<?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.post116809033499342028..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/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.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>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116822939461001335</id><published>2007-01-07T23:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-07T23:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>mr. faville: i&#39;m older than spd.otherways you&#39;re r...</title><summary type='text'>mr. faville: i&#39;m older than spd.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;otherways you&#39;re right on all counts.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116822939461001335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116822939461001335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html?showComment=1168229340000#c116822939461001335' title=''/><author><name>CLAY BANES</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658806946108194962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://lh3.google.com/_6SQBrtEu124/Rb6PNwpV5xI/AAAAAAAAADw/X6xmNGs9x8A/s1600/square%2Beyeball.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809033499342028' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116809033499342028' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1291817752"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116822089826061828</id><published>2007-01-07T20:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-07T20:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Clay:  I&#39;ve been publishing and listing books via ...</title><summary type='text'>Clay:  I&#39;ve been publishing and listing books via SPD since before you were born.  Do you publish, and/or have you ever negotiated agreements with them?  How much of your own personal hard-earned cash have you spent as a publisher to bring underground writing into being?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I thought so.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think your attempt to put new poetry on the shelves at Pegasus II is just fine.  I wish </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116822089826061828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116822089826061828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html?showComment=1168220880000#c116822089826061828' 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/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809033499342028' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116809033499342028' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116819524156683203</id><published>2007-01-07T13:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-07T13:40:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>what a cutting, cynical assessment of spd, mr. fav...</title><summary type='text'>what a cutting, cynical assessment of spd, mr. faville. wow.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i like tucked away, away-from-traffic poetry sections, too. nonetheless, where i work poetry&#39;s about six feet from the cash register. so much for things my way.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116819524156683203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116819524156683203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html?showComment=1168195200000#c116819524156683203' title=''/><author><name>CLAY BANES</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658806946108194962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://lh3.google.com/_6SQBrtEu124/Rb6PNwpV5xI/AAAAAAAAADw/X6xmNGs9x8A/s1600/square%2Beyeball.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809033499342028' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116809033499342028' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1291817752"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116819470973970525</id><published>2007-01-07T13:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-07T13:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I know what you mean, living in suburban Philadelp...</title><summary type='text'>I know what you mean, living in suburban Philadelphia (Bryn Mawr), I find my small press purchases online or in used bookstores.  The Title Page in Rosemont and Baldwin&#39;s Book Barn in West Chester have small press volumes, but you have to hunt for them and they are not recent titles.  &lt;BR/&gt;Even here, in a town with 9 colleges within a 5 mile radius, there is not a decent representation of poetry </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116819470973970525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116819470973970525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html?showComment=1168194660000#c116819470973970525' title=''/><author><name>T Martin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12351843786818352352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/1338/200/tim1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809033499342028' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116809033499342028' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1227693607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116815112485049783</id><published>2007-01-07T01:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-07T01:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron:  Re your footnote--Peter Howard was never a n...</title><summary type='text'>Ron:  Re your footnote--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Peter Howard was never a new bookstore seller.  He was a graduate teaching assistant on the Ph.D. track at Berkeley when he segued into selling used books.  His first shop was at the old Allstate Insurance office building across from what was then the Berkeley Co-op Grocery Store.  Later he moved down the street near Francisco, and eventually to his current digs </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116815112485049783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116815112485049783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html?showComment=1168151100000#c116815112485049783' 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/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809033499342028' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116809033499342028' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116814378412060104</id><published>2007-01-06T23:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T23:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m not entirely sure how a lot of American cities...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m not entirely sure how a lot of American cities have been set up, having only ever been to America a few times and only to Montana, which really isn&#39;t home to a major major city (or at least not from what I can remember), but here in Canada we tend to have our independent bookstores in neighborhoods that are conscious, and somewhat devoted to the arts.  That being said, the shrinking number of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116814378412060104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116814378412060104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html?showComment=1168143780000#c116814378412060104' title=''/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389</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/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809033499342028' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116809033499342028' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-790212726"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116814090954973341</id><published>2007-01-06T22:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T22:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>In Russia and certain other countries, poetry coun...</title><summary type='text'>In Russia and certain other countries, poetry counts for a lot.  Americans have always been kind of cool towards the passionate expression of poetry.  But there is some fun in imagining on is in very select company.  And--at least by the numbers--it&#39;s true!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116814090954973341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116814090954973341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html?showComment=1168140900000#c116814090954973341' 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/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809033499342028' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116809033499342028' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116813317299759223</id><published>2007-01-06T20:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T20:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I have to disagree with your first requirement of ...</title><summary type='text'>I have to disagree with your first requirement of a decent poetry section.  I like it when the poetry section is in the furthest back corner.  It&#39;s quieter, less crowded, generally more tranquil, like the stacks in a college library.  None of that pesky human interaction for me.  There&#39;s nothing more irritating than having to move aside when another customer says &quot;Excuse me.&quot;  &quot;Excuse you?&quot; I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116813317299759223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116813317299759223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html?showComment=1168133160000#c116813317299759223' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</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/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809033499342028' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116809033499342028' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116811979327782052</id><published>2007-01-06T16:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T16:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i want to give concrete, specific advice on how to...</title><summary type='text'>i want to give concrete, specific advice on how to help independent bookstores&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;here is how:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;go into barnes and nobles or borders and pick up 3-6 moleskine journals and walk out of the store&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;put the moleskine journals on ebay&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;take your ebay money and spend half on books from independent venues and half like on organic food&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;there, you have actually </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116811979327782052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116811979327782052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html?showComment=1168119780000#c116811979327782052' title=''/><author><name>Tao Lin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059</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/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809033499342028' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116809033499342028' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1711110497"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116810774077605617</id><published>2007-01-06T13:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T13:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, are you sure Sand Dollar folded because Vicki...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, are you sure Sand Dollar folded because Vicki Shoemaker joined Black Oak?--or was that because she and Jack divorced?  Wasn&#39;t Jack just starting up North Point Book publishers at that point?  Sand Dollar was where I got my copy of Zukofsky&#39;s 80 Flowers.  Jack of course moved on after that to head up Counterpoint, and then Shoemaker &amp; Hoard.  I also note that he&#39;s been selling used books on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116810774077605617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116810774077605617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html?showComment=1168107720000#c116810774077605617' 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/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809033499342028' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116809033499342028' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116810162659290281</id><published>2007-01-06T11:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T11:40:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Growing up in suburban PA (Philmont station, just ...</title><summary type='text'>Growing up in suburban PA (Philmont station, just outside the city limits proper (of Philadelphia)), the Walden books and Dalton books at Willow Grove Mall and the miniscule local libraries were my only access to books---until a Barnes and Noble sprung up, and my grandparents took me to the Borders in Chestnut Hill. They were really revelations. Insofar as they actually stock a substantial amount</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116810162659290281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116810162659290281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html?showComment=1168101600000#c116810162659290281' 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/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809033499342028' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116809033499342028' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809912235277486</id><published>2007-01-06T10:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T10:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>There are also fewer and fewer farms, but they are...</title><summary type='text'>There are also fewer and fewer farms, but they are getting consolidated and more efficient.  Are these two things connected?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In the Catskills 30 years ago there were 20,000 farms.  We are now down to 2000.  But the NYC water department is buying up the bankrupt farms and making the land &quot;forever wild,&quot; as the phrase goes.  The locals are kind of upset, but perhaps it&#39;s ok.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116809912235277486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116809033499342028/comments/default/116809912235277486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html?showComment=1168099080000#c116809912235277486' 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/2007/01/for-much-same-reason-why-i-can-write.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116809033499342028' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116809033499342028' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2007"/></entry></feed>