“Luke is a major force in British Poetry. A born writer and consistently creative he has wowed crowds throughout the nation. He prowls the stage. He is a master of the genre, but this is different. In 'Later Life Letter' he is the introvert, given to introspection, walking with us through the park explaining sharing his inner tale. In 'Later Life Letter' the adopted child reflects on the nature of family in all its complexity. It's a brave man who risks his family by writing about family.  Who better to do so? Luke joins a rich list of brilliant writers on adoption including Jackie Kay, Jeanette Winterson and Allan Ahlberg. This is possibly the most important book Luke Wright has written.” Lemn Sissay

“Luke Wright is a genius poet - funny, profound, life-changing. Read him and rejoice.” Johann Hari

“A tender and forensic anatomy of his own adoption, Luke Wright holds each scene to the light, looks, turns, always searching for new angles of understanding. To call a collection ‘an act of love’ makes it sound easy, but these are hard-worn elegant poems, strewn with quiet epiphanies that take a lifetime - or even generations - to arrive.” Caroline Bird

“This book cracked me wide open. In poems of clarity and delicacy, Wright looks head-on at the most complex and painful parts of ourselves and our families. That he manages to do this with warmth and wit is nothing short of miraculous.” Joe Dunthorne

“A really remarkable, really interesting, deeply moving book. Simple and complex – you understand every word and move through all the complexity of adoption with Luke as your tender and wounded and wonderful guide. A powerful book about deep family love – matched with a deep longing for understanding of how he came to be part of that family, and how he belongs in it. Full of pain and puzzlement and love and reconciliation. How a wound lingers and heals and changes and even enriches a life. Not only a beautiful book of poems – but almost an autobiography – a collection of incredible moving nuggets that step by step make a  full portrait of a life of yearning and emotion and worry and love.” Richard Curtis

“I was bawling from the first page and gulped it down in one swift swallow. I am so glad this book has been written, it opened my heart up in ways I would never have known were coming. This poetry collection is a glorious culmination of years of sharpening his craft; what a beautiful tribute to life”. Hollie McNish

“A beautiful, brilliant collection. Luke Wright’s sequence of powerful and personal poems about adoption shines with a deeper truth: that family is little to do with genetics or heredity, but a sense of belonging, and above all else, love. I defy you not to be moved.” Brian Bilston

“When you open the cover to this book you step into Luke Wright’s chest. A memoir written in breath, Later Life Letter is intimate and universal, epic and singular. Beautifully written, each poem hangs like a family portrait. A book to read in the loudness of the self, gorgeous and cinematic.” Joelle Taylor

“Luke Wright is that rare poet who can make you laugh out loud without ever diluting the depths of emotion. His new collection is as moving as it playful. Luke’s writing brims with intelligence, wisdom and vulnerability, all in a language that excludes no one.” Shappi Khorsandi

“Wright is a national treasure - a performer who can bring the house down as well as a lyric poet of unique sensitivity. One of the hardest working writers on the scene with the chops to make it look effortless; he’s also the author of a sequence of verse plays the power and sheer craft of which really needs to be seen to be believed. Seriously, I’m annoyed by how great they are. But Later Life Letter is one of his finest works to date. Drawing on decades of range and practice, it’s a profoundly compassionate, formally audacious collection. A luminous and moving meditation on adoption and selfhood, a clear-sighted portrait of the country, the family, the lives we choose and the lives chosen for us that, in its rigorous honesty and specificity, speaks to all of us.” Luke Kennard

“A powerful, moving and tender story of loss, and of so much love. Luke, searching for connection and family, connects with us all. I adore the balance of accessibility and precision of language making you want to dwell in the moment and explore further. There are some lovely turns of phrase and imagery here that keeps the reader engaged and hungry for more. Deeply moving, and more so for those of us who have connected with Luke before. These are like family photographs and handwritten letters from the brother or son we have just discovered.” Henry Normal