<?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.post720185499182234277..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/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.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>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8274794193916189151</id><published>2008-04-09T06:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-09T06:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In 2108 there should be seperate bicentennials for...</title><summary type='text'>In 2108 there should be seperate bicentennials for early and late Oppen.  Folks see themselves in their own Oppen and the ghosts impede each others’ digestion.  I even liked the Oppen that didn’t write for a while and eluded the biographers, the silence framed by Discrete Series.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When I was an undergrad I wanted to do a paper on Oppen and I was talked out of it by my prof/advisor (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/8274794193916189151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/8274794193916189151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html?showComment=1207736160000#c8274794193916189151' 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/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-720185499182234277' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/720185499182234277' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2927966795841307536</id><published>2008-04-08T11:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T11:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks Kirk!Cousin, It&#39;s Sweet Onionsobscured by t...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks Kirk!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Cousin, It&#39;s Sweet Onions&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;obscured by their long hair they seem to be mourning&lt;BR/&gt;Cousin It, and his 33 red and blonde haired concubines &lt;BR/&gt;and one tumbleweed oracular albino afro...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They are not flower children anymore, but&lt;BR/&gt;soldiers of a barnacle grace, heavy pheasants&lt;BR/&gt;of the bright new ADAM&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;12 hours into the sit down&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/2927966795841307536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/2927966795841307536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html?showComment=1207670040000#c2927966795841307536' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_hLJ2N7ZOgD8/R6EJKLnXPdI/AAAAAAAAAS4/2kJ0hAZuqOs/S220/Ozilanniman.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-720185499182234277' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/720185499182234277' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2245642150200306768</id><published>2008-04-08T02:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T02:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, I still have a copy of that Cleveland reprint...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, I still have a copy of that Cleveland reprint Discrete Series. And remember quite well those years when scrounging for Oppen&#39;s every word almost felt like a vocation. And that heart-twist of something like filial acknowledgment, not so long after Altamont, from &quot;obscured by their long hair they seem to be mourning&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I know non-attachment is a virtue, but... &quot;One moves between </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/2245642150200306768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/2245642150200306768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html?showComment=1207635660000#c2245642150200306768' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12714098498354846094</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/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-720185499182234277' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/720185499182234277' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-458221395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6258358033412468341</id><published>2008-04-07T21:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-07T21:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>thanquesfour the innsighthear herei am readingpond...</title><summary type='text'>thanques&lt;BR/&gt;four the inn&lt;BR/&gt;sight&lt;BR/&gt;hear here&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i am reading&lt;BR/&gt;pondering&lt;BR/&gt;the words&lt;BR/&gt;the poems&lt;BR/&gt;the man&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;spring is poised&lt;BR/&gt;to&lt;BR/&gt;gush</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/6258358033412468341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/6258358033412468341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html?showComment=1207618380000#c6258358033412468341' title=''/><author><name>jh</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/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-720185499182234277' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/720185499182234277' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 07, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6218518545100212068</id><published>2008-04-07T20:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-07T20:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>hey Ron0oh!considering the Olden Daze  try  Keouac...</title><summary type='text'>hey Ron0oh!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;considering the Olden Daze  try  Keouac&#39;s   TRISTESSA  long about 1956  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;wasn&#39;t San Miguel  where Neal was killed... but close</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/6218518545100212068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/6218518545100212068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html?showComment=1207614960000#c6218518545100212068' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</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='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-720185499182234277' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/720185499182234277' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 07, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7421860610289418938</id><published>2008-04-07T14:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-07T14:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Open Gorge, Hope Enchaosm&#39;dAn end of povertyand a ...</title><summary type='text'>Open Gorge, Hope Enchaosm&#39;d&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;An end of poverty&lt;BR/&gt;and a banquet of the poor&lt;BR/&gt;not forced&lt;BR/&gt;by any rich rewards to feel&lt;BR/&gt;the way the poor do&lt;BR/&gt;in the midst of such richesse&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&#39;snake plate&#39;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;or if nodding to the urban glottal&lt;BR/&gt;take a gander at old Piebald Palissy&lt;BR/&gt;broken out in a tedium of containers&lt;BR/&gt;some rude mannered and loveless&lt;BR/&gt;arc to tell its</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/7421860610289418938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/7421860610289418938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html?showComment=1207591740000#c7421860610289418938' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_hLJ2N7ZOgD8/R6EJKLnXPdI/AAAAAAAAAS4/2kJ0hAZuqOs/S220/Ozilanniman.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-720185499182234277' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/720185499182234277' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 07, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1830839259941432433</id><published>2008-04-07T07:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-07T07:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ain&#39;t it phuntoremember these    inseedents?first ...</title><summary type='text'>ain&#39;t it phun&lt;BR/&gt;to&lt;BR/&gt;remember these &lt;BR/&gt;   inseedents?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;first time I met Robert Duncan I had now clue who he was.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;first time I met Larry Ferlinghetti he was washing the front window of his book store...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I should-a saved the rag that he was using..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;your stories a &quot;thing of therir own&quot;  w out the analysis of the poetry...  there are too many grad-student </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/1830839259941432433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/720185499182234277/comments/default/1830839259941432433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html?showComment=1207567740000#c1830839259941432433' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</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='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-was-somewhere-in-vicinity-of-20-to-22.html' 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