Joe Wenderoth grew up near Baltimore. His previous books are: Disfortune, It Is If I Speak, Letters To Wendy's, and The Holy Spirit of Life: Essays Written for John Ashcroft's Secret Self. He teaches at the University of California, Davis.

Books by Joe Wenderoth: No Real Light, Letters to Wendy's, It Is If I Speak, The Holy Spirit Of Life: Essays Written For John Ashcroft's Secret Self, Disfortune

Other poems on the web by Joe Wenderoth:
"The Shoes of the Children"
"The Only Fortunate Thing"
"Ny Life"
Three poems

Joe Wenderoth according to Wikipedia.