From Publishers Weekly
Having escaped the idiocy of rural life in his growing-up-gay-in-the-Ozarks memoir America's Boy, the author returns to it in this flamboyant fish-out-of-water saga. Inspired by Thoreau, Rouse and his partner moved to a cottage near the Michigan resort town of Saugatuck in order to simplify; wean himself from his addictions to shopping, tanning and cable; and resolve childhood traumas by being brashly gay in a nonurban setting. Saugatuck is actually quite gay-friendly, but trials abound: the eerie quiet of the countryside, the apocalyptic snows, a marauding raccoon fended off with lip balm and breath spray, the scarcity of gourmet yuppie-chow, the humiliation of wearing waders instead of Kenneth Cole boots, the slow, unfashionable locals who ask, rather perceptively, 'Don't you ever take anything seriously... things that don't affect only you?' Rouse's battle with his own narcissism is a losing one; indeed, it feels like the real point of offering his pink-outfitted self to the suspicious gazes of hunters and other yokels is simply to accentuate what a fascinating spectacle he is. Alas, Rouse's comically campy, but rarely truly funny, writing is so trite that few readers will share his self-involvement. (June)
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From Booklist
As he turns 40, Rouse (Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler, 2007) admits to becoming “the ultimate cliché”: he’s mentally and physically exhausted, hates his job, and realizes there is a void in his life that the city is no longer filling. He and his partner, Gary, take a vacation in Saugatuck, Michigan, “a Midwestern Martha’s Vineyard,” and on the spot decide to sell their home in St. Louis and move to the woods. Rouse vows to become a “modern-day Thoreau” and sets out to follow 10 life goals, roughly along the tenets espoused by Thoreau in Walden, Rouse’s favorite book. Rouse chronicles the hilarious escapades of these “two neurotic urbanites” as they ensconce themselves in the woods without magazine subscriptions, malls, Trader Joe’s, HGTV, or lattes. Rouse feels like a Martian confronting the locals at the general store, and suffers extreme anxiety when attempting ice fishing and karaoke. Gay or straight, any reader who has tried to “fit in” somewhere outside his or her comfort zone will readily empathize with Rouse’s rousing and ultimately successful lifestyle change. --Deborah Donovan
Rouse is a "laugh-out-loud-funny" (NBC's Today Show), "wise, witty and wicked" (USA Today) writer who "beautifully combines humor and pathos" (Out Magazine), and, in a short time has established himself as "an original writer and impressive new voice" (The Washington Post) whose "combination of honest emotion and evocative prose seems destined to be a hit!" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Hi, Amazonians! (I'm 5'7", so I've always dreamed of being an Amazonian!)
I live on the coast of Michigan, where - in between beach weather and blizzards - I write memoirs and battle for bed space with my partner, Gary, and our beloved mutts, Marge (a 12-year-old Husky-Ridgeback-Collie'ish sort of dame) and Mable (a 2-year-old Labradoodle-beagle inbred who looks like an insane bat).
I am the author of three, critically-acclaimed memoirs, including America's Boy, Confessions of A Prep School Mommy Handler, and my latest, At Least in the City Somone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life, about two neurotic urbanites (guess who?) that quit their jobs, and leave the city, cable and consumerism behind in order to move to the Michigan woods and recreate a modern-day Walden. At Least in the City Somone Would Hear Me Scream has already been named a Summer Must-Read by the Today Show, Detroit Free-Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Out Magazine, Chicago Magazine, St. Louis Magazine, Frontiers Magazine and bestselling memoirist Jen Lancaster's "Jennsylvania" blog.
I have been thrilled to see my books and writing be lauded and named to multiple "Best of the Year" lists by such influential media and booksellers as the Today Show, USA Today, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Detroit Free-Press, Out, Genre, Entertainment Weekly, OK! Weekly, Chicago Public Radio, Michigan Public Radio, WGN and KMOX Radio, as well as B&N, Border's, Target, and the nation's independent booksellers.
America's Boy, my memoir of growing up gay in the Ozarks, was named by Border's as one of its Best Books (Literary Memoirs) of 2006 (alongside Gore Vidal, Jonathan Franzen, Gay Talese and Augusten Burroughs), "A Best Book of 2006" by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as well as a May 2006 BookSense selection by the nation's independent booksellers. The memoir was also included as part of the American Library Association's inaugural "Rainbow List" of recommended books for GLBT young readers and their families, and PFLAG has placed "America's Boy" on its permanent must-read list for families.
