<?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.post116125688281353192..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/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.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>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116140119753908314</id><published>2006-10-20T23:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-20T23:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian:Right on post!  Every word right on!</title><summary type='text'>Ian:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Right on post!  Every word right on!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116140119753908314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116140119753908314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html?showComment=1161401160000#c116140119753908314' 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/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116125688281353192' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116125688281353192' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116136156417746011</id><published>2006-10-20T12:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-20T12:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Zukofsky did a much better job of coming out his q...</title><summary type='text'>Zukofsky did a much better job of coming out his quiet period than Oppen, although Oppen was more ‘successful’ in publishing terms.  Oppen never really recovered in terms of being relevant to the avant-garde as he was before, too caught up in being accepted again. I like the danger, drama, and introspection of quiet periods, the danger of falling off the flat earth of art into provincial </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116136156417746011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116136156417746011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html?showComment=1161361560000#c116136156417746011' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116125688281353192' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116125688281353192' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116135713811810948</id><published>2006-10-20T11:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-20T11:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Decker Press is frequently cited as a &quot;vanity&quot; pre...</title><summary type='text'>Decker Press is frequently cited as a &quot;vanity&quot; press publisher.  But the choice of titles clearly indicates this was a labor of love, not of commerce.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The quality of the bindings and the distribution were atrocious.  In some cases, the textblock was stapled from the side and then glued into a crude case.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Zukofsky&#39;s an example of the virtue of self-publication.  At a time </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116135713811810948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116135713811810948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html?showComment=1161357120000#c116135713811810948' 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/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116125688281353192' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116125688281353192' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116134286231657535</id><published>2006-10-20T07:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-20T07:14:00.000-04:00</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/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116134286231657535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116134286231657535'/><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/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116125688281353192' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116125688281353192' 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 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116128390152481843</id><published>2006-10-19T14:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T14:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I always get a little nervous when people start me...</title><summary type='text'>I always get a little nervous when people start mentioning things &quot;... appear entirely natural&quot;. Sure when we are placed a distance great wars and plagues seem trivial, great injustices inconsequencial, but not sure that scope can contain any virtue outside of a holistic garden view of humanity. The introduction sounds a bit deterministic/mechanistic and of the ilk of ol&#39; optimism. I look forward</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116128390152481843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116128390152481843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html?showComment=1161283860000#c116128390152481843' title=''/><author><name>Oblique Devon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01769224111784848140</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/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116125688281353192' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116125688281353192' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-13169045"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116127735904776782</id><published>2006-10-19T13:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T13:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If, as I infer, the introduction to Found Objects ...</title><summary type='text'>If, as I infer, the introduction to &lt;I&gt;Found Objects&lt;/I&gt; is unique to that book, then it truly is a special book-n(a)ut score. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For authors I love, it is a kick beyond the beyond to find an otherwise published poem or bits of prose (especially if the latter is related to poetics).  I think I&#39;ve just about run the table in this way with writings by Philip Lamantia, though of course you </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116127735904776782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116127735904776782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html?showComment=1161277320000#c116127735904776782' 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/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116125688281353192' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116125688281353192' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116127461388680938</id><published>2006-10-19T12:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T12:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Excellent, Ron! It&#39;s this sort of close analysis o...</title><summary type='text'>Excellent, Ron! It&#39;s this sort of close analysis of publication, distribution, etc. that helps one understand the history of poetry in our time (&amp; any time, really).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My understanding is that Decker was already calling for author subsidies by the early 40s, &amp; that LZ probably underwrote the publication of 55 Poems, as well as Anew. One notes that his marriage to Celia Z in 1939, &amp; their </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116127461388680938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116127461388680938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html?showComment=1161274560000#c116127461388680938' 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/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116125688281353192' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116125688281353192' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-905168142"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116126600415787002</id><published>2006-10-19T09:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T09:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron &amp; his army of &#39;bots! (I also find the Google a...</title><summary type='text'>Ron &amp; his army of &#39;bots! (I also find the Google alerts helpful. They are like tiny scouts, or scrubbing bubbles.)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116126600415787002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116125688281353192/comments/default/116126600415787002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html?showComment=1161265980000#c116126600415787002' 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/2006/10/i-make-use-of-lot-of-bots-automated.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116125688281353192' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116125688281353192' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 19, 2006"/></entry></feed>