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March 17, 2013

How Much Money Bestsellers Make

I opened up to Salon.com about how much (or little, depending on your view) money I made after having a bestseller.
salon.com/2013/03/15/hey_amazon_where...
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Published on March 17, 2013 21:01

February 14, 2013

Holy Crap, I'm in the New York Times!

Against their better judgement the New York Times published one of my essays today: "Confessions of a Domestic Gigolo."

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/20...
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Published on February 14, 2013 07:48 Tags: essay, new-york-times, patrick-wensink, sex

May 7, 2012

Buy My Papers, ITT Tech.

Jumping on the bandwagon of serious writers' papers being bought by universities, I beg ITT Tech to purchase my literary output.

http://thefanzine.com/i-want-itt-tech...
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Published on May 07, 2012 11:35

April 3, 2012

Tapes Going Fast

Broken Piano for President the book on tape has already sold out of its first pressing.

Apparently, the folks at Deathbomb Arc are doing another limited run.

All the grit is here: http://deathbombarc.bigcartel.com/pro...
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Published on April 03, 2012 13:42 Tags: bands, broken-piano-for-president, cassette, music-lazy-fascist, rock, tapes, wensink

March 5, 2012

Eat a Tape

Finally, you can see me eat an entire cassette tape.

Just like you've always wanted.

http://www.goodreads.com/videos/show/...
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Published on March 05, 2012 09:58

January 6, 2012

Broken Piano for President

My novel "BROKEN PIANO FOR PRESIDENT" hits shelves March 1 via Lazy Fascist Press.

See the cover here: www.patrickwensink.com/randomness

Also, the rad LA record label Deathbomb Arc is releasing the book-on-tape version. Literally, on cassette tape.

Read it and weep, James Earl Jones.
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Published on January 06, 2012 12:20

August 29, 2011

Free Kenny Rogers Crap!

To celebrate Black Hole Blues' Kindle release, we're having a giveaway.

From now until Midnight, September 1, anyone who orders a copy of the book is instantly entitled to some Kenny Rogers ephemera.

Over the course of taking the Death to Kenny Rogers game show on the road, Patrick has accumulated Gambler playing cards, Anti-Kenny pins, 8-track tapes, mysterious white beard clippings and more.

Just send him your address in a Goodreads message before the deadline and you're in.

It's that simple.
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Published on August 29, 2011 07:53

July 22, 2011

Everything Was Great Until it Sucked

My monthly nonfiction piece for We Who Are About to Die. This one explores what your fireworks say about you.

God bless America.
http://wewhoareabouttodie.com/2011/06...
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Published on July 22, 2011 11:16

June 22, 2011

We Who Are About to Die

Literary super blog, We Who Are About to Die, has asked me to join the team. After a long contract negotiation and a temporary strike, I said "yes."

My first post is about author James Greer's Guided by Voices biography and why he chose to leave himself out of it...since, you know, he played BASS in the band and all.

http://wewhoareabouttodie.com/2011/06...
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Published on June 22, 2011 15:29

June 16, 2011

Hello, Me. Meet Me.

Super blog, We Who Are About To Die, asked me to interview myself about Death to Kenny Rogers. The results are a little self-centered.
http://wewhoareabouttodie.com/2011/06...
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Published on June 16, 2011 10:03 Tags: black-hole-blues, kenny-rogers, we-who-are-about-to-die