Funny, irreverent, even madcap, the poems in Joe Wenderoth's new chapbook Circus Tender remind the reader that "a length of time is incredible." Whether "Assembling Your Clown" or "Manufacturing Consent," "Trouble Is" these poems "Plan Ahead." Wenderoth's most recent poetry collection is No Real Light (Wave Books, 2007).
Joe Wenderoth grew up near Baltimore. He is the author of No Real Light (Wave Books, 2007), The Holy Spirit of Life: Essays Written for John Ashcroft's Secret Self (Verse Press 2005) and Letters to Wendy's (Verse Press 2000). Wesleyan University Press published his first two books of poems: Disfortune (1995) and It Is If I Speak (2000). He is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Davis.