<?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.post309700432332852453..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/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.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>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2632514682045645014</id><published>2007-04-02T15:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-02T15:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I asked them if they had James Merrill.  Then had ...</title><summary type='text'>I asked them if they had James Merrill.  Then had to explain who he was.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Still their current set up is much better than the Louisa Solano days.  She really killed that place.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default/2632514682045645014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default/2632514682045645014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.html?showComment=1175542740000#c2632514682045645014' 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/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-309700432332852453' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/309700432332852453' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1243963234"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1804800404180173130</id><published>2007-04-01T20:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T20:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I haven&#39;t set foot in the store in twenty years (s...</title><summary type='text'>I haven&#39;t set foot in the store in twenty years (since leaving Cambridge) and while I was thankful to have found many books that would have been hard to find even in Harvard Square, I was never comfortable in Groliers.  It embodied the airless, humorless and unwelcoming rap that poetry has always been stuck with.  Sorry to hear that hasn&#39;t changed.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default/1804800404180173130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default/1804800404180173130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.html?showComment=1175473380000#c1804800404180173130' title=''/><author><name>-K-</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03289562368002376807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/82/248037742_d2c1c4e0f3_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-309700432332852453' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/309700432332852453' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1496539038"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7430049365348589590</id><published>2007-04-01T12:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T12:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Grolier once had a reputation as the place where d...</title><summary type='text'>Grolier once had a reputation as the place where dozens of famous writers had bought important books.  Gordon Cairnie had been around forever, and knew everyone, etc.  Since I&#39;ve only been to New England twice, I only managed to visit the place once.  The selection looked like a typical college town &quot;new&quot; bookstore, with lots of obscure crit, lots of university press deadwood, and a lot of new </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default/7430049365348589590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default/7430049365348589590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.html?showComment=1175445240000#c7430049365348589590' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-309700432332852453' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/309700432332852453' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4119804007998819639</id><published>2007-04-01T01:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T01:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>When I was an undergrad in the mid-&#39;90s I went int...</title><summary type='text'>When I was an undergrad in the mid-&#39;90s I went into the Grolier a few times (since I walked by it every day).  I was just starting to read experimental writing and one day I went in and I think the words &quot;Do you have any language poetry?&quot; actually came out of my mouth.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If I recall correctly, Louisa Solano told me that they had, in fact, just established a &quot;language poetry&quot; section.  It</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default/4119804007998819639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default/4119804007998819639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.html?showComment=1175403960000#c4119804007998819639' title=''/><author><name>Tim</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12750391255874072498</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/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-309700432332852453' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/309700432332852453' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1540781106"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-823816004903962930</id><published>2007-03-31T15:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-31T15:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>whew. maybe grolier&#39;s should hire a poetry buyer.</title><summary type='text'>whew. maybe grolier&#39;s should hire a poetry buyer.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default/823816004903962930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default/823816004903962930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.html?showComment=1175368380000#c823816004903962930' title=''/><author><name>CLAY BANES</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658806946108194962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://lh3.google.com/_6SQBrtEu124/Rb6PNwpV5xI/AAAAAAAAADw/X6xmNGs9x8A/s1600/square%2Beyeball.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-309700432332852453' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/309700432332852453' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1291817752"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5510568961619271575</id><published>2007-03-31T08:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-31T08:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The new owners of the Grolier manage to not only b...</title><summary type='text'>The new owners of the Grolier manage to not only be completely ignorant about poetry but they also have the worst customer service of any bookstore I&#39;ve been to. They&#39;ve doomed themselves to irrelevancy with their poor selection and their inability to take poetry seriously.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At the very least, Loisa Solano was well-informed about all types of poetry. Thanks to her I once found an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default/5510568961619271575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/309700432332852453/comments/default/5510568961619271575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.html?showComment=1175343180000#c5510568961619271575' title=''/><author><name>GJPW</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13383940105241352465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/15/68467430_c7c091b851_s.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-was-pleased-to-find-age-of-huts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-309700432332852453' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/309700432332852453' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-669631030"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 31, 2007"/></entry></feed>