<?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.post954398012760862287..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/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.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>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2953472816821475207</id><published>2008-04-11T16:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-11T16:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That&#39;s a great story!  You know I loved it.  Cheer...</title><summary type='text'>That&#39;s a great story!  You know I loved it.  Cheers.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/2953472816821475207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/2953472816821475207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html?showComment=1207945740000#c2953472816821475207' 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/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-954398012760862287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/954398012760862287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1113704186"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5039364476440921660</id><published>2008-04-11T04:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-11T04:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That&#39;s damned charming. Looking forward to seeing ...</title><summary type='text'>That&#39;s damned charming. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Looking forward to seeing what you pick; it&#39;s got me thinking about what I read last year that I really think is going to stick with me for many years to come--which is a good thing to think about.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Very cool, in any case, to have the job of reading entire books. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;congrats,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Andy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/5039364476440921660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/5039364476440921660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html?showComment=1207903200000#c5039364476440921660' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.princemyshkins.com/images/Detritus.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-954398012760862287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/954398012760862287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2302511765550301223</id><published>2008-04-10T13:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T13:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>okay, i&#39;m thinking one of two things, or both of t...</title><summary type='text'>okay, i&#39;m thinking one of two things, or both of them.&lt;BR/&gt;1. i thought you hated prizes like this because they were controlled by SOQ? but, it seems, that all sounds like sour grapes for just not being included. now that you&#39;re included, you jump on board.&lt;BR/&gt;2. does this finally prove that there is no loosely grouped SOQ who are purposely trying to exclude the experimental, or does this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/2302511765550301223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/2302511765550301223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html?showComment=1207849860000#c2302511765550301223' title=''/><author><name>peter</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05327429647175738328</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/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-954398012760862287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/954398012760862287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2035658647"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6723584514103280902</id><published>2008-04-10T12:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T12:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Desert Music was my &quot;aha&quot; experience as well--hear...</title><summary type='text'>Desert Music was my &quot;aha&quot; experience as well--hearing it read, ecstatically, by George Bowering in an intro to poetry class.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/6723584514103280902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/6723584514103280902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html?showComment=1207846500000#c6723584514103280902' title=''/><author><name>Hilary Clark</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10757537717599911096</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/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-954398012760862287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/954398012760862287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1404255930"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2921108743741812828</id><published>2008-04-10T11:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T11:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey - it worked for Dick Cheney.</title><summary type='text'>Hey - it worked for Dick Cheney.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/2921108743741812828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/2921108743741812828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html?showComment=1207842420000#c2921108743741812828' title=''/><author><name>-K-</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03289562368002376807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_L6ibBTt3Z4g/R-E5kilTSrI/AAAAAAAABOU/BCc6QS8Tnq8/S220/2007-03-30_N019.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-954398012760862287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/954398012760862287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1496539038"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4060027481017468898</id><published>2008-04-10T11:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T11:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As one Matthew looking out for another, I just wan...</title><summary type='text'>As one Matthew looking out for another, I just want to say that Matthew Zapruder spells his name with two t&#39;s (the right way), and that his book is called &lt;I&gt;The Pajamaist&lt;/I&gt;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/4060027481017468898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/4060027481017468898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html?showComment=1207839600000#c4060027481017468898' 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='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/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-954398012760862287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/954398012760862287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7888981840753612194</id><published>2008-04-10T10:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T10:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m surprised you were surprised to find your book...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m surprised you were surprised to find your book in the box. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When you described the eligibility criteria for the prize, including books published by university presses, &lt;I&gt;Age of Huts&lt;/I&gt; was the first thing that flashed in my mind.  So maybe I&#39;m projecting here, but it&#39;s hard to fathom why you wouldn&#39;t have anticipated that your book would be in the pile. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/7888981840753612194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/7888981840753612194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html?showComment=1207836540000#c7888981840753612194' 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/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-954398012760862287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/954398012760862287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5019623393049862593</id><published>2008-04-10T09:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T09:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations, Ron! I am often at odds with your...</title><summary type='text'>Congratulations, Ron! I am often at odds with your aesthetics, but I respect your views and so am seriously intrigued about what book you&#39;ll end up choosing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/5019623393049862593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/954398012760862287/comments/default/5019623393049862593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html?showComment=1207833600000#c5019623393049862593' 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/2008/04/photograph-by-jonathan-williams-when-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-954398012760862287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/954398012760862287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1148938945"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 10, 2008"/></entry></feed>