<?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.post8143726434430495572..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/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.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>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5775748854180148585</id><published>2008-04-14T23:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T23:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>When I&#39;ve done my editing stints I&#39;m always both a...</title><summary type='text'>When I&#39;ve done my editing stints I&#39;m always both amazed by the crap stuffed in envelopes and, once some sorting&#39;s been done, impressed by the quantity of the good stuff. By good stuff I don&#39;t mean it&#39;s necessarily something that I love but it&#39;s of obvious interest, somebody&#39;s doing work that deserves a second and third look. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And that&#39;s the thing about awards -- you&#39;re representing the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/5775748854180148585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/5775748854180148585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html?showComment=1208231880000#c5775748854180148585' title=''/><author><name>Glenn Ingersoll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995</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-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8143726434430495572' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8143726434430495572' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-38984541"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2015226005453361457</id><published>2008-04-14T22:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T22:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I also love this: it&#39;s the first true contest tran...</title><summary type='text'>I also love this: it&#39;s the first true contest transparency in years (ever?).  We&#39;re all actually following along as you UNPACK the boxes and filter out potential conflicts.  We read what you&#39;re thinking as you create categories and worry about the absence of books you feel are important.  This is admirable.  Too bad so many other poets are too lazy to do the work entrusted to them.  Thank you!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/2015226005453361457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/2015226005453361457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html?showComment=1208225520000#c2015226005453361457' title=''/><author><name>Alan Bluehole</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00683196759001581768</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-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8143726434430495572' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8143726434430495572' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1113704186"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6571191827848376176</id><published>2008-04-14T20:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T20:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think the third group will be larger than the fo...</title><summary type='text'>I think the third group will be larger than the fourth. Largest to smallest I say it will come out 3, 2, 1, 4.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/6571191827848376176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/6571191827848376176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html?showComment=1208218140000#c6571191827848376176' title=''/><author><name>Buck</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04503657076745189153</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-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8143726434430495572' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8143726434430495572' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-293043333"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2591679176978903257</id><published>2008-04-14T16:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T16:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>La de da.</title><summary type='text'>La de da.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/2591679176978903257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/2591679176978903257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html?showComment=1208206560000#c2591679176978903257' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17919492445467135425</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-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8143726434430495572' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8143726434430495572' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4671664130363064521</id><published>2008-04-14T16:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T16:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I cast all of my myriad votes  flat-out for:   Spi...</title><summary type='text'>I cast all of my myriad votes  flat-out for:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;   Spiritual Necessity&lt;BR/&gt; Selected Poems of Frank   Samperi&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;THE (next to and far ahead of me)   most neglected poet of our age... bar none!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/4671664130363064521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/4671664130363064521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html?showComment=1208205600000#c4671664130363064521' 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-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8143726434430495572' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8143726434430495572' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2454008317195957895</id><published>2008-04-14T13:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T13:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>look at that strange echobetween the Kachina&#39;s win...</title><summary type='text'>look at that strange echo&lt;BR/&gt;between the Kachina&#39;s wing&lt;BR/&gt;and that shadow below&lt;BR/&gt;which grows from WCW&#39;s&lt;BR/&gt;elbow:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;all bough&lt;BR/&gt;swings were&lt;BR/&gt;prose not gifted&lt;BR/&gt;dolls&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;sitting in its wings&lt;BR/&gt;elbows lost&lt;BR/&gt;all bow tied&lt;BR/&gt;the distant tiny&lt;BR/&gt;urn upon the hearth&lt;BR/&gt;the sitter at&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;the center&lt;BR/&gt;thin frames&lt;BR/&gt;of water&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;through which &lt;BR/&gt;to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/2454008317195957895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/2454008317195957895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html?showComment=1208195520000#c2454008317195957895' 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-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8143726434430495572' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8143726434430495572' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3730424815738869832</id><published>2008-04-14T09:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T09:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A bird&#39;s eye view, perhaps, but definitely a view ...</title><summary type='text'>A bird&#39;s eye view, perhaps, but definitely a view presented in the time-honored mode of the radio and Saturday-afternoon-at-the-movies serials.  Including a sort-of cliff-hanger at the end of each episode.  Tune in tomorrow and find out what fat lot Ron doesn&#39;t actually know.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Heck Ron, if you&#39;re going to string it out, serial style, I think you should have listed all books received from </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/3730424815738869832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/3730424815738869832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html?showComment=1208181540000#c3730424815738869832' 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/2008/04/i-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8143726434430495572' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8143726434430495572' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6053559794330896448</id><published>2008-04-14T08:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T08:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>the prize!?a crock full of ...why not list all the...</title><summary type='text'>the prize!?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;a crock full of ...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;why not list all the books and let your &quot;every-word-readers&quot; (via your blog) decide..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;OH, the Democratic process  of it all!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Imagine that.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/6053559794330896448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/6053559794330896448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html?showComment=1208176980000#c6053559794330896448' 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-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8143726434430495572' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8143726434430495572' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4588040101974476907</id><published>2008-04-14T07:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T07:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,I love this. Finally, a bird-eyes view into th...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I love this. Finally, a bird-eyes view into this mystery of the thing called &#39;an award.&#39;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/4588040101974476907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8143726434430495572/comments/default/4588040101974476907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html?showComment=1208172900000#c4588040101974476907' title=''/><author><name>Jennifer Bartlett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15931457867406555423</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-emptied-three-cartons-of-books-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8143726434430495572' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8143726434430495572' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-547270347"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 14, 2008"/></entry></feed>