<?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.post5651913053866774315..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/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.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>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2961458758610024218</id><published>2009-03-25T16:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T16:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If you look at the comments stream--as I did befor...</title><summary type='text'>If you look at the comments stream--as I did before posting my comment--there are a lot of posts like &quot;Crooks taken by another crook.&quot; I probably let those influence my characterization of the article too much. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I do have quibbles with the article, but I don&#39;t really want to get into a close reading of a WSJ article.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You&#39;re right that it is not overtly unfair per se.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/2961458758610024218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/2961458758610024218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html?showComment=1238011920000#c2961458758610024218' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</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/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5651913053866774315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5651913053866774315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 25, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5354251248678483442</id><published>2009-03-25T13:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T13:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Patrick, I shouldn&#39;t have written &quot;don&#39;t get out m...</title><summary type='text'>Patrick, I shouldn&#39;t have written &quot;don&#39;t get out much&quot; or &quot;thin-skinned.&quot;  Sorry about that. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I just don&#39;t get what&#39;s mocking. What the heck is derisive about the article?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Arakawa and Gins gotta own their crackpottiness.  By which I mean: if people call them on it, as people quoted in the article do, then neither they or those who enjoy their work can really think it mocking.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/5354251248678483442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/5354251248678483442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html?showComment=1238003220000#c5354251248678483442' 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/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5651913053866774315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5651913053866774315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 25, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4251000630223982962</id><published>2009-03-25T09:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T09:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I do think it&#39;s &quot;mocking.&quot; If that makes me thin-s...</title><summary type='text'>I do think it&#39;s &quot;mocking.&quot; If that makes me thin-skinned or clueless, so be it (although I don&#39;t buy that as a logical argument). If you don&#39;t think it&#39;s &quot;mocking&quot; I would say you&#39;re either a bad reader or you don&#39;t know what the definition of mocking is. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As I look at my dictionary, I see that &quot;derisive&quot; would have been le mot juste. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And you&#39;re welcome.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/4251000630223982962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/4251000630223982962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html?showComment=1237988460000#c4251000630223982962' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</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/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5651913053866774315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5651913053866774315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 25, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-614911532673672081</id><published>2009-03-24T19:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T19:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Patrick, Thanks for the link to the WSJ artic...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Patrick, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for the link to the WSJ article on Arakawa/Gins/Madoff.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;However, and with respect, if you think the article is mocking you either don&#39;t get around much or you&#39;re thin-skined.  The WSJ report plays it pretty dang straight.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I hope to heck you don&#39;t think the WSJ was unfair re Arakawa/Gins&#39;  beliefs about transhumanism.   Sure, the idea of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/614911532673672081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/614911532673672081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html?showComment=1237938360000#c614911532673672081' 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/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5651913053866774315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5651913053866774315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 24, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5579847802761854849</id><published>2009-03-24T16:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T16:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I am wondering if you are going to mention Wells T...</title><summary type='text'>I am wondering if you are going to mention Wells Tower &amp;amp; EVERYTHING RAVAGED, EVERYTHING BURNED soon. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It may not be poetry, but that is merely a technicality.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You can tell that just by the excerpts in today&amp;#39;s NYT.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I mean, it really is. It&amp;#39;s poetry. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Crispy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/5579847802761854849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/5579847802761854849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html?showComment=1237926660000#c5579847802761854849' title=''/><author><name>Tortilla ex Machina</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11240795400994592569</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HakneZ76Pf4/SXat8k7CPrI/AAAAAAAABCg/KoiLztV8_Ro/S220/ricky-maine.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5651913053866774315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5651913053866774315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599458885"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 24, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9191058539157467281</id><published>2009-03-24T13:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T13:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>May I also suggest a link? A mocking article in to...</title><summary type='text'>May I also suggest a link? &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123785033607519075.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;A mocking article in today&#39;s WSJ&lt;/A&gt; about Arakawa&#39;s and poet Madeline Gins&#39; losing their fortune with Madoff and the jeopardy that has posed to their (illegitimate, according to the WSJ) artistic project.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/9191058539157467281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/9191058539157467281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html?showComment=1237917480000#c9191058539157467281' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</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/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5651913053866774315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5651913053866774315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 24, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4982494440971844760</id><published>2009-03-24T09:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T09:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That....Literary Publishing certification program....</title><summary type='text'>That....Literary Publishing certification program....cracks me up. Give me the 2grand and you will be up and publishing in two minutes.&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;You know what a piece of paper gets you when you are out of toilet paper?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/4982494440971844760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/4982494440971844760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html?showComment=1237900980000#c4982494440971844760' title=''/><author><name>Didi Menendez</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08195202743154382432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yyMS6N_gKRg/SbxNNxsjQOI/AAAAAAAABq0/7g4c_rirlsQ/S220/profilephoto.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5651913053866774315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5651913053866774315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1301407041"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 24, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8651470713567935310</id><published>2009-03-24T04:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T04:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve said exactly the same thing as the Nation art...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve said exactly the same thing as the Nation article about the death of American journalism and the consequences, in a recent post to my blog.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But, hey, we&#39;ve got to save paper, right?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Who needs &#39;em, anyway?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We&#39;ve got Rush and Sean.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/8651470713567935310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5651913053866774315/comments/default/8651470713567935310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html?showComment=1237885020000#c8651470713567935310' 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/2009/03/portrait-of-marjorie-perloff-by-emma.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5651913053866774315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5651913053866774315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 24, 2009"/></entry></feed>