<?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.post3937242574930642017..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/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><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>29</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-888289747580286243</id><published>2007-07-01T00:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-01T00:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>goshhow do you tellan aspiring divato watch her la...</title><summary type='text'>gosh&lt;BR/&gt;how do you tell&lt;BR/&gt;an aspiring diva&lt;BR/&gt;to watch her language&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;yeah really&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i just thought i could peruse&lt;BR/&gt;one of the precious creations&lt;BR/&gt;somewhere&lt;BR/&gt;but no&lt;BR/&gt;i guess i&#39;d have to buy the book&lt;BR/&gt;seems like something i might read&lt;BR/&gt;if it were all tattered and used&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;ah yes i feel the power&lt;BR/&gt;and i cower&lt;BR/&gt;un femme terrible&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i guess this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/888289747580286243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/888289747580286243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1183265460000#c888289747580286243' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4000222392814048079</id><published>2007-06-30T14:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-30T14:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jesus fucking christ.Poems: looktouch.com/poetry/</title><summary type='text'>Jesus fucking christ.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Poems: looktouch.com/poetry/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/4000222392814048079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/4000222392814048079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1183229880000#c4000222392814048079' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/464838210_bb770cb045_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' 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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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7332450638223073808</id><published>2007-06-29T02:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-29T02:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i&#39;ve been awaywhat wonders have amassed in theabse...</title><summary type='text'>i&#39;ve been away&lt;BR/&gt;what wonders have amassed in the&lt;BR/&gt;absence&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i guess i&#39;d like to weigh in on the boobs&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;they strike me as rather perfect&lt;BR/&gt;for nourishment&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;her boobs are like sonnets she does not write...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;of course it&#39;s really the cleavage&lt;BR/&gt;just a hint of boob&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the girl&#39;s got to sing&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;instead of descriptions of performance gestures&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/7332450638223073808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/7332450638223073808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1183099320000#c7332450638223073808' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8083198534101024009</id><published>2007-06-28T11:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-28T11:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ernesto:  I agree with what you&#39;re saying here, wo...</title><summary type='text'>Ernesto:  I agree with what you&#39;re saying here, word for word.  To clarify:  What I meant was, I was responding to the comments of others in the squawkbox, not necessarily to Ron&#39;s piece.  Any sensitive reader deplores the preoccupation with personality and appearance and hype.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My posts were meant both to distinguish between the literal fact of an author&#39;s physical identity and the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/8083198534101024009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/8083198534101024009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1183045500000#c8083198534101024009' 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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6673945746290425321</id><published>2007-06-28T09:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-28T09:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You really can&#39;t see it, do you? What I find depre...</title><summary type='text'>You really can&#39;t see it, do you? What I find depressing is that you and others should respond to &quot;the subject&quot;. &quot;The subject&quot; was the reading, not a female poet&#39;s boobs, body, skin, author&#39;s photograph.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Of course that can be discussed, but the funny thing is that it is seldom done when it is a male poet. Male poets are judged by their poems; female poets by their author&#39;s pic. That </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/6673945746290425321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/6673945746290425321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1183036920000#c6673945746290425321' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03953877785664466289</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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1208458607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2110582883196653092</id><published>2007-06-26T20:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T20:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I just responded to the subject.  I didn&#39;t raise t...</title><summary type='text'>I just responded to the subject.  I didn&#39;t raise the issue.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You can be depressed about your body.  But it still exists.  At the gym you still have to go into the shower stalls with the others.  Is there any escape?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/2110582883196653092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/2110582883196653092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182903360000#c2110582883196653092' 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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7010798260076215691</id><published>2007-06-25T13:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-25T13:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Virginia Woolf is still so avant-garde, it seems. ...</title><summary type='text'>Virginia Woolf is still so avant-garde, it seems. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s so depressing. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why can&#39;t you people discuss the post, what Ron says about the reading, and not the photograph (especially from those points of view)?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s so depressing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/7010798260076215691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/7010798260076215691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182793800000#c7010798260076215691' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03953877785664466289</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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1208458607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 25, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2214865964272198230</id><published>2007-06-24T20:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-24T20:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What is up with that photo? Can you say Carolyn Fo...</title><summary type='text'>What is up with that photo? Can you say Carolyn Forche syndrome?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/2214865964272198230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/2214865964272198230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182730560000#c2214865964272198230' title=''/><author><name>Mom</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15931457867406555423</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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-547270347"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4016593896129876945</id><published>2007-06-24T10:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-24T10:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As a straight person, I don&#39;t find Ms. Smith&#39;s pho...