<?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.post97252685385606449..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/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><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>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3218439332873628553</id><published>2008-07-29T10:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-29T10:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Frost&#39;s little Fascist poem frogged into the freez...</title><summary type='text'>Frost&#39;s little Fascist poem frogged into the freezing Washington mist--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;yeah, that was something.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ask not what your poets can do for your country, but what your country can do for your poets.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Might stand for the latest round of hog-gurgling at the trough.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/3218439332873628553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/3218439332873628553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1217340720000#c3218439332873628553' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 29, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-384934620001091534</id><published>2008-07-22T17:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-22T17:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>http://jacketmagazine.com/21/laureate.htmlJohn act...</title><summary type='text'>http://jacketmagazine.com/21/laureate.html&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;John actually spent great effort to research this  an history  (of sorts) of the Poet Lau (...) &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and&lt;BR/&gt;who can EVER forget that Frost performance at the JFK inauguration!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and those other memorable moments ; however fleeting..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/384934620001091534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/384934620001091534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216761960000#c384934620001091534' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6595068819036165655</id><published>2008-07-22T15:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-22T15:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>mary jo...thanks for the mention of that article b...</title><summary type='text'>mary jo...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;thanks for the mention of that article by our next Poet L of the USA..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;just searched the net  as &lt;BR/&gt;  &quot;I Go to AWP&quot; (2005)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I went to one of these &quot;events&quot;  in 2003... some friends and I sat in the back of an huge hall&lt;BR/&gt;             mostly sleeping through the too-many speakers...  so boring...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and  three of The Snorers  (you know who you are) </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6595068819036165655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6595068819036165655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216756260000#c6595068819036165655' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3600007303206033032</id><published>2008-07-22T14:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-22T14:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mary Jo,I have higher hopes than that.</title><summary type='text'>Mary Jo,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have higher hopes than that.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/3600007303206033032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/3600007303206033032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216750920000#c3600007303206033032' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4953291989739374627</id><published>2008-07-22T12:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-22T12:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>To help ascertain how she might execute her tenure...</title><summary type='text'>To help ascertain how she might execute her tenure as Laureate, also read her &quot;I Go to AWP&quot; (POETRY, July 2005).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/4953291989739374627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/4953291989739374627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216743780000#c4953291989739374627' title=''/><author><name>Mary Jo Malo</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18148588310769074332</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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1737322265"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-169115753805931465</id><published>2008-07-22T11:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-22T11:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>she also represents the 47th consecutive School of...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;she also represents the 47th consecutive School of Quietude poet to hold the position &lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Congratulations on finding a PC lable to attach to Kay Ryan. It must have kept you up all night.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/169115753805931465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/169115753805931465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216740420000#c169115753805931465' title=''/><author><name>Radish King</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='19' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/54/142341732_5c3580d6ba_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-597158701"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3813418543866661467</id><published>2008-07-22T10:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-22T10:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>She came out of the blue for me, so I was glad to ...</title><summary type='text'>She came out of the blue for me, so I was glad to read your &#39;take&#39; on her in your blog. One of the things that I honed in on was how previous poets have used the position to further (or not further) the role of poetry during their reign. Gluck was described as shy from the outset and predicted to do her minimum number of readings and no more. Her poetry is excellent but yes, she did what was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/3813418543866661467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/3813418543866661467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216735500000#c3813418543866661467' title=''/><author><name>Pris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.poeticinspire.com/campris3.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2102071197"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1112698545485358875</id><published>2008-07-21T16:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-21T16:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>She said something about there being &quot;angry silenc...</title><summary type='text'>She said something about there being &quot;angry silences&quot; on PBS. That was cool. Marin County is pretty.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/1112698545485358875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/1112698545485358875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216672740000#c1112698545485358875' title=''/><author><name>fairest</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12824172112708242460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/images/full-size/miller.henry.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-514394954"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7840832538567999286</id><published>2008-07-21T12:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-21T12:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m voting that we change it from PLOTUS to &quot;P. LO...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m voting that we change it from PLOTUS to &quot;P. LOTUS&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;that being a nod to &quot;p. diddy&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/7840832538567999286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/7840832538567999286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216656180000#c7840832538567999286' title=''/><author><name>Aaron Apps</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00366558985672640249</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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1875260577"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6015441097320230579</id><published>2008-07-21T09:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-21T09:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>nocotinicreceptor:  Everything you say is obviousl...