<?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.post116955249473900854..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/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.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>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116985258914478578</id><published>2007-01-26T18:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T18:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hot damn! It&#39;s great fun to read this post and the...</title><summary type='text'>Hot damn! It&#39;s great fun to read this post and these comments!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I do want to say, though, that comic books can be so much more than vessels for the &quot;pre-literate narcissistic identification&quot; you&#39;re defining. Of course, don&#39;t try finding more than that in mine.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116985258914478578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116985258914478578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html?showComment=1169852580000#c116985258914478578' title=''/><author><name>Sommer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13565339592189441974</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/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116955249473900854' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116955249473900854' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-707031654"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116971258865603122</id><published>2007-01-25T03:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-25T03:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>with the tenacity of a pit bullo,stop, it hurts.</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;with the tenacity of a pit bull&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;o,stop, it hurts.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116971258865603122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116971258865603122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html?showComment=1169712540000#c116971258865603122' 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/2007/01/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116955249473900854' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116955249473900854' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1676644065"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 25, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116963013224286026</id><published>2007-01-24T04:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-24T04:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>For suspense. On the next page: more letters, join...</title><summary type='text'>For suspense. On the next page: more letters, joined up into words&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For plot. &quot;Either someone is conspiring against you, or all these awful things are happening by chance. Which would you prefer?&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For character. Try this on a puppet at home and you&#39;re likely to get slapped, or sued&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For the author. Skip the text and head straight for the letters and bio: the old fool </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116963013224286026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116963013224286026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html?showComment=1169630100000#c116963013224286026' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</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/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116955249473900854' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116955249473900854' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116961988499094440</id><published>2007-01-24T01:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-24T01:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron Silliman  is sounding more and more like Bill ...</title><summary type='text'>Ron Silliman  is sounding more and more like Bill O&#39;Reilly every day.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116961988499094440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116961988499094440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html?showComment=1169619840000#c116961988499094440' title=''/><author><name>Rain Delay</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02882791018391366108</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/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116955249473900854' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116955249473900854' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1598785473"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116958998784095814</id><published>2007-01-23T17:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T17:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Ron:I came to your blog roughly two years ago...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Ron:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I came to your blog roughly two years ago because I encountered your published books and magazine pieces first. Your free verse and prose are far more stylistically diverse and even lyrically evocative (despite your non-linear structures) than most may imagine.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I say this in hopes that you will consider the severely off-putting effect that your style of discourse on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116958998784095814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116958998784095814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html?showComment=1169589960000#c116958998784095814' title=''/><author><name>Bloodbelter</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06110795715287963703</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/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116955249473900854' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116955249473900854' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1358928032"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 23, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116957898903055915</id><published>2007-01-23T14:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T14:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My dear RS,My thanks, as always, for your support....</title><summary type='text'>My dear RS,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My thanks, as always, for your support. I fear, though, that this Author you seek is as poor and sentimental a construct as any character you may disdain: still another straggling salesman or fop, or, as you may imagine, a retiring shortsighted leaseholder with a fondness for thin white wine and melancholy Irish airs. A man of words, as your compatriot remarks, and his wisdom</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116957898903055915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116957898903055915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html?showComment=1169578980000#c116957898903055915' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</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/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116955249473900854' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116955249473900854' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 23, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116957265585974630</id><published>2007-01-23T12:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T12:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Speaking of ideology... what is, as Foucault asks,...</title><summary type='text'>Speaking of ideology... what is, as Foucault asks, the &quot;ideological status&quot; of the author that&#39;s assumed here?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116957265585974630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116957265585974630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html?showComment=1169572620000#c116957265585974630' title=''/><author><name>kfd313</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01639339748894956092</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/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116955249473900854' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116955249473900854' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2030273302"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 23, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116957232187324116</id><published>2007-01-23T12:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T12:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dude.  Don&#39;t diss on My Name is Earl.  That&#39;s some...</title><summary type='text'>Dude.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Don&#39;t diss on My Name is Earl.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That&#39;s some good shit.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116957232187324116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116957232187324116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html?showComment=1169572320000#c116957232187324116' title=''/><author><name>Rain Delay</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02882791018391366108</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/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116955249473900854' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116955249473900854' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1598785473"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 23, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116956812796736027</id><published>2007-01-23T11:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T11:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Whistle!Boy this post is filled with enough assert...</title><summary type='text'>Whistle!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Boy this post is filled with enough assertions to spend an entire semester on!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At least a dozen huge sweeping generalizations that would require hours of discussion to lay bare.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;First, the statements you make about why Joyce is better than Parker seem very vulnerable.  The claim, for instance, that Parker &quot;writes more deeply of the human condition&quot; I find </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116956812796736027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116955249473900854/comments/default/116956812796736027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html?showComment=1169568120000#c116956812796736027' 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/i-know-young-man-who-is-currently_23.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116955249473900854' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116955249473900854' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 23, 2007"/></entry></feed>