<?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.post8053875608012794364..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/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.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>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3824522305785596481</id><published>2007-04-09T19:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-09T19:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. Hirsch looks as if he&#39;s about to jump somebody...</title><summary type='text'>Mr. Hirsch looks as if he&#39;s about to jump somebody.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default/3824522305785596481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default/3824522305785596481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.html?showComment=1176160980000#c3824522305785596481' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8053875608012794364' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8053875608012794364' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 09, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5560067473155640304</id><published>2007-04-09T10:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-09T10:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>JMT:  Nicely summarized, though I disagree with yo...</title><summary type='text'>JMT:  Nicely summarized, though I disagree with you totally.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I believe that public money in the arts is a very bad thing--a phenomenon which is based on the premise that art can be democratically judged and rewarded, and also that doing so is for the public good--neither of which are true to my mind.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But the problem with large foundations is that they either begin as </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default/5560067473155640304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default/5560067473155640304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.html?showComment=1176130680000#c5560067473155640304' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8053875608012794364' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8053875608012794364' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 09, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7675050679733738207</id><published>2007-04-09T03:38:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-09T03:38:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Isn&#39;t the G. Award a competition?  Does it specify...</title><summary type='text'>Isn&#39;t the G. Award a competition?  Does it specify that it is geared toward experimental works?  I don&#39;t think so.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Maybe the awards tilt more toward what they see as legitimate poetry and that they haven&#39;t yet caught up to the Post Avant, which hasn&#39;t in their view, proven its legitamacy.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And isn&#39;t this whining more about the poet&#39;s, who whine, sense of entitilment, that they </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default/7675050679733738207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default/7675050679733738207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.html?showComment=1176104280001#c7675050679733738207' title=''/><author><name>jmt-jmt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02862037528814849045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8053875608012794364' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8053875608012794364' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1035583519"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 09, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8642132778491218737</id><published>2007-04-09T03:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-09T03:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mmm, Fenton Johnson the poet and Fenton Johnson th...</title><summary type='text'>Mmm, Fenton Johnson the poet and Fenton Johnson the guy who just got the fellowship are two different people.  The first was a black Chicago poet publishing circa (&amp; in the style of) Paul Laurence Dunbar, the second is a University of Arizona professor &amp; has thus far stuck to fiction &amp; nonfiction.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But yeah, the list doesn&#39;t look promising.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default/8642132778491218737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default/8642132778491218737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.html?showComment=1176104280000#c8642132778491218737' title=''/><author><name>Donald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13682300926934742351</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8053875608012794364' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8053875608012794364' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2447379"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 09, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6014836768048726681</id><published>2007-04-08T13:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-08T13:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Joyce Carol Oates is on the Guggenheim board</title><summary type='text'>Joyce Carol Oates is on the Guggenheim board</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default/6014836768048726681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default/6014836768048726681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.html?showComment=1176054900000#c6014836768048726681' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8053875608012794364' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8053875608012794364' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4784344538135821295</id><published>2007-04-08T13:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-08T13:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Post-avants need not apply?Hmm.With Hirsch at the ...</title><summary type='text'>Post-avants need not apply?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hmm.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;With Hirsch at the tiller, it&#39;s hard to imagine the organization having other than a sharply reactionary position with respect to literary politics.  Pretty scary.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I always have the same misgivings about so-called &quot;liberal&quot; conservatives in Congress.  They knit their brows, and ask &quot;difficult questions&quot; but in the end they vote the party</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default/4784344538135821295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8053875608012794364/comments/default/4784344538135821295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.html?showComment=1176052920000#c4784344538135821295' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/04/guggenheim-foundation-president-edward.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8053875608012794364' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8053875608012794364' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 08, 2007"/></entry></feed>