<?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.post8524153071552890318..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/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.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-5364026816282863400</id><published>2009-03-17T17:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T17:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The final E in &quot;Presse&quot; accomplishes a few things:...</title><summary type='text'>The final E in &quot;Presse&quot; accomplishes a few things: it allows us to be ridiculous; it pays homage to Kafka&#39;s K-Presse; and it allows us to be other than just a press, an organization that does nothing but make books. Other how? We&#39;re not sure. But we can, if we feel like it.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In other words, we don&#39;t take it too seriously, so why should anyone else?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And lack of consistency is part</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/5364026816282863400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/5364026816282863400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1237324320000#c5364026816282863400' title=''/><author><name>Gregory L. Ford</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02959039130711343007</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/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-613716389"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 17, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4679810300229661692</id><published>2008-08-22T01:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-22T01:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>While we&#39;re at it, I just want to mention her firs...</title><summary type='text'>While we&#39;re at it, I just want to mention her first book, Bivouac, which is a lot different but also very excellent.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/4679810300229661692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/4679810300229661692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219381800000#c4679810300229661692' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qSTexJoGYnQ/SKc8UMRiyeI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/mInUuxveZbU/S220/Photo+8.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7351068757561523737</id><published>2008-08-21T20:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T20:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The second e in presse is tongue in cheek.Can an u...</title><summary type='text'>The second e in presse is tongue in cheek.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Can an unpronounced letter be tongue in cheek?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anyway, there&#39;s iron-e in it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/7351068757561523737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/7351068757561523737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219363620000#c7351068757561523737' title=''/><author><name>Michael Ford</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17100534708541452528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/207/494796463_3a1a7bf449.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1167504029"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8806355265965104797</id><published>2008-08-21T19:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T19:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I really liked the second one,as I watched Gustave...</title><summary type='text'>I really liked the second one,&lt;BR/&gt;as I watched Gustave de Kervern,&lt;BR/&gt;and Benoît Delépine&#39;s _Avida_ (2006) today, which has some of the most beautiful cinematography of buzzards&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ve ever seen. The title of the piece itself prompted me to see what the OED had to say on the Buzzard which I had thought sounded very demotic and humble as a word, very much echoing the tone of both these poems </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/8806355265965104797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/8806355265965104797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219359960000#c8806355265965104797' 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/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6681727982815731365</id><published>2008-08-21T18:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T18:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Laura has absconded with blue and red things to It...</title><summary type='text'>Laura has absconded with blue and red things to Italy.  (at night the) United States miss her.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/6681727982815731365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/6681727982815731365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219357860000#c6681727982815731365' title=''/><author><name>lookmarythesunrisesoverfrance</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01841561485077066138</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/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1028254289"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1703772316174754164</id><published>2008-08-21T16:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T16:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I like these both.  (Contra gerard up there.)  I&#39;m...</title><summary type='text'>I like these both.  (Contra gerard up there.)  I&#39;m reminded not only of the NY school but of Lawrence in his epigrammatic mode -- and he too could build that up into long pieces of considerable power (&quot;Snake&quot;).  The personalized/animistic/anthropomorphic natural world is a connection (on the plane of subject matter).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/1703772316174754164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/1703772316174754164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219348920000#c1703772316174754164' title=''/><author><name>Vance Maverick</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348</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/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876395077"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7588472651290960453</id><published>2008-08-21T15:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T15:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;gt;Sorry, but I just think those are both bad and...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;gt;Sorry, but I just think those are both bad and of no consequence.&amp;gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A ridiculous comment. Why bother?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also, though I think your review is a bit saccharine near the end, I do believe your feelings about Solomon&amp;#39;s poems are on. Her sense of the imperfect is also an embrace of the reader as opposed to various other more aggressive modes of relationships or </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/7588472651290960453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/7588472651290960453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219347960000#c7588472651290960453' title=''/><author><name>Corina Copp</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01730218396310597103</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/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1732743999"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7703362501959278084</id><published>2008-08-21T13:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T13:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This work derives from the Objectivists&#39; methodolo...</title><summary type='text'>This work derives from the Objectivists&#39; methodology of simple assertion with an almost Eastern intuition.  It&#39;s good news.  There are more than enough Ashbery-spinners around--this is a refreshing antidote.  I want this book.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I was just reading some old Kay Ryan poems in The New Yorker yesterday, and they seemed every bit as mysterious and revolutionary in their illuminations as Rae </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/7703362501959278084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/7703362501959278084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219340220000#c7703362501959278084' 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/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4915407314888174757</id><published>2008-08-21T13:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T13:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That &quot;tiny&quot; scratches a more nostalgic blackboard ...</title><summary type='text'>That &quot;tiny&quot; scratches a more nostalgic blackboard for me: from the locus possibly classicus of Jim Tate&#39;s &quot;tiny, African god,&quot; its surreal-lite echoes grew increasingly tinny through the seventies and beyond. Talking birds aplenty in those woods, too. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I don&#39;t know Ms. Solomon&#39;s work, and I&#39;m happy to believe that it has emotional and intellectual power that can&#39;t be demonstrated, as</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/4915407314888174757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/4915407314888174757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219339560000#c4915407314888174757' 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/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-458221395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8301178959903541189</id><published>2008-08-21T11:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T11:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Maybe the terminal &quot;e&quot; in Presse was a &quot;design dec...</title><summary type='text'>Maybe the terminal &quot;e&quot; in Presse was a &quot;design decision.