Luke Wright is one of the UK’s leading stand-up poets. Having made his name… Read Full Bio ↴Luke Wright is one of the UK’s leading stand-up poets. Having made his name as founder of live poetry collective Aisle16, Luke branched out on his own, coming runner-up in Slam Poets on BBC3, the UK’s first televised poetry slam. He is now a 4Talent Award winner and regular contributor to Radio 4’s Saturday Live. Since 2006 he has written and starred in three one-man shows, all of which have won five star reviews at the Edinburgh Festival and toured nationally.
In 2007 Penguin published his first book. Who Writes This Crap?, co-authored with Joel Stickley, is a trip through all rubbish you read in a day rewritten. A live show based on the book recently enjoyed a sold out 4 week run in Edinburgh and will tour in 2009. Luke is also an experienced workshop leader and curator and host of The Poetry Arena at the Latitude Festival, the largest live poetry event in Europe.
"A very good poet indeed." The Guardian
"The best young performance poet around." The Observer
In 2007 Penguin published his first book. Who Writes This Crap?, co-authored with Joel Stickley, is a trip through all rubbish you read in a day rewritten. A live show based on the book recently enjoyed a sold out 4 week run in Edinburgh and will tour in 2009. Luke is also an experienced workshop leader and curator and host of The Poetry Arena at the Latitude Festival, the largest live poetry event in Europe.
"A very good poet indeed." The Guardian
"The best young performance poet around." The Observer
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Ode to Cigarettes
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@chuckstrough
I didn’t hear any rumors. Did I miss something?
@dennylutz
Clickbait
@mikeslater6246
There was one rumor I heard mentioned was that he had been a very strict and tough Marine Corps Di. This was not true. But it has gone on for years.
@tyrone7609
They were good one's 🥳 yeah
@SKILLED521
Didn't mention Don's role in No Time For Sergeants, his first major gig. It's also where Andy hooked with him. This video is rubbish.
@mikeslater6246
@@SKILLED521 I wouldn't call the video total rubbish because it had a lot of good information. I mentioned the No Time for sergeants connection in another comment string. That is Andy and Don's first work together. But the video was poorly produced. Except for his role as Mr Limpet, not a single picture matched any of the comments and then it suddenly stopped in the middle of the conversation about his marriages. Poorly done!
@robertsmith9156
I grew up in Morgantown WV, his home town. I graduated from his high school as well. He was so well loved that they renamed University Boulevard, "Don Knotts Boulevard" after his passing. He was a great contribution to entertainment and a well loved character. It makes me proud to have grown up in the same environment and experienced the same small town life that he did. He was one of the greatest!
@michaelhowell7275
My father grew up with him. Don was 1 year younger. They were so poor back then doing whatever they could to survive. My father lost his dad in the coal mine. at 1 year old. I met Don at my fathers 40th reunion. What a cool guy.
@johnrencheck2283
Thats why he liked to keep his life private coming from the northern panhandle of west virginia i find we that live here like it that way,were fine with that, id have left barn have more than one bullit for his gun,forever deputy fife
@Instantpower332
That had to be a great place to grow up. My guess was it was a small town where folks
didn’t lock there’d doors. I had that in Illinois. Not the same now but it had to be very nice..