Joe Wenderoth

Joe Wenderoth, Professor of English, grew up in Baltimore.  His poetry, fiction, and non-fiction have appeared in many journals and anthologies. His interests include Celan, Whitman, Berryman, Stevens, WC Williams, Dickinson, Clifton, Marquez, Morrison, Kafka, Beckett, Artaud’s Theater Of Cruelty, Greek tragedy, Hank Williams, George Jones, Henry Threadgill, Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Jimmie Rodgers, Doug Sahm, Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke, Coltrane, Monk, Basie, James Brown, Will Oldham, Jesus And Mary Chain, Harmony Korine, Frederick Wiseman, Aztec culture (especially the Cantares Mexicanos), American television, American football, boxing, mma, sleep/dream research, the difference between a song and a poem, and a million other things besides.

Prize anthology mentions

Best American Essays 2011*

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