</title><summary type='text'>As a straight person, I don&#39;t find Ms. Smith&#39;s photograph any more, or less, enticing than most reasonably healthy young women.  She doesn&#39;t look unusual.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You can treat the way a person looks in different ways, depending on how you regard genetics and the choice of roles and manners people elect to &quot;be&quot;.  Aesthetically, it&#39;s sometimes hard to fit into what you&#39;ve been given.  I suspect</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/4016593896129876945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/4016593896129876945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182694200000#c4016593896129876945' 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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3468484860840625247</id><published>2007-06-24T06:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-24T06:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I suggest that next time that Ron posts the photog...</title><summary type='text'>I suggest that next time that Ron posts the photograph of a male poet, we also discuss how much his corduroy blazer sheds light or not on his poetry, what percentage of skin-male boobs the photo conveys, how elbow patches can take away from poetry and wether the poet in question is beautiful or not.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(I don&#39;t think there&#39;s anything &lt;I&gt;wrong&lt;/I&gt; about calling a female poet beautiful; on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/3468484860840625247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/3468484860840625247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182679260000#c3468484860840625247' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03953877785664466289</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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1208458607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7115985140406055700</id><published>2007-06-23T22:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T22:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think when you&#39;re 22 you feel kind of raw.  That...</title><summary type='text'>I think when you&#39;re 22 you feel kind of raw.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That rawness, impulsiveness, resentment at being differently yourself when everyone else seems to be so naturally THEMselves, is part of what makes young writers interesting.  It&#39;s a point of origination.  What&#39;s inside of you may be violent, or distorted, or eccentric.  Is that part of you of any use?  How can you validate your own </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/7115985140406055700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/7115985140406055700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182651840000#c7115985140406055700' 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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 23, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-930113795334553407</id><published>2007-06-23T19:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T19:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Men should wear burkhas in sympathy with the women...</title><summary type='text'>Men should wear burkhas in sympathy with the women of Afghanistan under the Taliban.  Probably hard to read your poetry out of the narrow eyeslits, but then again, that would be more reason to actually memorize the poetry.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Corso knew all his poetry by heart.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think few other American poets do know it by heart.  But if you had to wear a burkha at your reading, you&#39;d learn it, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/930113795334553407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/930113795334553407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182640200000#c930113795334553407' 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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 23, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3028905285095796553</id><published>2007-06-23T18:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T18:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>let me rephrase- not so much poetic pretension, bu...</title><summary type='text'>let me rephrase- not so much poetic pretension, but poetic nicety. which in this era of herdish apathy/further layers-wrapping in poetic/plastic bubbles - as we continue to pay for and sanction murder. Look, this isn&#39;t an attack on the person/but the tendency, which is all to prevalent among 20/30/40/?/ somethuns.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/3028905285095796553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/3028905285095796553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182637740000#c3028905285095796553' title=''/><author><name>olgastamata</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04903202618195858141</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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1991341245"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 23, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8455119914824999963</id><published>2007-06-23T12:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T12:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hearing Ketjak read out loud last month was the mo...</title><summary type='text'>Hearing Ketjak read out loud last month was the most influential reading I’ve attended because of how the spoken rhythm was harmonized with the other elements of the work.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Congrats on all this Jessica!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/8455119914824999963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/8455119914824999963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182617220000#c8455119914824999963' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 23, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-124858421949834490</id><published>2007-06-22T23:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T23:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>yawn, more of the same about boring peotry reading...</title><summary type='text'>yawn, more of the same about boring peotry readings. Could you give me something to get excited about. How about a blind reading or a &quot;I&#39;m missing&quot; reading or an underreading/overreading, or a reading for the stoopid which I will attend.&lt;BR/&gt;J. Smith&#39;s picture much more interesting than her comments-I love strong women-Kathy was a badaass&lt;BR/&gt;so was Johanna Went or Suzanne Lacy, Nancy Buchanan, D</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/124858421949834490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/124858421949834490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182570180000#c124858421949834490' title=''/><author><name>olgastamata</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04903202618195858141</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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1991341245"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8376701245199583846</id><published>2007-06-22T17:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T17:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If Christopher Berg is done using it, I&#39;d like to ...</title><summary type='text'>If Christopher Berg is done using it, I&#39;d like to take the name Clay Fear.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/8376701245199583846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/8376701245199583846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182546960000#c8376701245199583846' 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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1291817752"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4601464006502173874</id><published>2007-06-22T14:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T14:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>LOL, I did respond without thinking and while bein...