Poet Runner

Tuesday Richard Modiano and i will be talking to Doug Knott poet and Runner Mike Bellini

Doug KNOTT has been a performance poet and stage performer in LA for many years. DOUG He produced and emceed a hit cult variety show at the Lhasa club, and later had his own nightclub in the 80’s. As a member of the performance group, the Carma Bums, he toured the western states and also won the revived Gong Show. He is the author of several poetry books and wrote, produced and starred in several videos, some of which won national prizes in the 90’s. In the last months he has done solo shows at local venues including the Electric Lodge, Highways, and the Santa Monica Playhouse.

Mike Bellini grew up in rural western Massachusetts. He and his wife of twenty-five years now reside in Nashville, Tennessee, with their two children. Their faith and family are the cornerstones of their lives. Mike has been leading couples and youth through various ministries for over two decades.

He is a family man, screenwriter, and ultramarathon runner. Ultra Marriage is Mike’s first book, written to share timeless truths and central choices that have built his marriage to love and last forever