<?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.post3009603235443276646..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/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.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-7967949649906636561</id><published>2008-12-28T11:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T11:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I thought again about Ron&#39;s statement about craft ...</title><summary type='text'>I thought again about Ron&#39;s statement about craft in his work.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Charlie Rose was interviewing several actors this last month, each of whom was asked, indirectly, what his technique was for turning out &quot;character.&quot;  None had the same answer.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And that&#39;s like writing, too.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Brainard&#39;s funny joke-blurb about what makes poets good writers is still one of the best--which </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/7967949649906636561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/7967949649906636561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html?showComment=1230480600000#c7967949649906636561' 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/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3009603235443276646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3009603235443276646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-546473280510360956</id><published>2008-12-27T14:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-27T14:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron Silliman = &amp;quot;straightforward realist&amp;quot;...</title><summary type='text'>Ron Silliman = &amp;quot;straightforward realist&amp;quot;&lt;BR/&gt;is like&lt;BR/&gt;Bob Dylan = &amp;quot;just a song &amp;amp; dance man&amp;quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I accept both at their word.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In reading &amp;quot;Albany&amp;quot; and then &amp;quot;Under Albany&amp;quot; I got a look at how this works for Ron.  And his work makes you wonder what does it mean to be a &amp;quot;realist&amp;quot;?  What is &amp;quot;real&amp;quot;?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;pac, lov and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/546473280510360956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/546473280510360956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html?showComment=1230406980000#c546473280510360956' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17055890133721456106</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/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3009603235443276646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3009603235443276646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1987501952"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4336181193693765886</id><published>2008-12-25T10:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-25T10:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>compound-complex(I almost typed &quot;compless&quot;  -which...</title><summary type='text'>compound-complex&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(I almost typed &quot;compless&quot;  -which make perfect more sense to me&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;maybe  and this is after the fact  it cld be  (compoundationing of &quot; comprehend less)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;which gets me to my  (point-less) point:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;noh-boddhi is responsible&lt;BR/&gt;for&lt;BR/&gt;any-body else&#39;s&#39; understanding/intelligence!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1970, for me, also a &quot;stepping off&quot; point in time&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/4336181193693765886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/4336181193693765886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html?showComment=1230217800000#c4336181193693765886' 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/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3009603235443276646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3009603235443276646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 25, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5515689271300908552</id><published>2008-12-24T20:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T20:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;A bus ride is more interesting than most art.&quot;Wel...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;A bus ride is more interesting than most art.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Well, that would require a book length essay to explain, much less justify.  It&#39;s by no means self-evident.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Isn&#39;t the whole point of Watten&#39;s assertion that what most people think of as their own art isn&#39;t?  Or is it meant to be a put-down of everything that doesn&#39;t, like Ron&#39;s work, appear (note I use the word APPEAR) to be </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/5515689271300908552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/5515689271300908552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html?showComment=1230167520000#c5515689271300908552' 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/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3009603235443276646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3009603235443276646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8037534949315513076</id><published>2008-12-24T11:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T11:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ron, And Merry Christmas!To me, that the interv...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ron, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And Merry Christmas!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;To me, that the interview responses are more personal makes it more interesting.  I&#39;m surprised you even consider the opposite of that to be a possibility.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Follow me here, if you please: If being interesting to others is a concern for you (and why not, who among us doesn&#39;t want to present something of interest to others?), and you believe</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/8037534949315513076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/8037534949315513076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html?showComment=1230137700000#c8037534949315513076' 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/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3009603235443276646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3009603235443276646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1533222648120551438</id><published>2008-12-24T07:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T07:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron: Very informative - I think poets particularly...</title><summary type='text'>Ron: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Very informative - I think poets particularly will appreciate the process/personal info to the more general approach in the Hix 20 questions.  I enjoyed both the aspect of what you are up to now and the sort of short summing up.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Don @ &lt;I&gt;Lilliput Review&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;PS The ears are well groomed, if a tad large.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/1533222648120551438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/1533222648120551438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html?showComment=1230123180000#c1533222648120551438' 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/2008/12/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3009603235443276646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3009603235443276646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-926068283"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2228869671555367949</id><published>2008-12-24T04:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T04:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You&#39;re quite an inspiration... I&#39;ve learnt a lot o...</title><summary type='text'>You&#39;re quite an inspiration... I&#39;ve learnt a lot on the few minutes I&#39;ve spent touring your blog. Keep expanding your coast.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/2228869671555367949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3009603235443276646/comments/default/2228869671555367949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html?showComment=1230112320000#c2228869671555367949' title=''/><author><name>Freddie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02887431520195382921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EvWtIAWStS4/SUzg_736RrI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ooXKZ-RgTAg/S220/fredy.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/responding-to-harvey-hix-20-questions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3009603235443276646' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3009603235443276646' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-600651735"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2008"/></entry></feed>