<?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.post2076487968875046144..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/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.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>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8946016219244668922</id><published>2009-01-03T14:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-03T14:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>MM,You will never know how close your comment came...</title><summary type='text'>MM,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You will never know how close your comment came to being added to the front-page banner of my website.  It was wonderful (however you meant it).  I&#39;ve said on the blog before--though it&#39;s probably been some time now since I&#39;ve done so--that one must at times have the courage to put one&#39;s ignorance on display, if one hopes to learn from others and from oneself and to advance </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/8946016219244668922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/8946016219244668922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html?showComment=1231011780000#c8946016219244668922' title=''/><author><name>Seth Abramson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08059849202129580100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_0C6zfNUN2dI/RpI1VX9QIyI/AAAAAAAAACI/Ar7qLwIt4AQ/s400/seth.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2076487968875046144' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2076487968875046144' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-11614668"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 03, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6132569608622714204</id><published>2008-12-27T19:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-27T19:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>re: Seth Abramson.  I&#39;m always amazed, and impress...</title><summary type='text'>re: Seth Abramson.  I&#39;m always amazed, and impressed, I guess, at how he so confidently puts so much ignorance on display.  MM</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/6132569608622714204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/6132569608622714204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html?showComment=1230422820000#c6132569608622714204' title=''/><author><name>Minor Morgan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02672577595761860396</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/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2076487968875046144' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2076487968875046144' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1373507149"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3460650609220371944</id><published>2008-12-23T10:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T10:47:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>my 93 year old mother has Alzheimer&#39;s  doesn&#39;t rem...</title><summary type='text'>my 93 year old mother has Alzheimer&#39;s  doesn&#39;t remember a thing ... just saw her yesterday... even me   &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and now  for the first time since I&#39;ve known her  laughs a lot!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Gotham Books has two of my books   (on consignment 60-40) since 1974!  now I guess they are in U Penn library?&lt;BR/&gt;cause they never sent me my&lt;BR/&gt;&#39;cut&#39;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;yessss!  Will Alexander.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;or  if </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/3460650609220371944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/3460650609220371944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html?showComment=1230047220000#c3460650609220371944' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2076487968875046144' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2076487968875046144' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6530596464397222261</id><published>2008-12-23T09:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T09:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m dreaming of another Alexander as the inaugural...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m dreaming of another Alexander as the inaugural poet, as explained &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://stevenfama.blogspot.com/2008/12/inaugural-poet.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/6530596464397222261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/6530596464397222261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html?showComment=1230041700000#c6530596464397222261' 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/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2076487968875046144' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2076487968875046144' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1276955542745151007</id><published>2008-12-23T06:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T06:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Speaking of O&#39;Hara, when is the real collected poe...</title><summary type='text'>Speaking of O&#39;Hara, when is the real collected poems of Frank O&#39;Hara going to be published?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There was the contents of the Knopf volume of 1971; then, there are the two hefty volumes from Donald Allen (Grey Fox) Poems Retrieved, and Early Writing.  Just the combined contents of these three titles would yield something like a 1000 page book. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Every one else seems to be getting a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/1276955542745151007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/1276955542745151007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html?showComment=1230030540000#c1276955542745151007' 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/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2076487968875046144' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2076487968875046144' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3491430113823712889</id><published>2008-12-23T05:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T05:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Robert Bly and Bill Merwin made their livings for ...</title><summary type='text'>Robert Bly and Bill Merwin made their livings for years off translations.  Other poets do kids books or silently ghost-write other kinds of material.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I outed a famous author&#39;s half-hidden pseudonymous book on Hollywood B movies, and got insulted for my trouble.  So it goes.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If publishers are going to survive only by publishing foreign books, it&#39;s a shame for the language.  Books</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/3491430113823712889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/3491430113823712889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html?showComment=1230029700000#c3491430113823712889' 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/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2076487968875046144' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2076487968875046144' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3120898946504153316</id><published>2008-12-23T05:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T05:45:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>In the days when my office was just down the stree...</title><summary type='text'>In the days when my office was just down the street, I used to mosey into McDonald&amp;#39;s on my lunch break.  In the years after Acorn Books closed, that was the closest book place within my walking radius.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It appeared once to have been a real used bookstore, but had fallen on hard times.  The Playboys and Penthouse collections had taken over the whole front section of the store.  &lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/3120898946504153316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2076487968875046144/comments/default/3120898946504153316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html?showComment=1230029100000#c3120898946504153316' 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/2008/12/eileen-tabios-reads-susan-m.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2076487968875046144' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2076487968875046144' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2008"/></entry></feed>