<?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.post1554523562567158593..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/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.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-7989464956052087655</id><published>2008-08-03T21:28:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-03T21:28:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cream always rises to the top. The only question i...</title><summary type='text'>Cream always rises to the top. The only question is, who&#39;s milking the cow?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/7989464956052087655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/7989464956052087655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html?showComment=1217813280001#c7989464956052087655' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17919492445467135425</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/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554523562567158593' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554523562567158593' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 03, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4972567010499841078</id><published>2008-08-03T15:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-03T15:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Darn, Ron, I thought you and I agreed on just abou...</title><summary type='text'>Darn, Ron, I thought you and I agreed on just about everything!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In any case, glad we&#39;re in agreement on this particular matter, where the insinuations are about as slimy as could be. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kent</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/4972567010499841078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/4972567010499841078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html?showComment=1217790240000#c4972567010499841078' title=''/><author><name>Kent Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15233688630151467658</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/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554523562567158593' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554523562567158593' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-901447242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 03, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-198307470832295635</id><published>2008-08-03T14:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-03T14:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t often agree with Kent, but I do here. The ...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t often agree with Kent, but I do here. The very best books are never picked &quot;blindly.&quot; Indeed, the best Yale Younger Poets volume, Ashbery&#39;s &lt;I&gt;Some Trees&lt;/I&gt; came about because Auden asked John to submit a manuscript.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I generally disapprove of contests that require the submission of manuscripts, and think that what they should do is just assign a judge, have him or find a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/198307470832295635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/198307470832295635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html?showComment=1217789280000#c198307470832295635' 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='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554523562567158593' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554523562567158593' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 03, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8153241636816958819</id><published>2008-08-03T14:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-03T14:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What do you mean, &quot;magically rose to the surface w...</title><summary type='text'>What do you mean, &quot;magically rose to the surface when they were selected by her&quot;?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If they were selected by her, there wasn&#39;t anything at all &quot;magical&quot; about it. She read them, thought they were really, really good, and she chose them. What&#39;s all the superstitious woo-woo about?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And I ask this quite seriously: *So what* if they happened to be her students? Last I heard through </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/8153241636816958819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/8153241636816958819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html?showComment=1217786640000#c8153241636816958819' title=''/><author><name>Kent Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15233688630151467658</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/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554523562567158593' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554523562567158593' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-901447242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 03, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1592569169405283653</id><published>2008-08-03T06:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-03T06:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Indeed, Kent.  That&#39;s how her two students&#39; manusc...</title><summary type='text'>Indeed, Kent.  That&#39;s how her two students&#39; manuscripts magically rose to the surface at Georgia when they were selected by her.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/1592569169405283653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/1592569169405283653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html?showComment=1217758800000#c1592569169405283653' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554523562567158593' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554523562567158593' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 03, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-838861174306695063</id><published>2008-08-02T23:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-02T23:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The insinuation above is plainly ludicrous.I&#39;m qui...</title><summary type='text'>The insinuation above is plainly ludicrous.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m quite sure that Wright, after winning the MacArthur a few years back, has had enough reading invitations to cause her turn down a good percentage of them.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The suggestion that a reading at Occidental College would have compelled her to choose a manuscript by one of its teachers as payback of some sort is just silly, if not </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/838861174306695063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/838861174306695063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html?showComment=1217733300000#c838861174306695063' title=''/><author><name>Kent Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15233688630151467658</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/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554523562567158593' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554523562567158593' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-901447242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 02, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5305582301289006524</id><published>2008-08-02T06:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-02T06:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I also believe CD Wright is one of the smartest po...</title><summary type='text'>I also believe CD Wright is one of the smartest poets, but I was troubled when Ronk&#39;s book was selected for the NPS.  Wright and Gander read at Occidental, where Ronk teaches, at approximately the same time Ronk was selected as winner by Wright.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/5305582301289006524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/5305582301289006524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html?showComment=1217672760000#c5305582301289006524' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554523562567158593' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554523562567158593' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 02, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3417103084349607527</id><published>2008-08-01T11:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-01T11:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Could you talk more about &quot;new symbolism&quot;?  What i...</title><summary type='text'>Could you talk more about &quot;new symbolism&quot;?  What is it that characterizes this as new symbolism, and what other poets do you associate with it?  The Ashberian effects do seem to be being used to a more referential end, but I&#39;m not sure if that&#39;s what you&#39;re talking about.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/3417103084349607527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1554523562567158593/comments/default/3417103084349607527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html?showComment=1217604420000#c3417103084349607527' title=''/><author><name>Iain</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15197666388360786350</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/2008/08/there-is-exactness-both-of-vision-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1554523562567158593' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1554523562567158593' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1107385782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 01, 2008"/></entry></feed>