THE OTHER ROOM
Experimental poetry in ManchesterFuture Events
12th June, 7.00 @ The Castle, Oldham Street, Manchester with Ira Lightman, Helmut Lemke and Peter Jaeger
19th July, @ Leeds Gallery, www.leedsgallery.com (not Leeds Art Gallery) with Hazel Smith, Ryan Ormonde and Chris McCabe & Tom Jenks
14th August, 7.00 @ The Castle, Oldham Street, Manchester with Frank Kuppner, David Gaffney & Nathan Jones



I don`t know anyone connected with The Other Room event at The Old Abbey Inn last night (26th Oct) but I was made most welcome by the organisers, participants and guests. Unfortunately I had transport connections to make, and so left earlier than I would have liked: I was however somewhat unobtrusively ushered out in a `natural break`. I know little about experimental poetry, but Breton said that our work as artists must “be capable of facing the breath of the street”. Can experimental poetry truly say it is capable of this ?
John Howard Reeves