter stunned me when I was 17, has never been forgotten since, and astonishes me still.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115980714376558654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115979338413334996/comments/default/115980714376558654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html?showComment=1159807140000#c115980714376558654' 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/2006/10/debra-di-blasi-with-whom-i-read-at-kgb.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115979338413334996' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115979338413334996' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 02, 2006"/></entry></feed>