<?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.post6188762922855074626..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/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.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>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-781781039509108804</id><published>2007-12-04T15:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-04T15:32:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy:Hear! Hear!</title><summary type='text'>Andy:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hear! Hear!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/781781039509108804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/781781039509108804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196800320000#c781781039509108804' 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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-149562558321168677</id><published>2007-12-04T12:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-04T12:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis,&quot;we could make the same argument with more ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;we could make the same argument with more force by simply saying why not just give everyone $1000 a year, as the State of Alaska has done (for its citizens) with its oil revenues&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes! But $1000 is too little! We could feed &amp; house the whole country on the war budget, if you count the money paid to the Blackwaters and Halliburtons--great wasters if ever there were such.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/149562558321168677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/149562558321168677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196789220000#c149562558321168677' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.princemyshkins.com/images/Detritus.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3512994327621627135</id><published>2007-12-04T10:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-04T10:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Being confused is different than being informed, S...</title><summary type='text'>Being confused is different than being informed, Steven.  If the Pew is private, then it&#39;s out of my argument.  Thanks for reminding me of my error. But it doesn&#39;t change my argument one iota.  (Apologies to Linh.)      &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;NEA grants should be terminated forthwith.  Along with Dana Gioia&#39;s GI writing classes.  It&#39;s all bad.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/3512994327621627135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/3512994327621627135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196782140000#c3512994327621627135' 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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8755762648695009820</id><published>2007-12-03T23:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T23:47:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, you are confused, almost as confused as Ke...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, you are confused, almost as confused as Keckler who missed by a margin of five.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Pew, which funded Dinh and Silliman etc., is a private trust disbursement, not a governmental grant.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/8755762648695009820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/8755762648695009820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196743620000#c8755762648695009820' 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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-880517128910590951</id><published>2007-12-03T22:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T22:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>move ment was into caveStone Girl E-picfire invent...</title><summary type='text'>move ment was into cave&lt;BR/&gt;Stone Girl E-pic&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;fire invented/discovered used&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;stay up late  secure in cave warm fire shadows on wall bat-shit-ink writing on wall create a (written) language&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;YES  leisure nothing to say and saying it..entirely&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I am yet pissed re: that stupid f-g review of the Whalen Collected..  Old Bonze.. where-from&lt;BR/&gt;I get my  Bare Bones Bonze.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/880517128910590951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/880517128910590951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196738220000#c880517128910590951' title=''/><author><name>Ed</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7891416577829007185</id><published>2007-12-03T19:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T19:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy:Supporting libraries isn&#39;t supporting a speci...</title><summary type='text'>Andy:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Supporting libraries isn&#39;t supporting a specific artist or writer or publisher etc.  Libraries are democratic and eclectic.  The arguments are about what to include, and usually end up being a-political disputes about obscenity, etc.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Public arts funding isn&#39;t democratic, because the choices reflect personal or majority &quot;taste.&quot;  Taste can&#39;t be quantified and measured on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/7891416577829007185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/7891416577829007185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196727900000#c7891416577829007185' 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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1217944674159165403</id><published>2007-12-03T16:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T16:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>coff  coff   coffno need to bleed the tubeseveryth...</title><summary type='text'>coff  coff   coff&lt;BR/&gt;no need to bleed the tubes&lt;BR/&gt;everything is draining&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;that kenny g piece &lt;BR/&gt;is about as priceless &lt;BR/&gt;as&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;ve read of late&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the wiser the sedition&lt;BR/&gt;the more appealing&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;dangling&lt;BR/&gt;linked in the web&lt;BR/&gt;whose threads&lt;BR/&gt;are making me &lt;BR/&gt;sea sick&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;black days in the thought trade&lt;BR/&gt;even the thoughtless are a little afraid&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/1217944674159165403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/1217944674159165403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196716740000#c1217944674159165403' 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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5452748545140403723</id><published>2007-12-03T15:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T15:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Neither is astronomy democratic, but please don&#39;t ...</title><summary type='text'>Neither is astronomy democratic, but please don&#39;t fire me!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/5452748545140403723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/5452748545140403723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196712240000#c5452748545140403723' 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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900306766"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-332365125156595939</id><published>2007-12-03T14:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T14:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Really rather depressing to see my town&#39;s paper, t...</title><summary type='text'>Really rather depressing to see my town&#39;s paper, the Chronicle, consistently at the forefront of these sorts of confused, indifferent-to-dismissive reviews of major poetry collections (Ashbery, Whalen).  There&#39;s an underlying question here as to what the reviewer&#39;s job is in these sorts of cases.  Obviously the Chronicle sees themselves as telling the &quot;general reader&quot; what is dreck and what is of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/332365125156595939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/332365125156595939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196708820000#c332365125156595939' title=''/><author><name>Brent Cunningham</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15120606584372602345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.spdbooks.org/photo2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1935263046"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-530000247148132224</id><published>2007-12-03T13:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T13:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis,It depends--and this is a choice that goes ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It depends--and this is a choice that goes right back to the first debates over the political structure of the prospective U.S.--whether you think of democracy as a matter of strict quantitative majority or as including support for, and preservation of, a wide variety of minority interests that would otherwise be engulfed by the mass they, in fact, do a good deal to constitute.&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/530000247148132224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/530000247148132224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196707740000#c530000247148132224' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.princemyshkins.com/images/Detritus.