<?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.post813868281255450370..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/3738579/813868281255450370/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/gloria-helfgott-one-of-first-great.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>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1369204890938597629</id><published>2007-07-04T11:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-04T11:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m worried that a lot of our colleges will be goi...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m worried that a lot of our colleges will be going out of business.  The incredible shrieking dumbness of so many departments now -- the idea that agit-prop is literature -- is hardly worth anyone&#39;s paying for.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Very few professors even honor the notion of disinterestedness and allow freedom of speech among students.  It&#39;s like a gulag archipelago from sea to shining sea where freedom </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/813868281255450370/comments/default/1369204890938597629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/813868281255450370/comments/default/1369204890938597629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/gloria-helfgott-one-of-first-great.html?showComment=1183561320000#c1369204890938597629' 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/2007/07/gloria-helfgott-one-of-first-great.html' 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href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/gloria-helfgott-one-of-first-great.html?showComment=1183546680000#c7419460466392921735' title=''/><author><name>Suzanne</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16623018763486643999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.artrepublic.com/assets/product_images/posters/medium/OP00527.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/gloria-helfgott-one-of-first-great.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-813868281255450370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/813868281255450370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-615769146"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-142761406569695134</id><published>2007-07-03T18:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-03T18:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>thanks for the ornette coleman linkalways interest...</title><summary type='text'>thanks for the ornette coleman link&lt;BR/&gt;always interested in what that cat is saying&lt;BR/&gt;with his horn &lt;BR/&gt;or otherwise wisdom&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;his thoughts remind me of an experience of late&lt;BR/&gt;while playing music&lt;BR/&gt;there is an obvious&lt;BR/&gt;and very conscious formulation&lt;BR/&gt;of daring possibility at work&lt;BR/&gt;and i am thinking that it&lt;BR/&gt;undermines&lt;BR/&gt;all the post-positivist notions&lt;BR/&gt;of cognition</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/813868281255450370/comments/default/142761406569695134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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value="July 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7949326828384100332</id><published>2007-07-03T16:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-03T16:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>OMG that collective book review has got to be the ...</title><summary type='text'>OMG that collective book review has got to be the most pretentious thing I&#39;ve read in ages. At best, it&#39;s a collection of banal promotional blurbs, not meant to be taken seriously -- poets certaintly are good at them these days, plenty of practice! At worst, well -- my God -- have you seen Michael Palmer&#39;s end poem?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Choice quotes: &quot;How may a poet’s necessary delight protract itself and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/813868281255450370/comments/default/7949326828384100332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/813868281255450370/comments/default/7949326828384100332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/07/gloria-helfgott-one-of-first-great.html?showComment=1183494480000#c7949326828384100332' 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/2007/07/gloria-helfgott-one-of-first-great.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-813868281255450370' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/813868281255450370' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900306766"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 03, 2007"/></entry></feed>