</title><summary type='text'>LOL, I did respond without thinking and while being honked at by my ride- I like boobs, she is beautiful, and it sheds no light on her poetry at all- I know the reading was wonderful, too- I wish Virginia weren&#39;t so far away-&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In fact, I&#39;ll be reading at the Cornelia St cafe in January during the AWP, I&#39;ll bring my boobs along (though they&#39;re older and lower).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I sincerely </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/4601464006502173874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/4601464006502173874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182536460000#c4601464006502173874' title=''/><author><name>shann</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139</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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1505930166"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5114662373138221217</id><published>2007-06-22T13:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T13:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ll be upfront and say that I don&#39;t get/grok/know...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ll be upfront and say that I don&#39;t get/grok/know how to read OFC (as a reader, I move like a Turing machine, and I just project down [unravel] the 2-dimensional nature of OFC -- OFC work is the kind I find easiest to reject as an editor.) &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I will say that the whole trajectory of OFC &lt;I&gt;is&lt;/I&gt; really about the legitimate kind of ambition that the poetry world could use more of.&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/5114662373138221217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/5114662373138221217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182534360000#c5114662373138221217' 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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900306766"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5519945605444561168</id><published>2007-06-22T12:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T12:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How a sundress could take away from poetry is a my...</title><summary type='text'>How a sundress could take away from poetry is a mystery to me. (Shann, I&#39;m surprised at your choice of words. And the sentiment.) I&#39;m kicking myself for not attending this reading!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/5519945605444561168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/5519945605444561168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182530820000#c5519945605444561168' title=''/><author><name>Ana Bozicevic-Bowling</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15963114592979735390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-12/900879/Lightbulbsbeastpoets056.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2134955290"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2698955625372917223</id><published>2007-06-22T12:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T12:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the benefit of the doubt, Tony.  Unfort...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for the benefit of the doubt, Tony.  Unfortunately I am not yet 1/2 as interesting a reader as Sandra Miller.  I am still uncomfortable with silence, unsure of how willing I am to piss off the audience.  This will require some more experimentation.  I should talk to Sandra about it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/2698955625372917223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/2698955625372917223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182530220000#c2698955625372917223' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/464838210_bb770cb045_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5600108744042184009</id><published>2007-06-22T11:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T11:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron&#39;s report definitely makes me want to catch a l...</title><summary type='text'>Ron&#39;s report definitely makes me want to catch a live Jessica Smith reading; I can imagine the space/zone was pretty charged by such a self-aware dramatization and refusal of poetic norms, dramatized by the breaching of often under-questioned or manipulated notions of poet-etiquette (each reader belongs in his or her own slot, the audience should be immediately charmed by you, etc).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/5600108744042184009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/5600108744042184009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182527580000#c5600108744042184009' title=''/><author><name>Tony Tost</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15765857872778493229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos-150.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v63/8/119/663805611/n663805611_49150_9456.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599768463"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1176586581674642206</id><published>2007-06-22T11:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T11:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shann,Your comment confuses body type with other i...</title><summary type='text'>Shann,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your comment confuses body type with other issues, I think (Scarlett Johannsen has said some fairly intelligent things about this &amp; the fact that she will never look like Kate Moss). This is a photo that Jessica uses in a number of promo pieces and is the actual dress she wore at the reading, which is why I used it here. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/1176586581674642206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/1176586581674642206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182527160000#c1176586581674642206' 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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4917709957852555225</id><published>2007-06-22T11:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T11:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>To be precise, what &quot;predominate[s]&quot; in the photo ...</title><summary type='text'>To be precise, what &quot;predominate[s]&quot; in the photo as a quantative matter is not Smith&#39;s &quot;boobs&quot; nor her head but her skin. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Qualitatively, the predominant feature is Smith&#39;s look -- the &quot;I&#39;m looking through you and I&#39;m not entirely pleased&quot; gaze -- in and from Smith&#39;s eyes.  It&#39;s striking and fits neatly with Ron&#39;s comments about power and audience cowering.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron&#39;s report on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/4917709957852555225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/4917709957852555225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182526740000#c4917709957852555225' 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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5976203626793097297</id><published>2007-06-22T10:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T10:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Nonsense. Her head is much bigger than either of h...</title><summary type='text'>Nonsense. Her head is much bigger than either of her boobs.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/5976203626793097297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3937242574930642017/comments/default/5976203626793097297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html?showComment=1182524100000#c5976203626793097297' title=''/><author><name>Halvard Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01464580122014170701</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/2007/06/first-time-i-ever-read-excerpt-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3937242574930642017' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3937242574930642017' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1589256002"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2007"/></entry></feed>