Letters to Wendy's

If you don't like slightly obscure, definately off color, nuianced, weird humor...this isn't for you.But, I do! I love this book. It's not exactly comedy, it's definately not serious, it's kind of poetic. It is what it is. When I read the letters I assumed they were all originally written on "Comments from our Customers" cards and deposited in a Comments Box. Anyway, if you don't try to label it and just read it, it's definately hilarious.The format (one paragraph long "letter" per page) is great for bedtime reading when you're too tired for narrative and in the mood for humor.

This book was in my curriculum at an Arts High School and it always stuck with me. I couldn't find it for 12 years until now, and I'm really glad it's on my shelf.

Amazing book of prose poetry. It's so lyrical, yet funny at the same time. Read this!

Just wanted to bump the number up, this was the best book I've read in years. Perfect gift for anyone with a perverse sense of humour.

There's a letter that's in African American vernacular and it's.... cringey at best.

My favorire book of all time.

Joe Wenderoth's Letters to Wendy's is a shockingly honest commentary on consumerism & capitalism written in the form of bits of reflection on Wendy's comment cards. The narrator uses things like Biggies, Frostys, and the girl depicted in the Wendy's logo as vessels to delve into metaphysical thought. He grapples with what it means to be authentic and feel truly alive in a consumerist culture, broaching subjects like drugs and pornography in his diary entry-like letters. The letters are like miniature essays that'll make you feel like you're reading something deeply personal and profound. They're also very lyric and poetic, but certainly not without humor, as many of the narrator's thoughts and actions are absurdly funny and will likely make you laugh out loud.This book is a great & thought-provoking read, whether you read it in segments or gobble it up in one sitting.

Joe Wenderoth’s spare, dark collection of aphoristic poems is reaches strange heights in this nicely written diary. Taking Wendy’s as the centerpiece of American culture, Wenderoth constructs a densely semiotic chain of interlocking objects and moods. Often funny, probably more often gloomy, this small text speaks to the generalized alienation of recession America. A strange work, though you might be happy to be out of it by the end.