Category Archives: drinking stories

Patrick’s Column in the Weeklings.

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Patrick Wensink

Patrick has taken on a twice-monthly gig writing essays for the Weeklings. If you don’t know this site, it’s jam packed with pop/culture essays from very talented writers. So far, he’s written about rock album “Growers” and the similarities between Smokey … Continue reading →

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Patrick in the New York Times Sunday Book Review

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Patrick Wensink

Big news here at Wentastic Enterprises. For the first time Patrick will be in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. Pick up a copy of the April 14 paper and check the Inside the List section. WHISKEY AND WRY: Writing a best seller … Continue reading →

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Audiobooks Have Arrived!

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Patrick Wensink

Broken Piano audiobooks have arrived! Published by the fine folks at Recorded Books. 8 CDs totaling almost 10 hours. Read by LJ Ganser, whose radio-sexy voice has done audiobooks for the likes of Jess Walter, James Elroy and baseball dude Alex Rodriguez. … Continue reading →

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Patrick in the New York Times.

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Patrick Wensink

The New York Times recently published Patrick’s essay about being a stay-at-home-dad/domestic gigolo. Read it here. Here’s the beginning: A romantic Valentine’s is close. Like, broom-closet close. All you need for a sexy good time is a bucket of cleaning supplies … Continue reading →

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LitReactor Names Broken Piano one of 2012’s Best

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Patrick Wensink

LitReactor had high praise for Broken Piano. A cultural satire wrapped in a corporate espionage mystery, and by the end a personal reflection on creativity and individuality. A delicate balancing act, and Wensink pulls it off masterfully.

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New Cover Officially Released Today!

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Patrick Wensink

The folks at Mashable broke the story.

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David Ohle’s Devil in Kansas

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Patrick Wensink

I’m very honored to have been asked to pen a blurb for David Ohle’s new collection, The Devil in Kansas. Ohle, if you don’t know, is a lit cult legend stemming from the early 70s publication of Motorman, still one of the weirdest, … Continue reading →

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Flavorwire Uses Swearwords in Praise of Broken Piano.

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Patrick Wensink

This one’s a clusterfuck. A good clusterfuck…Let’s just say this one;s full of conspiracies, alcohol, fast food-speak, alcohol, and uh, well… more alcohol. But there’s so much going on that you may want to read a little slowly, or you … Continue reading →

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Broken Piano Madness

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Patrick Wensink

Broken Piano for President was featured in just about every place short of Highlights magazine recently. The world’s nicest cease and desist really traveled far. NPR’s Weekend Edition The New York Times Time Magazine Forbes The New Yorker Boing Boing The Atlantic Business … Continue reading →

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I Fell in a Hole.

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Patrick Wensink

Today’s Drinking Story: Here we find Tom Williams sinking lower than he’d ever imagined during a drunken visit to his birthplace. I fell in a hole. Not a figurative hole. Not a spiritual hole. Not a pothole or chuckhole or gopher … Continue reading →

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