HIGH PERFORMANCE
LUKE WRIGHT

Resident poet on Radio 4′s Saturday Live, Luke Wright’s poetry was also featured in the groundbreaking Channel 4 documentary The Seven Ages of Love.

Although he has performed his stand-up poetry up and down the country for the last decade, High Performance is the debut pamphlet from Wright, mainly because he is dyslexic and can’t spell. With the assistance of Nasty Little Press, Wright’s acerbic wit and high-energy performance makes the translation to the page, revealing the formal discipline underpinning much of his verse.

Fans of Luke’s live work will recognise favourites such as A Poet’s Work Is Never Done and Luke’s Got A Joke, as well as new work tackling a wide range of subjects from the witty to the profound.

High Performance by Luke Wright
2009, Nasty Little Press
32pp | £5
ISBN: 978-0-9563767-0-1

This book is out of print.

“By the time I’d finished the first page of High Performance I’d already laughed out loud twice, but as befits such humour there are moments of pathos too and plenty of self-disgust … When it comes to anticipating his detractors, Charlie Brooker with a hangover would be hard-pushed to out-bile him” Sophia Blackwell, Penpusher

“Luke Wright on the page is funny, pretty light on his feet, tells a good story, and can compass both wit and pathos. You can read the poems without actually having to have him read them for you.” George Szirtes, Ink, Sweat & Tears