Thaddeus Rutkowski NEWS
We love to see our authors having an international impact. Thaddeus Rutkowski, author of ROUGHHOUSE, spoke at the Singapore Writers Festival. He participated in two events. The first, titled “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” invited authors to share their favorite anecdote or reading based on the theme. The second, titled “Real to Print: The Burden of Experience,” explored how […]
New Yorkers: go participate in this amazing underground publishing event by our friends at WRIT LARGE PRESS, featuring Kaya writers Ed Lin and Thaddeus Rutkowski, among many others. Hosted by S2A (www.s2anyc.com), PUBLISH! questions the notion of writing as a private, solitary act and re-imagines the publishing process as an act of announcing. Over the […]
Roughhouse
A quirky, deadpan look at fetish, violence, and family. Thaddeus Rutkowski’s novel in short vignettes, gives a harrowingly deadpan account of the tedium, casual violence, and deviant sex lacing together a surreal, semi-rural childhood with adult urban neurosis. In a spare, flat, and unrelenting prose that has been honed to a point, Rutkowski ferrets out the hard bone of absurdity and humor at the center of emotional displacement.
praise
“My favorite moment was a crafted jewel, as tight and nuanced a 123-word story as you’re likely to find anywhere. — Nerve Magazine
“Rutkowski combines carefully measured statements with a profound searching of the cultural landscape, refusing to accept literary prototypes.” — American Book Review
“Rutkowski’s tale chronicles the confusion and opacity of traumatic childhood as it criticizes the American society that tolerates such inhumanity.” — Publisher’s Weekly
Thaddeus Rutkowski NEWS
We love to see our authors having an international impact. Thaddeus Rutkowski, author of ROUGHHOUSE, spoke at the Singapore Writers Festival. He participated in two events. The first, titled “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” invited authors to share their favorite anecdote or reading based on the theme. The second, titled “Real to Print: The Burden of Experience,” explored how […]
New Yorkers: go participate in this amazing underground publishing event by our friends at WRIT LARGE PRESS, featuring Kaya writers Ed Lin and Thaddeus Rutkowski, among many others. Hosted by S2A (www.s2anyc.com), PUBLISH! questions the notion of writing as a private, solitary act and re-imagines the publishing process as an act of announcing. Over the […]
