John Fulton, of Scottish lineage, and his wife, Ann Boggs Fulton, had eight children. Six of their children emigrated about 1760 from Ireland to New England and shortly thereafter immigrated to what is now Colchester County, Nova Scotia. The six were: James Fulton (1739-1826); Thomas; Samuel (1745-1826); John; Francis (ca. 1753- 1838); and Sarah (d. ca. 1835) who married James Crawford. Descendants lived in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and elsewhere.
Robert Fulton (d. 1797) emigrated during or before 1751 from Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts, and married twice (once in Ireland). He was a surveyor, and later moved to Londonderry, New Hampshire. He was also a Tory, as were two of his sons, and in 1796 they immigrated to Sophiasburg, Upper Canada (near what is Picton, Ontario). His oldest son and other children remained in New England; their descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Florida and elsewhere. Most descendants and relatives of those two sons who immigrated with their father to Sophiasburg lived in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and elsewhere. Some of these immigrated to Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
In Feeling as a Foreign Language, Alice Fulton considers poetry's uncanny ability to access and recreate emotions so wayward they go unnamed. Fulton contemplates topics ranging from the intricacies of a rare genetic syndrome to fractals from the aesthetics of complexity theory to the need for "cultural incorrectness." Along the way, she falls in love with an outrageous 17th century poet, argues for a Dickinsonian tradition in American letters, and calls for a courageous poetics of inconvenient knowledge.
This policy-centred biography of George Davidson (1909-1995) explores the progression of his career in the voluntary & public sectors of British Columbia & Canada and at the United Nations. It begins with chapters on his ancestry, his upbringing in Nova Scotia & British Columbia, his student days at the universities of British Columbia & Harvard, and his year of postdoctoral travel in Europe in the 1930s. It then provides a detailed account of his beginning career in social work & social welfare in the government of British Columbia and in voluntary welfare agencies. A major focus is his years in the public service of Canada, 1944-72, when he served as deputy minister in two departments and in other senior posts, and finally as president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The final chapters review his work at the United Nations and provide an overall assessment of his life.
Powers of Congress exhibits, in dazzling language and complex rhetorical structures, a passionate curiosity about all aspects of modern American life. Sven Birkerts, in The Boston Review, called Fulton a "prodigiously gifted poet," and Powers of Congress more 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. "She is an ambitious, powerful poet.... She is a thematic gambler of the best sort. Her poems are daring and broad."--Eavan Boland, Partisan Review "Powers of Congress is a rigorous, generous book, by one of the finest young poets in the country."--David Baker, Poetry "In Powers of Congress Alice Fulton shows she's learned a thing or two about levitation."--David Barber, Hungry Mind Review Marketing plans for Powers of Congress o Newsletter, brochure, catalog, and postcard mailings. o Advertisements in key literary and trade magazines. Powers of Congress was first published by David R. Godine in 1990. Alice Fulton's other books of poems include Felt, Sensual Math, Palladium, and Dance Script with Electric Ballerina. A collection of her essays, Feeling as a Foreign Language: The Good Strangeness of Poetry, was published by Graywolf Press in 1999. Alice Fulton's poems appear in five editions of The Best American Poetry series, as well as in The Best of the Best American Poetry. She is currently Professor of English at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
