THE OTHER ROOM
Experimental poetry in ManchesterFuture Events
October 26th 2011, 7.00 @ Old Abbey Inn, Manchester, The Other Room with Jennifer Cooke, Colin Herd & Steven Fowler
February 29th 2012, 7.00 @ Old Abbey Inn, Manchester, The Other Room with Andrea Brady, nick-e melville & Tim Allen
April 19th 2012, 7.00 @ Old Abbey Inn, Manchester, The Other Room 4th birthday with Tony Lopez, Paula Claire, Becky Cremin & Elena Rivera



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