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      James is a poet with four books of poetry and a translation published by Anvil Press.
He has won a number of awards, including the British National Poetry Competition.
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Above:  James at Strokestown

       
    'Readings all today, ending with James Harpur and Ciaran Carson, both beautiful in quite different ways, Harpur melancholy, monastic, mystical, like prayers shaped out of despair with the hearsay of some small light just over the horizon.'

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