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Letters to Wendy's
by Joe Wenderoth
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If one were to mix a particularly potent cocktail consisting of one part utter hilarity, one part unbridled sexual fury, and one part nonsensical musings, that person might just come up with the odd genius that is Letters to Wendy's. Constructed as a series of letters addressed to Wendy's and composed on their customer comment cards, this is a book that reaches into the depths of the bizarre and accomplishes the amazing feat of also being an astounding piece of verbal assailment. Touching on feelings of love, loss, pain, hunger, and unbridled horniness, this book is a true, if you will allow me, Biggie. Recommended by Elizabeth
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Outrageous, brilliant and tragic, the genre-bending novel Letters to Wendy's was written over the course of a year on comment cards from a Wendy's restaurant. Through the letters, the book traces a year in the life and thoughts of an unnamed narrator obsessed not only by Biggies and Frosties, but also by consumerism, pornography and mortality.
Synopsis:
Prose. "Letters to Wendy's", which was excerpted for the Readings section of Harper's in March 2001, has generated the kind of anticipation rare for a small press book. Reminiscent in its humor and transgressiveness of James Tate, "Letters to Wendy's" takes the form of a young man's daily odes to Wendy's fast-food paradise.
Description:
The prose in this volume, the first of Verse Magazine's book publishing venture, were written on the "tell us about your visit" response cards available from Wendy's fast-food restaurants. Much of the subject matter concerns sexuality and the body. Many of the poems were published on Nerve.com.
About the Author
Joe Wenderoth grew up near Baltimore. He is the author of five books of prose and poetry, including Letters to Wendy's (Verse Press, 2000). He teaches at the University of California, Davis.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780970367204
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Wave Books
- Author:
- Location:
- Athens, GA
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Epistolary fiction
- Subject:
- General Fiction
- Copyright:
- 2000
- Edition Number:
- 1st ed.
- Series Volume:
- no. 57
- Publication Date:
- December 2000
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 300
- Dimensions:
- 6.5 x 5.5 in
