Spurious Language
James Appleby's debut book of poems
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“Appleby moves through these poems like a simultaneous interpreter, always attuned to the tensions of language. His poetry is both playful and serious, human and exact — alive to the ways language binds us together even as it fractures and divides.” – Jamie Cameron, The London Magazine
“Deft and concentrated, fluent and exact, James Appleby’s poetry makes us witnesses – then steps away, leaving us among the eloquent fumes.” – Angela Ball, The Best American Poetry blog
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"Sharp, inventive, full of energy... Appleby is a talent to watch." - B O D Y
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A spurious language exists in books but not outside them. A man at a funeral with ash in his mouth. A rat, a whale off an industrial coast. The recriminations of a body discovered in the street.
Appleby’s debut follows the translations, between languages and experience, that define our interaction with the world. Restless and shifting in form, serious about humour, never shrinking from difficult subject or technique, it was highly commended in The International Book & Pamphlet Competition, “the most prestigious competition of its kind… launching the careers of many well-established poets” (The Poetry Business).
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Launch events will take place in Edinburgh at the Scottish Poetry Library, as well as in Manchester and London. An international book tour continue into autumn, with poetry festivals in Sibiu, Istanbul, and Vilnius, and individual events in Bucharest.
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To order Spurious Language, please contact James at interpretmagazine@outlook.com with the subject heading 'Order of Spurious Language'. Orders can also be made at Blue Diode Publishing.
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For international readers, the ebook of Spurious Language is available at https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FH57V2HB
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