During the 2005 Text Festival, American poet Robert Grenier wrote six new poems in response to his stay in Ramsbottom. This began a series of responses to Bury by some of the UK’s leading poets featuring Tony Lopez, Carol Watts, Phil Davenport plus works by Robert Grenier.
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