My second memoir, Confessions of A Prep School Mommy Handler, about my former job catering to a Lilly Pulitzer-clad clique of "Mean Mommies" at an elite prep school, was selected by both Barnes & Noble and Target as a Breakout Bestseller, and Entertainment Weekly called it "funny"!
I was a contributing writer to the humorous essay collection on working in retail, The Customer Is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles (Counterpoint-Soft Skull Press/October 2008). The book was featured prominently on NPR and in the "Wall Street Journal." My essay on working at Sears (Yikes! The Husky Years!) was selected to kick off the collection.
My essays and articles have appeared in numerous regional and national magazines, and collections. I earned my B.A. in communications (with honors) from Drury University and my master's in journalism from Northwestern University.
I am currently working on my next two memoirs: Why Is Santa Taking Daddy's Lipitor?: And Other Heartwarming Holiday Tales, a compilation of tender, torturous and touching tales about my family's holidays and America's obsession with picture-perfect holidays. And the other is an untitled memoir about my gentile mother's battle with cancer and her obsession with visiting the Wailing Wall befores she dies.
For more, please visit my web site at www.waderouse.com
witty and a bit naughty, a few interesting observations here and there. The opening story is about how the author fights teeth and nail with a coon in the wilderness of the woods. He managed to fight off the beast with the mint spray from Sephora. The mor...
評分witty and a bit naughty, a few interesting observations here and there. The opening story is about how the author fights teeth and nail with a coon in the wilderness of the woods. He managed to fight off the beast with the mint spray from Sephora. The mor...
評分witty and a bit naughty, a few interesting observations here and there. The opening story is about how the author fights teeth and nail with a coon in the wilderness of the woods. He managed to fight off the beast with the mint spray from Sephora. The mor...
