Author Wade Rouse (Wade Rouse)

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Interests

General
I love my partner, Gary, and I also love to run (best marathon time: 3:28:38, just need to shave a few more minutes to qualify for Boston), exercise, go to the beach, read, travel, cook, watch sports, go to the movies and theatre. I am a coffee addict, and often fall while wearing flip-flops. When I get overly tan, I can look like Melanie Griffith (it's my damn lips!).
Music
Jazz to pop, blues to country, hip-hop to classical. Love me some Kelly Clarkson, Indigo Girls, Scissor Sisters, Michael Buble, Tony Bennett, old Cure, Gwen Stefani, J-Timberlake. Love the Dixie Chicks. I've been known to hum Britney, Hilary Duff, and Paris. So go ahead and kick me in the teeth.
Movies
Huge indy movie fan. Just saw "The Savages" -- fabulous. Annie Hall is all-time favorite, followed closely by Ordinary People. Laughed my a-hole off at Borat as well as Superbad. Loved Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show. Love pretty much anything with Parker Posey, or with a shirtless Ryan Phillipe.
Television
American Idol, Entourage, Ugly Betty, The Office, sports (college/pro), and anything on that medical channel that might feature a man with a tail or gills. Marge And Mable Read Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler
Books
Mine, of course. Also love books from Sedaris, Burroughs, Anne LaMott, A.J. Jacobs, Jen Lancaster, Bret McInerny, Bret Easton Ellis, Bill Bryson, Erma Bombeck, and Dorothy Parker. (Yes, I said Erma Bombeck. Re-read her, if you haven't. She was one of our best writers and original memoirists.)
Heroes
My parents and grandparents. My partner, Gary. (Oh, and Kenneth Cole, for the clothes and shoes. He's pretty much my personal Ghandi.)

Details

Status: In a Relationship
Here for: Networking, Friends
Orientation: Gay
Body type: 5' 7" / Athletic
Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Religion: Christian - other
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Children: Love kids, but not for me
Education: Post grad
Occupation: Author

Schools

Northwestern University
- Evanston, IL
- Graduated: 1988
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Master's Degree
- Major: Journalism/Magazine Publishing
1987 to 1988
Drury University
- Springfield, MO
- Graduated: 1987
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree
- Major: Communications
- Greek: Sigma Pi
1983 to 1987

Latest Blog Entries

Jun 11, 2009 3:09 PM TODAY'S USA TODAY FEATURES "AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM"!
Jun 3, 2009 1:36 PM Wade Rouse Book Signing Tonight, June 3, 7 p.m. at Grand Rapids Public Library
Jun 2, 2009 4:29 PM AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM LAUNCHES TODAY!
May 31, 2009 7:07 PM Rave Reviews!
May 28, 2009 12:24 PM AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM LAUNCHES JUNE 2!

Blurbs

About me:

Howdy Ho, MySpacers! I'm the critically-acclaimed author of the memoirs AMERICA'S BOY (Penguin/Dutton, 2006) and CONFESSIONS OF A PREP SCHOOL MOMMY HANDLER (Random House/Harmony, 2007). AMERICA'S BOY, which chronicles my life growing up gay in the Ozarks and pays tribute to my unique but loving family, was named a Best Book (Literary Memoir) of 2006 by Border's and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, was a BookSense pick by the nation's indepenent booksellers, and was recently named to the American Library Association's "Rainbow List" as a book for GLBT teens and young readers. My second memoir, CONFESSIONS OF A PREP SCHOOL MOMMY HANDLER," is about my tenure as the PR director at an elite prep school where I quickly discovered my real job was to make a few of the very pretty, very rich, very mean mommies of the students happy. In between designing Louis Vuitton–inspired reunion invitations, dressing as Ronald Reagan for Halloween, and surviving surprise Botox parties, I try to tame this pink Lilly Pulitzer–clad posse of Mean Mommies while reclaiming my self-esteem. CONFESSIONS earned praise from "Entertainment Weekly," "OK! Weekly" and "Out" Magazine, Booklist (“Wade’s irreverent look at his career at Tate is full of charm, candor, and cattiness) and Kirkus (“Another wincingly funny memoir from Rouse.") Author Josh Kilmer-Purcell called CONFESSIONS "A treat, a trip, a triumph!" My third book, tentatively titled "THE FAUX THOREAU: A City Boy Battles Blizzards, Wrestles Raccoons and Cuts Cable in A Quest for His Modern-Day Walden Pond," will publish next summer (exact date TBD) by Random House/Harmony. It's about me and my partner leaving the big city lights behind and striking out for rural America with only shimmery lip balm and breath spray to protect us in an effort to recreate Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden”. It’s sort of Sex & The City Goes Country, as I discover the simple life isn’t so simple, especially when trying to wear high-fashion waders. I also ruminate on whether it’s possible to slow down and revamp one’s life in today’s hectic society. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book, and think it will resonate with a lot of people. I'm also a journalist and essayist for numerous magazines, and am working on my first novel and my first screenplay. For more, check out my web site at waderouse.com Sarah Palin's Sister?????

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