<?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.post117068836000775634..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/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.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>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2987247976740128458</id><published>2007-02-09T03:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-09T03:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>– but at least “de-authorizing,” de-legitimating a...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;B&gt;– but at least “de-authorizing,” de-legitimating academic critical writing as such, forcing it to compete on an equal basis with the “deep gossip” of poets writing about their own work &amp; that of &lt;I&gt;others&lt;/I&gt;.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As an &lt;B&gt;&quot;other&quot;&lt;/B&gt;, I thank you for the train wreck.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/2987247976740128458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/2987247976740128458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html?showComment=1171010280000#c2987247976740128458' 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/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117068836000775634' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117068836000775634' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 09, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117096268776612634</id><published>2007-02-08T14:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-08T14:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The good thing about blogs that feature minutiae a...</title><summary type='text'>The good thing about blogs that feature minutiae about the blogger&#39;s life (like mine) is that you don&#39;t have to read them. What eats my brain is the readers who dislike &quot;personal&quot; blogs but read them anyway and sometimes even write comments about them.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117096268776612634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117096268776612634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html?showComment=1170962640000#c117096268776612634' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969105712582566329</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/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117068836000775634' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117068836000775634' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117074176405192795</id><published>2007-02-06T01:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T01:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I can&#39;t decide whether it&#39;s the loaded boxcars sli...</title><summary type='text'>I can&#39;t decide whether it&#39;s the loaded boxcars sliding off the track or the slow motion that&#39;s the decisive factor. Couldn&#39;t possibly be the agreement. That would just be freeze frames and refrigerator cars. Must be the wreck, then. Here&#39;s to it. 998,812</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117074176405192795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117074176405192795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html?showComment=1170741720000#c117074176405192795' 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/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117068836000775634' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117068836000775634' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117073845381747087</id><published>2007-02-06T00:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T00:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ron,I regularly drop by your site though this i...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I regularly drop by your site though this is my first comment. I see that I am visitor #998,771. Congrats on getting near that million.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m interested in your comments on what might happen next, in a post-blog world. Poets in Second Life? Maybe, maybe not. The digital hand-made?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There is very little discussion here in Australia on poetics or even poets, apart </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117073845381747087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117073845381747087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html?showComment=1170738420000#c117073845381747087' title=''/><author><name>Jill</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11239553936363212721</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/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117068836000775634' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117068836000775634' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1567396125"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117073729447935241</id><published>2007-02-05T23:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T23:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey, it&#39;s a great jumping off spot here. Never a s...</title><summary type='text'>Hey, it&#39;s a great jumping off spot here. Never a shortage of approaches , the winds guarantee liftoff and for a dimwit trying to self-educate instead of medicate this place can be far more productive than going it alone.&lt;BR/&gt;A bit of hot air now and then never hurt anyone, it&#39;s an integral part of human existence, no?&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for all the great rides, Boss!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117073729447935241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117073729447935241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html?showComment=1170737280000#c117073729447935241' title=''/><author><name>PFCAlbertAyler</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04923287031424923548</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/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117068836000775634' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117068836000775634' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-492242838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117072638668593647</id><published>2007-02-05T20:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T20:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I definitely appreciate blogs that don&#39;t focus on ...</title><summary type='text'>I definitely appreciate blogs that don&#39;t focus on the personal little details of the person&#39;s life.  I like it when there is a greater Drive and Meaning to a blog than simply to relate, in a cute, sometimes funny way, what someone&#39;s been up to lately.  That kind of self-centered gossip eats at my brain.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron does make mention of his family and things he does from time to time, but it&#39;s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117072638668593647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117072638668593647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html?showComment=1170726360000#c117072638668593647' 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/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117068836000775634' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117068836000775634' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1598785473"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117072200434948077</id><published>2007-02-05T19:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T19:39:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve had a love/hate for your blog off and on for ...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve had a love/hate for your blog off and on for a year, Mr. Silliman.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;However, there&#39;s always a poet mentioned or written about to be read or heard here.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You embrace and defy the academy of poetry, which is real nice of you. Granted, I often despise critical papers/books written by non-poets, but then again, the most insightful criticism is by non-poets or in the poetry of the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117072200434948077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117072200434948077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html?showComment=1170722340000#c117072200434948077' title=''/><author><name>Frank Sauce</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10926489233585746931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://www.spiretech.com/~earwater/images/101.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117068836000775634' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117068836000775634' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-938845116"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117071114507024084</id><published>2007-02-05T16:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T16:32:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I think this is dead right about the future of wri...</title><summary type='text'>I think this is dead right about the future of writing about poetry -- blogs create a space that rivals and in some respects surpasses traditional academic discourse about poetry.  I hope academe can adapt: I&#39;ve seen too much of the tenure-track blogger giving it all up, lest the tenure committee accuse him of wasting his time, or squandering his talent, or saying something controversial.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117071114507024084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117071114507024084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html?showComment=1170711120000#c117071114507024084' title=''/><author><name>Archambeau</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17273511539172747550</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.lakeforest.edu/images/userImages/larson/Page_5032/archambeau.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117068836000775634' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117068836000775634' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-530470673"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117070391768769050</id><published>2007-02-05T14:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T14:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>To start with I came for the links. They&#39;re a whol...</title><summary type='text'>To start with I came for the links. They&#39;re a whole adventure in themselves, different lines leading to different lines indefinately. &lt;BR/&gt;And then the content of the blog itself became the main reason for my coming here. For a Frenchman wanting to keep up with what&#39;s up, your blog is very good.&lt;BR/&gt;Thank you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117070391768769050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117070391768769050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html?showComment=1170703860000#c117070391768769050' title=''/><author><name>Tomas Sidoli</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17876002834416902426</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/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117068836000775634' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117068836000775634' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-630291284"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117070376403525189</id><published>2007-02-05T14:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T14:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Most MLA papers may have little ideas, but the sam...</title><summary type='text'>Most MLA papers may have little ideas, but the same is true of most blog entries, including those by poets.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Many poet blogs, including by poets whose poetry and critical writing I love, include heavy doses of personal non-literary and non-critical stuff, including for example posts about pets, making of soap, etc.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Nothing wrong with that at all: see Harry Crosby&#39;s &lt;I&gt;Shadows</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117070376403525189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117070376403525189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html?showComment=1170703740000#c117070376403525189' 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/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117068836000775634' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117068836000775634' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117069795854763461</id><published>2007-02-05T12:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T12:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>As a regular reader, I thank you for a great blog....</title><summary type='text'>As a regular reader, I thank you for a great blog. Congratulations.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117069795854763461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117068836000775634/comments/default/117069795854763461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html?showComment=1170697920000#c117069795854763461' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969105712582566329</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/2007/02/this-blog-will-receive-its-one_05.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117068836000775634' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117068836000775634' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 05, 2007"/></entry></feed>