Later Life Letter

The best young performance poet around * Observer *If the purpose of poetry is to make us bilingual in our own language, Wright succeeds in finding new and beautiful ways of expressing the everyday * Guardian *Luke is a craftsman with a big heart – Ian McMillanVisceral, poignant and riotously funny * Scotsman *Wright’s images are unforgettable, his wry insights are original and his expertly crafted lines sing, gallop and throb with feeling – James McDermottWright’s performance is human, vulnerable, eminently honest and very, very eloquent * Guardian *Performance poetry’s key revivalist * Metro *Wright’s a balladeer for our time – John Field * Poor Rude Lines *Wright’s craft is at this point extraordinarily fine-tuned – Harry Josephine Giles

Luke Wright is a poet and performer who has been touring for nearly 20 years. He’s the regular tour support for John Cooper Clarke and often MCs shows for The Libertines. Luke is a regular on Radio 4 and has won a Fringe First for writing, a Stage Award for performance, and four Saboteur Awards. Later Life Letter will be his fifth poetry collection.