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4333962210112733081</id><published>2007-12-03T11:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T11:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you Curtis!!!!!especially on ALL the &quot;takes&quot;...</title><summary type='text'>Thank you Curtis!!!!!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;especially on ALL the &quot;takes&quot; on this...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;interbloguality&quot;...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;jeeze... $$$$$-for-microsopht ?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/4333962210112733081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/4333962210112733081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196699880000#c4333962210112733081' title=''/><author><name>Ed</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4246060353995066983</id><published>2007-12-03T10:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T10:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Whalen review in the SF Chronicle is rubbish.I...</title><summary type='text'>The Whalen review in the SF Chronicle is rubbish.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I was very dissapointed in the Wesleyan format and presentation.  I question the framing of the text with the cheap glossy binding and dustwrapper, the privileging of Scalapino&#39;s &quot;review&quot; of Whalen shoved up in front (why her?).  The text paper is practically onion-skin.  On the other hand, it&#39;ll be remaindered within six months, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/4246060353995066983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/4246060353995066983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196695800000#c4246060353995066983' 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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8633875012725928224</id><published>2007-12-03T04:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T04:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hear, hear, Linh! Better bad art than good cluster...</title><summary type='text'>Hear, hear, Linh! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Better bad art than good cluster bombs.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/8633875012725928224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/8633875012725928224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196672760000#c8633875012725928224' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.princemyshkins.com/images/Detritus.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3002161280373532658</id><published>2007-12-02T20:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T20:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>On &quot;that special old book smell&quot;I think we can all...</title><summary type='text'>On &quot;that special old book smell&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think we can all admit to its subtle aphrodisiac effect. How that happens while in old bookstores (especially those in Europe)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In the Library scent: &quot;Russian &amp; Moroccan leather bindings, worn cloth &amp; a hint of wood polish&quot;  ---I can imagine nothing more perfect for the neck of a rare lover (made even more so by dawn)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/3002161280373532658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/3002161280373532658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196645100000#c3002161280373532658' title=''/><author><name>barnes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18048458442561567603</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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1344149813"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7442031938112021305</id><published>2007-12-02T18:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T18:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yo Ron,Here&#39;s my two pence on $:An artist cannot w...</title><summary type='text'>Yo Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Here&#39;s my two pence on $:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;An artist cannot waste money simply because money cannot be wasted on an artist. He should be showered with money, as much money as possible, even blood money. Even if an artist turned out to be a flop, which is 99.99% of us, he had at least provoked and/or annoyed other artists. Bad art highlights, defines good art. Even the most deluded, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/7442031938112021305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/7442031938112021305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196638860000#c7442031938112021305' title=''/><author><name>Linh Dinh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810</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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1957330200"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5564215008845577311</id><published>2007-12-02T17:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T17:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Steven,I&#39;ve looked at sites that use that &quot;block a...</title><summary type='text'>Steven,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ve looked at sites that use that &quot;block approach&quot; and don&#39;t like any of them. In terms of readability, white space is a good thing, not a bad thing.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Linh,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Those of us who have received Pew Fellowships (moi aussi) should tell the Pew folks to send the &quot;rest of&quot; that $250K right now. I could use it,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/5564215008845577311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/5564215008845577311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196635680000#c5564215008845577311' 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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7202821942275541278</id><published>2007-12-02T16:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T16:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ron,Reviewing Best American Poetry2004, William...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Reviewing Best American Poetry&lt;BR/&gt;2004, William Keckler wrote about me, &quot;Every time I see this poet, I keep saying &#39;Please show us you deserved that $250,000 Pew Fellowship you got so early in your career.&#39;&quot; For the record, a Pew Fellowship is $50,000, payable over two years, not $250,000. The same year I got it, another poet my same age, Lisa Coffman, also won, and I can think </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/7202821942275541278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/7202821942275541278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196631180000#c7202821942275541278' title=''/><author><name>Linh Dinh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810</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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1957330200"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3202004256837943506</id><published>2007-12-02T16:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T16:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&#39;somebodyclicked a linkon this blogvery 33 seconds...</title><summary type='text'>&#39;somebody&lt;BR/&gt;clicked a link&lt;BR/&gt;on this blog&lt;BR/&gt;very 33 seconds&lt;BR/&gt;in the month of &lt;BR/&gt;November&#39;.. (you keep track?)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;      I WONDER WHO ?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/3202004256837943506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/3202004256837943506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196629920000#c3202004256837943506' title=''/><author><name>Ed</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8262312892082796868</id><published>2007-12-02T15:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T15:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Phil Levine 80!   Jeeze!!and that Collected Phil W...</title><summary type='text'>Phil Levine 80!   Jeeze!!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and that Collected Phil Whalen review that you link to    NONSENSE...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;one of my &quot;treasures&quot;.. that a copy of&lt;BR/&gt;Shrike  got to him before he &#39;passed&#39;  though he was blind ... etc</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/8262312892082796868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/8262312892082796868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196627100000#c8262312892082796868' title=''/><author><name>Ed</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4866251333770770952</id><published>2007-12-02T12:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T12:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It took about eight moves of the mouse to get to t...</title><summary type='text'>It took about eight moves of the mouse to get to the bottom of this potpourri of links - maybe just once, as an experiment, you can lay out  links in one continuous block of text - Molly Bloom soliloquy style - you could continue to use the section mark sign as the divider - the vertical arrangement - with all the white space - with its requirement of repeated scrolling down the page - may not be</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/4866251333770770952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6188762922855074626/comments/default/4866251333770770952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html?showComment=1196615100000#c4866251333770770952' 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/2007/12/poetry-depression-ken-rumble-talking-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188762922855074626' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6188762922855074626' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 02, 2007"/></entry></feed>