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Alice Fulton, born January 25, 1952, is an American author and poet celebrated for her innovative approach to language and form. Her collection "Powers of Congress" (2001) received the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, signifying her prominence in contemporary poetry. more Alice Fulton, born January 25, 1952, is an American author and poet celebrated for her innovative approach to language and form. Her collection "Powers of Congress" (2001) received the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, signifying her prominence in contemporary poetry. Fulton's 1991 collection "Palladium" won the National Poetry Series and the Society of Midland Authors Award, further establishing her reputation. In addition to her poetry, she has made notable contributions to literary criticism with her essay collection "Feeling as a Foreign Language: The Good Strangeness of Poetry" (1999). Fulton's work often explores themes of science, feminism, and the human condition, distinguishing her as a significant figure in late 20th and early 21st-century American literature. less

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"Because life’s too short to blush, I keep my blood tucked in."
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"Each poet creates an expatriate space, a slightly skewed domain where things are freshly felt because they are freshly said."
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"Even when I’m in the dark I’m in the dark with you."
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"At least embarrassment is not an imitation. It is intimacy for beginners."
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"Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry."
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"While you’re alive there’s no time for minor amazements."
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"Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample, after all."
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"Emotion is the best mnemonic device."
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"Nothing will unfold for us unless we move toward what looks to us like nothing: faith is a cascade."
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"Anguish is the universal language."
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