Thaddeus Rutkowski

Fiction Writer

Author's Bio

Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of seven books, most recently Tricks of Light, a poetry collection. His novel Haywire won the Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s members’ choice award, and his memoir Guess and Check won an Electronic Literature award for multicultural fiction. He teaches at Medgar Evers College and received a fiction writing fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. 

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Tricks of Light (Great weather for MEDIA, 2020)
,
Border Crossings (Sensitive Skin Books, 2017)
,
Guess and Check (Gival Press, 2017)
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Violent Outbursts (Spuyten Duyvil, 2015)
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Haywire (Starcherone Books, 2010)
,
Tetched (Behler Publications, 2005)
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Roughhouse (Kaya Press, 1999)
Prizes won: 

Fiction writing fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts, 2012.

Members' Choice Award, Asian American Writers' Workshop, 2013.

Electronic Literature Award for multicultural fiction, 2016.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Other
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Kingston, PA
Pennsylvania
Raised in: 
Hublersburg, PA
Pennsylvania
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Last update: Oct 19, 2020