Roughhouse A novel by Thaddeus Rutkowski Book Description . About the Author . Excerpt . Reviews . Events . Buy Books Now Thaddeus Rutkowski grew up in central Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Cornell University and The Johns Hopkins University. He lives in New York, where he works as a newspaper copy editor. His book Journey to the Center of My Id was published by Linear Arts in New York. The March Street Press in Greensboro, NC, published his chapbook Basic Training, and Talent House Press in Talent, OR, published Beautiful Youth as a co-winner of its annual chapbook contest. In New York, he has performed on cable television and FM radio, as well as at a number of reading spaces, including the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, where he has won the Poetry Slam.