</title><summary type='text'>nocotinicreceptor:  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Everything you say is obviously true.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But if it is, how might one break that cycle of mediocrity which this signifies?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If we never &quot;appoint&quot; a writer who challenges our sense of what poetry at its best can be, how will Ron&#39;s &quot;progress&quot; ever take place?  Would Shakespeare be too tough on people?  Is Shakespeare really appreciated by &quot;the masses&quot;?  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6015441097320230579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6015441097320230579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216647360000#c6015441097320230579' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8866789850854773954</id><published>2008-07-20T19:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T19:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;The sole attempt at an exception ever was th...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;The sole attempt at an exception ever was the 1952 invitation to William Carlos Williams, who declined due to illness &amp;amp; never served.&amp;quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just FYI ... according to Frances Stonor Saunders in &lt;I&gt;The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters&lt;/I&gt;, Williams&#39;s problem was that his poetry was described in his FBI file as &quot;an &#39;expressionistic&#39; style which might be</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/8866789850854773954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/8866789850854773954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216595880000#c8866789850854773954' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1148938945"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6834410897071972176</id><published>2008-07-20T15:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T15:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I fondly remember this:http://www.crooksandliars.c...</title><summary type='text'>I fondly remember this:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/21/stephen-colbert-vs-sean-penn/&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I sort of think that this sort of public interaction (not always comedy, mind you) is what the PLOTUS position should be aiming at. A show like that has an intelligent audience who might be open to picking up a book of poetry for the first time (or maybe even just reading one of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6834410897071972176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6834410897071972176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216583700000#c6834410897071972176' title=''/><author><name>nicotinicreceptor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00366558985672640249</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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1875260577"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-794130086937726246</id><published>2008-07-20T14:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T14:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>re:iterate::nothing (much) ever happens in a crowd...</title><summary type='text'>re:iterate::&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;nothing (much) ever happens in a crowd...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;best sit out on my deck&lt;BR/&gt;and watch/wait &lt;BR/&gt;for the grass to grow...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Takoma Park Gold...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/794130086937726246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/794130086937726246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216580340000#c794130086937726246' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3742670752775727578</id><published>2008-07-20T12:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T12:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;the PLOTUS list ought to have some sense of diver...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;the PLOTUS list ought to have some sense of diversity&quot; --&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m afraid that phrase right there--summarizes the whole problem.  The discredited practice of trying to build aesthetic constituencies out of concepts of ethnic multi-cultural diversity leads only to mediocrity in the arts.  It may well be that the political sphere is the only place that such mediocrity can flourish--i.e., Maya </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/3742670752775727578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/3742670752775727578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216571700000#c3742670752775727578' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-177295735971725843</id><published>2008-07-20T12:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T12:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I know it&#39;s easily find-able, but geez Ron couldn&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>I know it&#39;s easily find-able, but geez Ron couldn&#39;t you have typed out at least a fragment of one of Ryan&#39;s poems in between kvetching about your views on the narrowness of laureate selections?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;To the extent that poetry is about a keen eye, a good ear, a bit of humor, compression, concision, and some less-than-expected takes on this here world, Ryan&#39;s a fine choice. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I love her </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/177295735971725843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/177295735971725843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216571400000#c177295735971725843' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7698605776298838789</id><published>2008-07-20T04:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T04:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron? Who are some of the poets that you would like...</title><summary type='text'>Ron? Who are some of the poets that you would like see become PLOTUS? Other than yourself! I mean, I would love to become PLOTUS and I am not even a poet!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/7698605776298838789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/7698605776298838789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216543560000#c7698605776298838789' title=''/><author><name>Steven Trull</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12568485477185375841</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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-860282443"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3479160960706714801</id><published>2008-07-19T20:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T20:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Steven,That wouldn&#39;t be my list exactly (tho there...</title><summary type='text'>Steven,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That wouldn&#39;t be my list exactly (tho there would be overlap), but that&#39;s just it -- the PLOTUS list ought to have some sense of diversity and instead goes all the way from A to B. Is there a laureate who would have been horribly out of place at the West Chester Conference even once?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Of course, having said that, I should note that I&#39;ve participated in West Chester, since</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/3479160960706714801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/3479160960706714801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216513980000#c3479160960706714801' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6098851599806825510</id><published>2008-07-19T15:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T15:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s weird. But, Ron&#39;s right. A review of a list o...