<?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.post2805245542133924439..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/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.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-7010622947341259786</id><published>2008-09-15T14:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-15T14:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I read J.K. Rowling this summer -- H.P and the Sor...</title><summary type='text'>I read J.K. Rowling this summer -- H.P and the Sorcerer&#39;s Stone. I was surprised by how excellent the prose was. Better than Tolkein, I thought, on a sentence by sentence level.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The plot moved swiftly and to a powerful climax.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It owed something to Tolkein, and even to the Thomas the Tank Engine series by the Reverend whose name I can&#39;t recall, but I would say she earned her </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/7010622947341259786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/7010622947341259786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html?showComment=1221504720000#c7010622947341259786' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2805245542133924439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2805245542133924439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6712272354852343506</id><published>2008-09-14T14:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-14T14:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Since when is being an embarrassment a disqualific...</title><summary type='text'>Since when is being an embarrassment a disqualification? I link on Andrew Motion &amp;amp; Billy Collins links as well. My interest is in all the ways poetry appears in civil society, and this definitely is one mode.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/6712272354852343506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/6712272354852343506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html?showComment=1221418320000#c6712272354852343506' 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/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2805245542133924439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2805245542133924439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3917922219723951872</id><published>2008-09-14T12:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-14T12:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This is the second time you&#39;ve linked to Kapil Sib...</title><summary type='text'>This is the second time you&#39;ve linked to Kapil Sibal.  We&#39;re deeply embarrassed by him.  He represents the way politicians use their influence to be reviewed in the literary sections of major newspapers, at the expense of many senior and important poets, the corruption of editors and publishers.  So what&#39;s your point?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/3917922219723951872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/3917922219723951872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html?showComment=1221409620000#c3917922219723951872' title=''/><author><name>equivocal</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00408199156528969347</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/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2805245542133924439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2805245542133924439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1569202724"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-427991526842238706</id><published>2008-09-09T14:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T14:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>J.K. Rowling&#39;s personal fortune is estimated by th...</title><summary type='text'>J.K. Rowling&#39;s personal fortune is estimated by the Sunday Times Rich List at 1.1 billion pounds, ranking her as the 12th richest woman in Britain.  (Presumably, this is an after taxes figure, even more astounding when you figure what UK tax rates are these days!)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So Ms. Rowling--a calculating, mercenary &quot;juvee&quot; list champion who set out deliberately to exploit the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/427991526842238706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/427991526842238706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html?showComment=1220985360000#c427991526842238706' 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/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2805245542133924439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2805245542133924439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4345514692132550504</id><published>2008-09-09T13:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T13:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How irritating to be taken to the Tikkun Community...</title><summary type='text'>How irritating to be taken to the Tikkun Community site, and then to discover that one cannot post a comment to the blog box without first becoming a $15 member of the site before doing so.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Owners and administrators of websites like this one ought to be prohibited from creating a propaganda site without a free accompanying democratic colloquy.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Shame on you, George!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/4345514692132550504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/4345514692132550504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html?showComment=1220981340000#c4345514692132550504' 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/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2805245542133924439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2805245542133924439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7436489109426047321</id><published>2008-09-09T12:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T12:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s sort of tough to track down, but the federal ...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s sort of tough to track down, but the federal district court opinion in the &lt;I&gt;Harry Potter&lt;/I&gt; copyright infringement case is worth a read.  Assuming you can stomach 60 plus pages of careful rational writing, the discussion of &quot;fair use&quot; is lucid and instructive.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Here&#39;s my fantasy:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Substitute the New York Yankees and Major League Baseball for J.K. Rowling and Warner </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/7436489109426047321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/7436489109426047321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html?showComment=1220977620000#c7436489109426047321' 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/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2805245542133924439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2805245542133924439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2689412050579905276</id><published>2008-09-09T10:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T10:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>here is that MF Husain piece...http://www.columbia...</title><summary type='text'>here is that MF Husain piece...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/congress/bharatmata/mfhusain.jpg&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;re:minds me of...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/2689412050579905276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/2689412050579905276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html?showComment=1220968860000#c2689412050579905276' 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/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2805245542133924439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2805245542133924439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2953915523953813332</id><published>2008-09-09T09:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T09:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Re: litery tatts, Ernesto Priego has just started ...</title><summary type='text'>Re: litery tatts, Ernesto Priego has just started a project - a site for poets - tho I suspect he&#39;d accommodate others as well - to talk about their tatts ... see &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://tattoopoetics.wordpress.com&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; Tattoo Poetics &lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/2953915523953813332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/2953915523953813332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html?showComment=1220965320000#c2953915523953813332' title=''/><author><name>John B-R</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01041221232768939991</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/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2805245542133924439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2805245542133924439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-574567698"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5753686057575148295</id><published>2008-09-09T08:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T08:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>thanks for the  Aida Edemariam (Bacon&#39;s studio) ar...</title><summary type='text'>thanks for the  Aida Edemariam (Bacon&#39;s studio) article&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;   Painted Screams&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I needed &#39;that&#39;  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;will read (more closely) later</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/5753686057575148295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2805245542133924439/comments/default/5753686057575148295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html?showComment=1220964600000#c5753686057575148295' 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/2008/09/robin-blaser-at-83-rae-armantrout.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2805245542133924439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2805245542133924439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 09, 2008"/></entry></feed>