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/8301178959903541189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/8301178959903541189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219332720000#c8301178959903541189' 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/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8839637700732508820</id><published>2008-08-21T11:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T11:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I really liked this book when I read it.Johannes</title><summary type='text'>I really liked this book when I read it.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Johannes</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/8839637700732508820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/8839637700732508820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219331520000#c8839637700732508820' title=''/><author><name>Johannes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05337336796472940625</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/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-692830502"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-615903038777536316</id><published>2008-08-21T11:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T11:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s fair to say Ugly Duckling is the most product...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s fair to say Ugly Duckling is the most productive smalle presse in New York. Turtle Point is more consistent.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/615903038777536316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/615903038777536316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219330860000#c615903038777536316' title=''/><author><name>Jordan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://static.flickr.com/68/168671726_f87b53b572_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-141228089328988979</id><published>2008-08-21T10:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T10:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>small and a weed, tiny god, feet of little consequ...</title><summary type='text'>small and a weed, tiny god, feet of little consequence - is this not the very essence of Quietude??</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/141228089328988979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/141228089328988979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219330380000#c141228089328988979' title=''/><author><name>Doodle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04995332885940017913</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/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1604261415"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5051948237127651358</id><published>2008-08-21T09:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T09:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Gerard, maybe you should read the book before dism...</title><summary type='text'>Gerard, maybe you should read the book before dismissing it based on two short excerpts.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/5051948237127651358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/5051948237127651358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219325880000#c5051948237127651358' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qSTexJoGYnQ/SKc8UMRiyeI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/mInUuxveZbU/S220/Photo+8.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-216899157981804945</id><published>2008-08-21T09:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T09:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ugly Duckling Presse is hands down the best small ...</title><summary type='text'>Ugly Duckling Presse is hands down the best small press in New York. I think what American Poetics might look like without them and shutter.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Congratulations Ron on the Alphabet. Amazing</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/216899157981804945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/216899157981804945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219324440000#c216899157981804945' title=''/><author><name>Gary Parrish</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09446212454796875908</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://a614.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/8/m_e4aa9fa7812c0f94eb3f12932f507eed.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-176615294"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5022645244561665578</id><published>2008-08-21T08:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T08:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t know – I always thought that Ugly Duckling...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t know – I always thought that Ugly Duckling was looking for a little love and self TLC by adding an &#39;e&#39; to their press. I mean, they have to balance the ugly somehow.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As for &#39;shoppes&#39; - I love them! They are usually run by sweet older ladies that smell nice. I don&#39;t think that many of them are even thinking pretense – I think that they are going for &#39;fancy.&#39;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have more </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/5022645244561665578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/5022645244561665578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219321740000#c5022645244561665578' title=''/><author><name>Tortilla ex Machina</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11240795400994592569</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_HakneZ76Pf4/SFZUaTMbX-I/AAAAAAAAAkk/KgeQzj05Vvg/S220/changes.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599458885"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5962729744405627676</id><published>2008-08-21T07:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T07:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ron, you&#39;re going to have to let go of the termina...</title><summary type='text'>ron, you&#39;re going to have to let go of the terminal e thing with the ugly ducks. their books are just too good. i wonder how members of that collective would respond to being asked &quot;why the terminal e?&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/5962729744405627676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/5962729744405627676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219317900000#c5962729744405627676' title=''/><author><name>Chris Vitiello</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05912644626118707168</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/61/1516/640/selfs.0.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1601755112"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2707173182198495509</id><published>2008-08-21T07:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T07:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I just read Solomon&#39;s book with a similar reaction...</title><summary type='text'>I just read Solomon&#39;s book with a similar reaction--there&#39;s a gravity to her work, I think I called it post-apocalytic pastoral.  As for the Ugly&#39;s &quot;Presse&quot;--what&#39;s the difference between that and calling your Alphabet &quot;compleat&quot;?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;peace, and congrats on the alphabet</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/2707173182198495509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/2707173182198495509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219316400000#c2707173182198495509' title=''/><author><name>Philip Metres</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_eGjQHlCwcMM/SBslS3FtjBI/AAAAAAAAAiE/6teuFMix8-g/S220/Phil%2Band%2BAdele%2B2008.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1498505073"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6850883084259683119</id><published>2008-08-21T05:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T05:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;gt; that could move you to tearsYou must not read...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;gt; that could move you to tears&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You must not read very much NY School work.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;All the same, nice cite. I missed this when it came out and will track it down.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/6850883084259683119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/6850883084259683119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219312740000#c6850883084259683119' title=''/><author><name>Jordan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://static.flickr.com/68/168671726_f87b53b572_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6970036871255698187</id><published>2008-08-21T02:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T02:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry, but I just think those are both bad and of ...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry, but I just think those are both bad and of no consequence.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/6970036871255698187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8524153071552890318/comments/default/6970036871255698187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html?showComment=1219300620000#c6970036871255698187' title=''/><author><name>Gerard</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545</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/2008/08/when-i-picked-aram-saroyans-complete.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524153071552890318' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8524153071552890318' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1664735620"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 21, 2008"/></entry></feed>