{"product_id":"powers-of-congress-poems-9781889330624","title":"Powers of Congress: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003ePowers of Congress exhibits, in dazzling language and complex rhetorical structures, a passionate curiosity about all aspects of modern American life. Sven Birkerts, in \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, called Fulton a \"prodigiously gifted poet,\" and \u003ci\u003ePowers of Congress \u003c\/i\u003emore than meets that claim. Back by popular demand, this is a reprint of an important collection that continues to exert a wide influence upon contemporary poetics. It will surely intoxicate all those who love the erotic involvement of language with thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"She is an ambitious, powerful poet.... She is a thematic gambler of the best sort. Her poems are daring and broad.\"--Eavan Boland, \u003ci\u003ePartisan Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Powers of Congress is a rigorous, generous book, by one of the finest young poets in the country.\"--David Baker, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In Powers of Congress Alice Fulton shows she's learned a thing or two about levitation.\"--David Barber, \u003ci\u003eHungry Mind Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarketing plans for \u003ci\u003ePowers of Congress\u003cbr\u003e o Newsletter, brochure, catalog, and postcard mailings.\u003cbr\u003e o Advertisements in key literary and trade magazines.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowers of Congress was first published by David R. Godine in 1990. Alice Fulton's other books of poems include \u003ci\u003eFelt, Sensual Math, Palladium\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDance Script with Electric Ballerina\u003c\/i\u003e. A collection of her essays, \u003ci\u003eFeeling as a Foreign Language: The Good Strangeness of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Graywolf Press in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Fulton\u003c\/b\u003e's poems appear in five editions of The Best American Poetry series, as well as in \u003ci\u003eThe Best of the Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently Professor of English at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice Fulton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.30w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781889330624","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45284585570441,"sku":"9781889330624","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_7cba91e8-9794-4da4-bf72-23d6e779fdc0.jpg?v=1771919384","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/powers-of-congress-poems-9781889330624","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}