<?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.post36533138608901070..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/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.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>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6818313136595049521</id><published>2007-04-04T01:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-04T01:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;as lone white men / on cell phones listen&quot; has hu...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;as lone white men / on cell phones listen&quot; has humor in it, but it&#39;s hard to see contempt. It&#39;s August, not Christmas, but they still might be calling home, yes? They&#39;re lone, but evidently not intent on picking up something local in the Demba Lounge. Or if not home somewhere else. Some distance&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&amp; &quot;with evident / nostalgia&quot; yes, for Nat and his singing, which is still a black man </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/6818313136595049521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/6818313136595049521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html?showComment=1175662980000#c6818313136595049521' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</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/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-36533138608901070' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/36533138608901070' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-951812623021683557</id><published>2007-04-03T18:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-03T18:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Shanna --&quot;i just bet that hettie jones is very ...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Shanna --&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;i just bet that hettie jones is very very very tired of being referred to first/primarily/sometimes exclusively as ab&#39;s exwife.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hettie Jones was married to Anne Boyer?!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/951812623021683557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/951812623021683557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html?showComment=1175640900000#c951812623021683557' title=''/><author><name>Gazette Editors</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08155953951163636760</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/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-36533138608901070' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/36533138608901070' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1293329833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5755600028613829552</id><published>2007-04-03T17:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-03T17:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shanna:  OK.  Clarification.  Sorry to be snipey.</title><summary type='text'>Shanna:  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;OK.  Clarification.  Sorry to be snipey.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/5755600028613829552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/5755600028613829552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html?showComment=1175635980000#c5755600028613829552' 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/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-36533138608901070' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/36533138608901070' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-778991972034565139</id><published>2007-04-03T16:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-03T16:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>you didn&#39;t offend. i was joking. that&#39;s what that ...</title><summary type='text'>you didn&#39;t offend. i was joking. that&#39;s what that little winky emoticon indicates. i just bet that hettie jones is very very very tired of being referred to first/primarily/sometimes exclusively as ab&#39;s exwife. (i do know the story of course &amp; met her when she read in my series a few yrs ago.) ron focused on her work, which i appreciated &amp; that&#39;s all i really meant to mean.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/778991972034565139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/778991972034565139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html?showComment=1175631780000#c778991972034565139' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.shannacompton.com/shanna.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-36533138608901070' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/36533138608901070' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4316509981834291425</id><published>2007-04-03T15:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-03T15:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>http://thenightbook.blogspot.com</title><summary type='text'>http://thenightbook.blogspot.com</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/4316509981834291425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/4316509981834291425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html?showComment=1175629260000#c4316509981834291425' title=''/><author><name>Levari</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03797267895979862964</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/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-36533138608901070' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/36533138608901070' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1958627702"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7294778648504470770</id><published>2007-04-03T14:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-03T14:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>shanna:OK.  When YOU marry a famous African Americ...</title><summary type='text'>shanna:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;OK.  When YOU marry a famous African American poet and playwright, have two kids, then get dumped by him for being &quot;white&quot;, then publish a detailed memoir of those years, then maybe your status as &quot;wife&quot; will be relevant.  Otherwise, I guess it&#39;s nobody&#39;s business but your own.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Since I&#39;ve been married for 38 years to the same person, I&#39;m clearly unqualified to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/7294778648504470770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/7294778648504470770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html?showComment=1175625480000#c7294778648504470770' 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/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-36533138608901070' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/36533138608901070' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7372357824771360233</id><published>2007-04-03T13:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-03T13:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>photo shows up fine on mine. Don&#39;t know what the p...</title><summary type='text'>photo shows up fine on mine. Don&#39;t know what the problem might be,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/7372357824771360233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/7372357824771360233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html?showComment=1175620860000#c7372357824771360233' 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/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-36533138608901070' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/36533138608901070' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7833009742233134325</id><published>2007-04-03T12:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-03T12:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks very much for this. I&#39;m buying the book rig...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks very much for this. I&#39;m buying the book right now. Like hearing about an acquaintance from so long ago (the mysterious woman hanging out at the edges of who I wanted to be) who I never quite knew. Here she is all this time later writing these wonderful poems. Besides, it’s wild to think about the ghost of Nat King Cole in Ghana at the Kemba crooning “White Christmas” with that huge mouth </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/7833009742233134325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/7833009742233134325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html?showComment=1175619360000#c7833009742233134325' title=''/><author><name>Bobby Byrd</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17990783036661848472</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/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-36533138608901070' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/36533138608901070' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1846872364"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5290192579907960943</id><published>2007-04-03T11:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-03T11:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>No wit. Or maybe half... It was just a typo. The B...</title><summary type='text'>No wit. Or maybe half... It was just a typo. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Baraka connection is such old news that it&#39;s not interesting from the perspective of what this poet is doing now. I&#39;m interested in Hettie Jones, as such.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/5290192579907960943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/5290192579907960943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html?showComment=1175614740000#c5290192579907960943' 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/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-36533138608901070' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/36533138608901070' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4693188152990141962</id><published>2007-04-03T11:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-03T11:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>that is really annoying. people write about me all...</title><summary type='text'>that is really annoying. people write about me all the time too without mentioning whose wife i am. jeez! ;)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/4693188152990141962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/4693188152990141962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html?showComment=1175614200000#c4693188152990141962' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.shannacompton.com/shanna.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-36533138608901070' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/36533138608901070' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7650418235442783163</id><published>2007-04-03T10:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-03T10:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The amazing thing is that you managed to write a w...</title><summary type='text'>The amazing thing is that you managed to write a whole post without once mentioning that Jones is the x-wife of Amiri Baraka, about which she wrote a whole book How I Became Hettie Jones.  It completely lacks context.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Dumb of me, but what&#39;s the wit of &quot;Boverdue&quot;?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/7650418235442783163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/36533138608901070/comments/default/7650418235442783163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html?showComment=1175609040000#c7650418235442783163' 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/2007/04/photo-by-larry-keenan-ill-wager-that-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-36533138608901070' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/36533138608901070' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 03, 2007"/></entry></feed>