<?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.post1827945174892864987..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/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.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-2525252577517259485</id><published>2008-11-24T08:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-24T08:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Emily Dickinson Baby Doll-T ... Ouch!  Laughing an...</title><summary type='text'>Emily Dickinson Baby Doll-T ... Ouch!  Laughing and crying hysterically, simultaneously, seems appropriate ... considering the accompanying ad copy from the illustrious poets.org:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;***************************&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Wild Nights - Wild Nights!&lt;BR/&gt;Were I with Thee&lt;BR/&gt;In this Baby Doll Tee&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What Luxury –&lt;BR/&gt;all Cotton can be&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;White with Black Cap&lt;BR/&gt;Sleeves – Let it Be&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/2525252577517259485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/2525252577517259485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html?showComment=1227533580000#c2525252577517259485' title=''/><author><name>Issa&#39;s Untidy Hut</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698</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/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1827945174892864987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1827945174892864987' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-926068283"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 24, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4056073246466946265</id><published>2008-11-22T12:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T12:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Periodicals run their course.  They may be revived...</title><summary type='text'>Periodicals run their course.  They may be revived, but the original character and spirit are rarely duplicated.  The New Yorker in its early days had a good thing going, but by the mid-1950&#39;s, it had stagnated.  Tina Brown may have thought she could revive it, but her tenure was an abject failure, and today the rag limps along trying to recapture just a little of the flair it had 50 years ago.&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/4056073246466946265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/4056073246466946265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html?showComment=1227375660000#c4056073246466946265' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1827945174892864987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1827945174892864987' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4677565733072990595</id><published>2008-11-21T19:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T19:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Who would want to win this award? I imagine anyone...</title><summary type='text'>Who would want to win this award? I imagine anyone who writes would like to win. As for who wins, I am not certain that I follow the objection here – to my mind, being the co-founder of THE PARIS REVIEW is reason enough to win the NBA, or, well, almost any kind of award. (Unreadable for decades? I think that is a little bit of an overstatement. If anyone has not found inspiration for years in the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/4677565733072990595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/4677565733072990595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html?showComment=1227314880000#c4677565733072990595' title=''/><author><name>Tortilla ex Machina</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11240795400994592569</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_HakneZ76Pf4/SFZUaTMbX-I/AAAAAAAAAkk/KgeQzj05Vvg/S220/changes.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1827945174892864987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1827945174892864987' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599458885"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2746277562724977344</id><published>2008-11-21T13:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T13:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It ain&#39;t gonna be the Eagles. Or the 49ers.Ron</title><summary type='text'>It ain&#39;t gonna be the Eagles. Or the 49ers.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/2746277562724977344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/2746277562724977344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html?showComment=1227291780000#c2746277562724977344' 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/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1827945174892864987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1827945174892864987' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8057093416936188817</id><published>2008-11-21T13:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T13:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Every time an NFC team wins the Super Bowl, the wi...</title><summary type='text'>Every time an NFC team wins the Super Bowl, the wisdom goes, the economy (specifically the NY stock exchange) is supposed to rally.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Let&#39;s hope whichever team makes it--Giants? Panthers?--succeeds in blasting the AFC out of the water.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Our economy needs all the help it can get, both actual and imagined.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/8057093416936188817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/8057093416936188817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html?showComment=1227291420000#c8057093416936188817' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1827945174892864987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1827945174892864987' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-469999060257238063</id><published>2008-11-21T12:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T12:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Matthiessen, I think, is a genuinely great novelis...</title><summary type='text'>Matthiessen, I think, is a genuinely great novelist. The first book of the Shadow Country trilogy, Killing Mister Watson, is one of the best books of American fiction in the last 20 years, I&#39;d say. The next two books of the trilogy are fascinating and readable, if not at the level of the first one. His earlier book At Play In The Fields of the Lord is also amazing, rivaling Paul Bowles in terms </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/469999060257238063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/469999060257238063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html?showComment=1227288780000#c469999060257238063' title=''/><author><name>mark wallace</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10047292022080114501</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.avecbooks.org/images/markwallace.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1827945174892864987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1827945174892864987' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-476913415"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5394674068534157653</id><published>2008-11-21T10:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T10:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Here again, in just about every case, who the heck...</title><summary type='text'>Here again, in just about every case, who the heck would want to win this dang award?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Associated Press article reports the ceremony was held beneath &quot;the 70-foot ceiling and Wedgewood dome of Cipriani,&quot; and that attendees, who wore &quot;tuxedoes,&quot; dined on &quot;baked tagliolini and roast filet of beef . . . . &quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Good economic times or bad, any decent writer outta spit in the face </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/5394674068534157653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/5394674068534157653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html?showComment=1227279960000#c5394674068534157653' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1827945174892864987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1827945174892864987' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8414798952011054470</id><published>2008-11-21T09:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T09:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>wall street could use a little helpmust be poems i...</title><summary type='text'>wall street could use a little help&lt;BR/&gt;must be poems in the making there&lt;BR/&gt;depair the swirling in the gut&lt;BR/&gt;not knowing&lt;BR/&gt;out of control&lt;BR/&gt;poetry in the making in the bowels of manhattan&lt;BR/&gt;sometmes life is a roller coaster&lt;BR/&gt;and then you decide to walk&lt;BR/&gt;here&#39;s to the watcher of&lt;BR/&gt;the snow leaopard</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/8414798952011054470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/8414798952011054470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html?showComment=1227277620000#c8414798952011054470' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1827945174892864987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1827945174892864987' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8354294877793400252</id><published>2008-11-21T09:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T09:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Quietist or not, this one poem by Mark Doty, http:...</title><summary type='text'>Quietist or not, this one poem by Mark Doty, http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/702.html changed my life.  None of the other poets nominated, although all different, changed my life.  Just my 2 cents.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/8354294877793400252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1827945174892864987/comments/default/8354294877793400252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html?showComment=1227276720000#c8354294877793400252' title=''/><author><name>C. Dale</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17270640200393742125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_CNpZNOS_qpg/SE1XNYNPKPI/AAAAAAAAAYc/43aNz76irNY/S220/CDY1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-we-can-believe-in-three-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1827945174892864987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1827945174892864987' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1353428308"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 21, 2008"/></entry></feed>