Joe Wenderoth

Author of Letters to Wendy's

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Works by Joe Wenderoth

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Letters to Wendy's (2004) 155 copies, 9 reviews

The Holy Spirit of Life: Essays Written for John Ashcroft's Secret Self (2005) 20 copies, 1 review

No Real Light (2007) 20 copies

It Is If I Speak (Wesleyan Poetry) (2000) 15 copies

If I Don't Breathe How Do I Sleep (2014) 11 copies

Disfortune: Poems (1995) 9 copies

The endearment (Short Line Editions) (1999) 2 copies

Drug Use in the Covered Wagons 1 copy

Birth and Death Within the Covered Wagons 1 copy

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Associated Works

Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (2003) — Contributor — 792 copies, 10 reviews

The Best American Essays 2008 (2008) — Contributor — 292 copies, 4 reviews

The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories (2004) — Contributor — 268 copies, 8 reviews

The Best American Poetry 2007 (2007) — Contributor — 167 copies, 1 review

Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century (2006) — Contributor — 89 copies

Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts (2012) — Contributor — 69 copies, 4 reviews

The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink (2012) — Contributor — 64 copies, 1 review

Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things (2012) — Contributor — 57 copies, 1 review

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Gender: male
Occupations: poet

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Letters to Wendy's by Joe Wenderoth

more like 2.5 stars. if this had been a longish essay instead of an actual book, i would have liekd it a lot more, i think. After a while, I sort of got the point and didn't want to continue.

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Abbey_Harlow | 8 other reviews | Oct 5, 2017 |

Letters to Wendy's by Joe Wenderoth

My first poetry professor is the one who actually got me turned on to Wenderoth by playing an audio of him reading a few of the poems from this collection himself as an example of prose poetry. I must say that although on the surface many of these poems can be seen as contrived/shock and awe/post modern for the sake of post modern observations, but taken as a whole give a truly psychological and philosophical outtake on modern culture in one of its truest manifestations: the fast food market. This really is a great read that is not only insightful but also remarkably well written for a style that is hard to master.… (more)

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PhilSroka | 8 other reviews | Apr 12, 2016 |

Letters to Wendy's by Joe Wenderoth

more like 2.5 stars. if this had been a longish essay instead of an actual book, i would have liekd it a lot more, i think. After a while, I sort of got the point and didn't want to continue.

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abbeyhar | 8 other reviews | Jul 23, 2014 |

Letters to Wendy's by Joe Wenderoth

more like 2.5 stars. if this had been a longish essay instead of an actual book, i would have liekd it a lot more, i think. After a while, I sort of got the point and didn't want to continue.

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abbeyhar | 8 other reviews | Jul 23, 2014 |

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