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s weird. But, Ron&#39;s right. A review of a list of past PLOTUS reveals some real conventional choices. I can imagine a list of my PLOTUS. It would look something like the incomplete list of names below made in no particular order: John Ashbery, Anne Waldman, Bill Berkson, Diane di Prima, David Meltzer, Bernadette Mayer, Gerard Malanga, Joanne Kyger, Jim Carroll, Eileen Miles, Lewis Warsh, Lyn </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6098851599806825510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6098851599806825510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216495860000#c6098851599806825510' title=''/><author><name>Steven Trull</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12568485477185375841</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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-860282443"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2593006033899440481</id><published>2008-07-19T10:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T10:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You wrote:&quot;But if Ryan is a cipher to much of the ...</title><summary type='text'>You wrote:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;But if Ryan is a cipher to much of the poetry scene even in her own community, the reality is that she’s not a bad writer.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m surprised. I might even agree, but to imply that she&#39;s not a bad writer is getting pretty close to saying she&#39;s a good one. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The poems I&#39;ve read of hers don&#39;t get me very excited one way or the other. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps you&#39;re right.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/2593006033899440481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/2593006033899440481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216477980000#c2593006033899440481' title=''/><author><name>John Gallaher</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02112997671155171626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3362/3683/320/JGlessCloseWithEffect.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1450736026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6427459037772534389</id><published>2008-07-19T06:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T06:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I guess the difference between an anthology based ...</title><summary type='text'>I guess the difference between an anthology based on extended network connections and an &#39;encyclopedic&#39; one would be that the latter represents the view of much fewer persons.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6427459037772534389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6427459037772534389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216463100000#c6427459037772534389' title=''/><author><name>Samuel Vriezen</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16229066450439148225</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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1125742735"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6106526464408248873</id><published>2008-07-18T20:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T20:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>so..when does Kay move intothat office in the dome...</title><summary type='text'>so..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;when does Kay move in&lt;BR/&gt;to&lt;BR/&gt;that office in the dome&lt;BR/&gt;of&lt;BR/&gt;the Library of congress..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the last time I was there&lt;BR/&gt;Bill Stafford was there&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kay biked across the country  I hitch-hiked   twice  and drove  a 1962 Bel Air  once..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;unlike Vachel Lindsey  I didn&#39;t keep  notes...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;or use the &quot;k&quot; word  or the &quot;d&quot; word&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;so many &quot;intelligent&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6106526464408248873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6106526464408248873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216428480000#c6106526464408248873' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6274966627121545918</id><published>2008-07-18T19:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T19:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,O.K.,perhaps &quot;coterie&quot; is the wrong word; cote...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;O.K.,perhaps &quot;coterie&quot; is the wrong word; coterie is cozy, whereas Bay Area Poetics is a more like that old shampoo commercial (&quot;..and then I told two friends...and they told two friends...and so on...&quot;). There&#39;s maybe three degrees of separation between any two poets in that book, but poetry worlds are small, and there&#39;s nothing wrong with that. However I do stand by the idea that BAP </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6274966627121545918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/6274966627121545918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216425300000#c6274966627121545918' title=''/><author><name>XANTIPPE</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04270999649948737822</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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-119574250"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7591071972555939332</id><published>2008-07-18T15:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T15:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron:This is pretty tough on Ryan.Is any one who wr...</title><summary type='text'>Ron:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This is pretty tough on Ryan.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Is any one who writes a straight-forward, syntactically &quot;normal&quot; line, with a coherent narrative basis, automatically a &quot;Quietist&quot;?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My guess is that--at the very least--Ryan came out of &quot;nowhere&quot; and can&#39;t be so simply pegged.  In fact, stylistically, her work is nearly flat.  It could be, probably, written in a prose form and lose </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/7591071972555939332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/7591071972555939332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216408440000#c7591071972555939332' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-270021436728358276</id><published>2008-07-18T14:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T14:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Xantippe,Tell me how a project that begins with Br...</title><summary type='text'>Xantippe,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Tell me how a project that begins with Brenda Hillman &amp;amp; ends with Kathleen Fraser &amp;amp; has very few contributors without substantial reputations is a coterie project. That is completely nuts. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&amp;#39;s PLOTUS that has been the coterie project.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/270021436728358276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/270021436728358276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216407060000#c270021436728358276' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-860984240231067466</id><published>2008-07-18T14:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T14:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I posted a diary at the politics site DailyKos ent...</title><summary type='text'>I posted a diary at the politics site DailyKos entitled &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/18/113959/543/831/553452&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;New US Poet Laureate Gay-Married Californian&lt;/A&gt; because I thought that was what would be most significant about the appointment to most Americans. Ryan is going to be legally married to her lesbian partner when she gives her inaugural poetry reading </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/860984240231067466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/97252685385606449/comments/default/860984240231067466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html?showComment=1216406520000#c860984240231067466' 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/2008/07/kay-ryan-has-been-named-poet-laureate.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-97252685385606449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/97252685385606449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-38984541"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 18, 2008"/></entry></feed>