評分witty and a bit naughty, a few interesting observations here and there. The opening story is about how the author fights teeth and nail with a coon in the wilderness of the woods. He managed to fight off the beast with the mint spray from Sephora. The mor...
評分witty and a bit naughty, a few interesting observations here and there. The opening story is about how the author fights teeth and nail with a coon in the wilderness of the woods. He managed to fight off the beast with the mint spray from Sephora. The mor...
《至少在城裏會有人聽到我的尖叫》——單憑這個書名,就足以讓任何一個內心敏感的人産生無限的遐想。它像是一聲在無邊黑暗中劃破寂靜的呐喊,又像是在被遺忘的角落裏,發齣的最後一點求救信號。我非常好奇,是什麼樣的經曆,能讓一個人在繁華都市的洪流中,感到如此的孤立無援,以至於需要發齣這樣絕望的呼喊?這本書,是否會像一個隱匿的窺視者,將我帶入一個被社會遺忘的角落,去見證一個角色的掙紮與痛苦?我期待的是,作者能夠用一種不動聲色的敘事方式,卻又極其深刻地展現齣人物內心的波濤洶湧。那種被忽視的委屈,那種深不見底的孤獨,那種在絕境中閃爍的渺茫希望,都可能在這本書中被一一展現。它是否會揭示齣,現代社會中那些看不見的隔閡,那些被我們習以為常的冷漠,是如何一點點將個體推嚮崩潰的邊緣?我希望這本書能成為一劑強心針,喚醒我對於身邊那些可能正在經曆相似睏境的人的關注,讓我們重新審視人與人之間真正的連接,以及我們是否有勇氣,去傾聽那些微弱的、卻又充滿力量的呼喊。
评分《至少在城裏會有人聽到我的尖叫》——這個書名,簡直就像一枚投入平靜湖麵的石子,在我心中激起瞭層層漣漪。它所蘊含的張力,那種在嘈雜世界中試圖發齣微弱聲音的掙紮,足以勾起我內心深處最原始的好奇。我想象著,在一個繁華得令人窒息的都市裏,可能隱藏著多少不為人知的悲劇。那個“尖叫”的主人,他/她究竟遭遇瞭怎樣的睏境?是物質的匱乏,精神的摺磨,還是人際關係的崩塌?這本書,是否會像一把手術刀,精準地剖開現代社會那看似光鮮亮麗的外錶,揭露齣隱藏在其下的脆弱與絕望?我期待著,作者能夠用飽含情感的筆觸,描繪齣那個“尖叫”背後的故事,將角色的絕望、恐懼、以及一絲渺茫的希望,淋灕盡緻地呈現在讀者麵前。它是否會讓我反思,在如今這個信息爆炸、人與人之間聯係日益緊密的時代,我們是否反而變得更加孤立?這本書,不僅僅是一部文學作品,更可能是一種對現代人普遍存在的孤獨感的深刻探討,一種對“被看見”和“被聽見”的強烈渴望的呐喊。我希望,它能在我心中留下深深的印記,引發我對於身邊那些微弱聲音的關注,並促使我去思考,如何在喧囂的世界中,為那些需要幫助的人,送去一絲溫暖和慰藉。
评分《至少在城裏會有人聽到我的尖叫》——僅僅是這個書名,就足以讓人心頭一緊,腦海中浮現齣無數個極富戲劇性的畫麵。它傳遞齣一種強烈的、幾乎是本能的求救信號,仿佛在無垠的都市洪流中,一個人正拼盡全力地想要引起他人的注意。這讓我不禁思考,是什麼樣的絕境,纔能讓人發齣如此絕望的呼喊?是突如其來的災難,是日積月纍的壓抑,還是某種深刻的、被社會所遺忘的創傷?我期待著,本書能夠帶領我進入一個扣人心弦的故事,去探尋那個“尖叫”背後的真相。它是否會展現一個角色,在冰冷的城市中,如何一步步走嚮崩潰的邊緣,又如何在絕望中尋找一綫生機?我希望作者能夠以其獨到的洞察力,深入剖析角色的內心世界,將那些難以言說的恐懼、孤獨和無助,轉化為文字的力量,觸動讀者的靈魂。這本書,或許是一麵摺射現代社會個體生存睏境的鏡子,它是否會讓我們重新審視人與人之間的關係,以及我們在快速發展的社會中,是否真的如我們所想象的那樣,彼此連接,而非形同陌路?我渴望的是,在閱讀過程中,能夠體驗到一種強烈的共鳴,一種對生命脆弱性的敬畏,以及一種對尋求幫助和被理解的深刻認識。
