Poetry
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Spurious Language and Revisions, The London Magazine
​www.thelondonmagazine.org/article/poetry-two-poems-by-james-appleby
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At a Funeral, Someone Eating Ash, Michael Marks Awards website
https://michaelmarksawards.org/shortlist/james-appleby/
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I lived once beside a slaughterhouse, Best American Poetry blog
https://shorturl.at/IqQby
Two Musicians in the Family, or, My ancestor ruins his career by buying a barrel organ, Ninth Letter
https://ninthletter.com/2025/01/07/james-appleby
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Other Ways of Saying and Revisions, with a translation of Juan Cristóbal Romero's Rhythm, Blue Diode Press
https://www.bluediode.co.uk/product-page/james-appleby
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Tip of the Tongue, La Piccioletta Barca
www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/tip-of-the-tongue
The Man I Saw Dead in the Road Reproaches Me, The Poetry Business
Spotify: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/thepoetrybusiness/episodes/James-Appleby-The-Man-I-Saw-Dead-in-the-Road-Reproaches-Me-with-introduction-e2ur617
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/james-appleby-the-man-i-saw-dead-in-the-road
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Rental Contract, Rodenticide and Beautiful Day & Dog Rose, B O D Y
www.bodyliterature.com/2025/06/02/james-appleby​
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Essays & Translations
Modern Poetry in Translation, 60th Anniversary Translator-in-Residence
[upcoming]
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Letter to César Vallejo by Xabier Usabiaga, translated from Spanish, ​​The Kenyon Review
https://kenyonreview.org/journal/winter-2025/ [paywall]
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Yongfen Zhang, Female, Central Plains by Yiran Li, translated from Chinese, Asymptote
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NO SAFE AREA by Teona Farmatu, translated from Romanian, La Piccioletta Barca
www.picciolettabarca.com/column/paraphrasis
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Residencies, Festivals & Awards
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Spurious Language, Shortlisted for the 2026 Michael Marks Award for Poetry Pamphlets
Awarded for James' debut poetry pamphlet, Spurious Language.
https://michaelmarksawards.org/awards/2025-awards/
Award Ceremony at the British Library, May 2026
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Spurious Language, Commendation in the 2024 International Book & Pamphlet Competition
https://poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions/the-international-book-pamphlet-competition
Awarded for James' debut poetry pamphlet, Spurious Language.
Prize reading at Wordsworth Grasmere, February 2025
"The most prestigious competition of its kind" (The Poetry Business)​
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Istanbul Offline: Poetry Festival
Istanbul, Türkiye
November 2025
www.versopolis.com/festival/21/istanbul-offline-international-poetry-festival
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Blecher Institute
Bucharest, Romania
November 2025
Showcase of poetry in Romanian translation
https://maxblecher.ro/institutul_blecher.php
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FILIT-IASI
Iasi, Romania
October 2025
www.filit-iasi.ro/invitati-filit-2025/
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Druskininkai Poetic Fall: Literature Festival
International poetry festival in Druskininkai, Lithuania​
October 2025
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Poezia e la Bistrița
International poetry festival in Bistrița, Romania
July 2024
www.facebook.com/poeziaelabistritapunct
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Elizabeth Kostova Foundation Fellowship
Participation in International Poetry Conference, Koprivshtitsa, and CapitaLiterature, Sofia
Awarded for nature poetry
June 2024
https://ekf.bg/news/koprivshtitsa-2024-poetry-conference-fellows​
Poets in Transyvlania Festival
International poetry festival in Sibiu, Romania
Reading with winners of the Prix Goncourt, President of PEN International, and leading European poets
October 2023 & 2025
https://m.facebook.com/poetsintransylvania/events/​
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Sofia Literature and Translation House, Bulgaria
Residency for editor, translator and poet-in-residence
Including International Poetry in English Translation, a talk with Angela Rodel, winner of the International Booker Prize
September 2022
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