评分《至少在城裏會有人聽到我的尖叫》——這個書名,在我腦海中蕩漾開來,仿佛帶著一種沉重的、壓抑的情緒。它不僅僅是一個簡單的名字,更像是一種宣言,一種在無邊孤獨中,對外部世界發齣的最後一點嘗試。我想象著,在鋼筋水泥的叢林裏,隱藏著多少不為人知的悲傷故事,又有多少個體,在繁華的錶象之下,承受著常人難以想象的痛苦。這本書,是否會深入探究這種“被聽到”的渴望,以及當這種渴望被無情剝奪時,所帶來的毀滅性後果?我期待的,是作者能夠以一種極富感染力的筆觸,將角色的內心世界展現得淋灕盡緻。那些被壓抑的痛苦,那些難以啓齒的恐懼,以及在絕望中誕生的微弱希望,都可能在這本書中得到深刻的描繪。它是否會是一部關於現代社會個體生存睏境的寓言?它是否會讓我反思,在看似人潮湧動的世界裏,我們與他人的距離,究竟有多遠?我希望這本書能夠給我帶來心靈的震撼,讓我對那些身處睏境、卻無人問津的靈魂,産生更多的同情與關注,並思考,在喧囂的都市中,我們是否有能力,去傾聽那些微弱的、卻又至關重要的呼喊。
评分這本《至少在城裏會有人聽到我的尖叫》——我承認,當初被這個標題深深吸引。那種絕望的、無助的,卻又帶著一絲對外界施救的渺茫期盼的意象,瞬間就擊中瞭內心深處某個最脆弱的角落。在如今這個信息爆炸、人與人之間看似聯係緊密卻又疏離感日益增長的時代,這種“被聽到”的渴望,仿佛成瞭一種奢侈品。我一直很好奇,在這樣一個充斥著喧囂與冷漠的城市裏,究竟是什麼樣的境遇,纔會讓人發齣如此撕心裂肺的呼喊?這本書會講述一個怎樣被忽視的故事?是社會性的悲劇,是個人化的睏境,還是某種難以言喻的心理陰影?我迫不及待地想走進作者構建的世界,去感受那種壓抑在內心深處的痛苦,去體會那種在人群中被孤立的無力感。這本書會不會像一把手術刀,精準地剖開現代人內心深處的孤獨與無助?會不會讓我們重新審視那些被我們習以為常的、卻又可能正在吞噬我們情感的現代生活弊病?我期待的,是作者能夠用飽含情感的筆觸,描繪齣那個令人心碎的“尖叫”背後的故事,讓讀者在閱讀過程中,能夠産生強烈的共鳴,甚至是對自身處境的反思。這本書,不僅僅是一個故事,更可能是一種對我們內心深處普遍存在的恐懼的探討。
评分《至少在城裏會有人聽到我的尖叫》——這個名字本身就像一聲迴響,在寂靜的深夜裏,試圖喚醒沉睡的良知。我拿到這本書的時候,並沒有急於翻開,而是反復咀嚼著這個書名,它像一個謎語,又像一則警示,讓我對書中即將展開的故事充滿瞭好奇與期待。我想象著,在繁華都市的某個不起眼的角落,一個人,也許是他,也許是她,正經曆著常人難以想象的痛苦與孤立。她的呼喊,在充斥著信息與噪音的現代社會中,顯得如此微不足道,甚至被淹沒在日常的瑣碎與麻木之中。這本書,會不會是一次對現代人內心孤獨的深刻挖掘?它會不會揭示齣,在看似便利與發達的社會結構下,人與人之間的情感連接卻日益脆弱,個體更容易陷入被遺忘和被忽視的境地?我渴望的,是作者能夠以一種不動聲色的力量,將那份無助與絕望層層剝開,讓我們看到那個“尖叫”背後,可能隱藏著怎樣的原因,是心理的創傷,是人際關係的破裂,還是社會體製的疏漏?我希望這本書能夠成為一麵鏡子,映照齣我們內心深處對被理解、被關懷的渴望,同時,也讓我們反思,在這樣一個充滿機會卻也充滿疏離的時代,我們是否還能聽到身邊微弱的呼喚,並給予迴應。
评分當我第一次看到《至少在城裏會有人聽到我的尖叫》這個書名時,一股難以言喻的寒意瞬間侵襲瞭我。這個名字,太有畫麵感瞭,太能勾起人的好奇心瞭。它似乎暗示著一種極端的狀態,一種在人群中卻感受到前所未有的孤獨與無助,一種發自肺腑卻又無人傾聽的絕望。我想象著,在鋼筋水泥的叢林裏,隱藏著多少不為人知的悲傷故事,又有多少聲音,在日復一日的喧囂中,悄無聲息地消逝。這本書,會是一部關於被忽視者的贊歌,還是一個關於人性黑暗麵的揭露?它是否會讓我看到,在光鮮亮麗的城市錶象之下,隱藏著多少難以言說的痛苦和掙紮?我期待著,作者能夠用一種充滿力量和真實感的筆觸,描繪齣這個“尖叫”背後的真相。是心理的崩潰,是社會的遺棄,還是某種更深層次的睏境?這本書,或許不僅僅是一個故事,更是一種對現代社會人際關係疏離的深刻反思,一種對個體在宏大社會中生存狀態的拷問。我希望它能讓我心生震撼,引發我對於“被看見”和“被聽見”的深層思考,並最終,在閤上書本的那一刻,對身邊的人給予更多的關注和理解。
评分《至少在城裏會有人聽到我的尖叫》——這個書名,一股腦地將我拉入瞭一種無法忽視的、充滿張力的情緒之中。它不僅僅是一個簡單的標題,更像是一種宣言,一種在絕望邊緣發齣的嘶吼。我常常在想,在這樣一個信息爆炸、人潮湧動的現代都市裏,是什麼樣的絕境,纔能讓人發齣如此驚心動魄的呼喊?是誰,又為何,會在這喧囂之中,感受到被徹底的遺忘與孤立?這本書,是否將帶領我走進一個充滿張力的敘事空間,去見證一個角色如何在極端的睏境中掙紮求生,又如何試圖打破那無形的隔閡,尋求一絲被看見的可能?我期待的,是作者能夠用一種極具感染力的筆觸,刻畫齣人物內心深處的波瀾壯闊,那些隱秘的恐懼,那些壓抑的渴望,那些在絕望中閃爍的微光。這本書,會不會是現代社會中個體生存睏境的縮影,它是否會讓我重新審視我們與他人的關係,以及我們在宏大社會機器中的位置?我希望它能帶來一種強烈的衝擊,讓我們在閱讀過程中,體驗到角色感同身受的痛苦,並從中獲得一種警醒,一種對身邊微弱呼喚的關注,以及一種對人性深處脆弱的理解。
评分我被《至少在城裏會有人聽到我的尖叫》這個書名深深吸引瞭。它在一種近乎原始的絕望感中,又帶著一絲對外界微弱的期盼。這種矛盾的張力,讓我立刻想要去探究,究竟是什麼樣的情境,纔能催生齣如此撕心裂肺的呼喊?在我腦海中,浮現齣的是一個被遺忘在城市角落的靈魂,他的痛苦無人知曉,他的掙紮在熙攘的人群中顯得如此微不足道。這本書,是否會是一場關於個體在現代社會中被邊緣化的深刻寓言?它是否會揭示齣,在科技發達、信息爆炸的時代,人與人之間的情感連接反而變得更加脆弱?我期待作者能夠以其獨特的視角,深入挖掘人物的內心世界,將那種被忽視的孤獨、無助以及對被理解的渴望,用文字的力量傳遞齣來。是否會有一場突如其來的危機,將主人公推嚮絕境?亦或是,是一種漫長的、被社會結構性忽視的痛苦,日復一日地侵蝕著他的心靈?我希望這本書能帶給我心靈的震撼,讓我對那些隱藏在城市喧囂下的微弱聲音,産生更深的同情與關注,並思考,在這樣一個看似緊密相連的世界裏,我們是否真的能夠,聽到彼此內心的呼喚。
评分當我拿起《至少在城裏會有人聽到我的尖叫》這本書時,我並沒有預設它會帶給我怎樣的閱讀體驗,僅僅是那個頗具衝擊力的標題,就已經在我腦海中勾勒齣瞭一幅幅模糊的畫麵。我想象著,在一個熙熙攘攘的都市叢林中,一個人被孤獨、恐懼或絕望所吞噬,他的呼喊在滾滾的車流和高樓的陰影下顯得如此微弱,甚至無人問津。這種強烈的反差,往往是戲劇性最濃厚的土壤。這本書,是否就描繪瞭這樣一個個體在現代社會中的掙紮?它是否會觸及那些隱藏在光鮮外錶下的陰暗角落,那些被社會主流所忽略的邊緣人群的悲歌?我期望作者能夠以一種細膩且富有洞察力的筆觸,展現角色的內心世界,將那些難以啓齒的痛苦、無法言說的恐懼,以及在極端睏境下的求生本能,淋灕盡緻地呈現在讀者麵前。或許,書中的“尖叫”並非物理上的聲響,而是一種精神上的呐喊,是對人性、對社會、對命運的無聲控訴。我期待的,是它能引發我對於“被看見”和“被聽見”的深刻思考,在閱讀的過程中,體驗到一種前所未有的震撼,並從中汲取力量,去關照那些同樣在城市角落裏默默承受著苦難的靈魂。
评分讀到最後是漸入佳境。G辭掉工作,R&G迴到城市裏準備賣掉他們第一套房子。看來是準備將鄉村生活進行到底瞭。 Wade的心態變化和他的文章一樣,開始浮躁,後來哲理。 I decide all options are fine and dandy. Life must have risk, both calculated and irrational.
评分讀到最後是漸入佳境。G辭掉工作,R&G迴到城市裏準備賣掉他們第一套房子。看來是準備將鄉村生活進行到底瞭。 Wade的心態變化和他的文章一樣,開始浮躁,後來哲理。 I decide all options are fine and dandy. Life must have risk, both calculated and irrational.
评分讀到最後是漸入佳境。G辭掉工作,R&G迴到城市裏準備賣掉他們第一套房子。看來是準備將鄉村生活進行到底瞭。 Wade的心態變化和他的文章一樣,開始浮躁,後來哲理。 I decide all options are fine and dandy. Life must have risk, both calculated and irrational.
评分讀到最後是漸入佳境。G辭掉工作,R&G迴到城市裏準備賣掉他們第一套房子。看來是準備將鄉村生活進行到底瞭。 Wade的心態變化和他的文章一樣,開始浮躁,後來哲理。 I decide all options are fine and dandy. Life must have risk, both calculated and irrational.
评分讀到最後是漸入佳境。G辭掉工作,R&G迴到城市裏準備賣掉他們第一套房子。看來是準備將鄉村生活進行到底瞭。 Wade的心態變化和他的文章一樣,開始浮躁,後來哲理。 I decide all options are fine and dandy. Life must have risk, both calculated and irrational.
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