Paul Rousseau
@paulwrites7.bsky.social
Twin Cities, MN writer. Invisible disability.
Debut FRIENDLY FIRE: A FRACTURED MEMOIR (HarperCollins 2024)
Also in Roxane Gay's The Audacity, Newsweek, SmokeLong, Wigleaf, San Francisco Chronicle.
Read my stories & essays at https://paul-rousseau.com
Debut FRIENDLY FIRE: A FRACTURED MEMOIR (HarperCollins 2024)
Also in Roxane Gay's The Audacity, Newsweek, SmokeLong, Wigleaf, San Francisco Chronicle.
Read my stories & essays at https://paul-rousseau.com
All set for tomorrow 🫡
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
All set for tomorrow 🫡
People always ask to buy my little skeletons but they work very hard and are not for sale
November 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
People always ask to buy my little skeletons but they work very hard and are not for sale
This weekend—the twin cities book event of the year.
Come to union depot in St. Paul. I’ll be at table 317 offering you know what.
Make it happen!
Come to union depot in St. Paul. I’ll be at table 317 offering you know what.
Make it happen!
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This weekend—the twin cities book event of the year.
Come to union depot in St. Paul. I’ll be at table 317 offering you know what.
Make it happen!
Come to union depot in St. Paul. I’ll be at table 317 offering you know what.
Make it happen!
My appearance kicks off Season 3 of the Lived to Tell Podcast, where Caitlin and I discuss the events and fallout of my memoir, FRIENDLY FIRE.
“Paul was unintentionally shot in the head by his best friend. What happened after would change Paul’s life forever.”
“Paul was unintentionally shot in the head by his best friend. What happened after would change Paul’s life forever.”
October 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My appearance kicks off Season 3 of the Lived to Tell Podcast, where Caitlin and I discuss the events and fallout of my memoir, FRIENDLY FIRE.
“Paul was unintentionally shot in the head by his best friend. What happened after would change Paul’s life forever.”
“Paul was unintentionally shot in the head by his best friend. What happened after would change Paul’s life forever.”
Am in Spokane for a concert and found this amazing indie where I of course picked up a copy of @ambersparks.bsky.social’ new book!!
October 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Am in Spokane for a concert and found this amazing indie where I of course picked up a copy of @ambersparks.bsky.social’ new book!!
Neighbor’s haunted trail is pretty good
October 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Neighbor’s haunted trail is pretty good
Happy to announce I’m an exhibitor at Rain Taxi’s 25th annual Twin Cities Book Festival. I’ll be slinging copies of my memoir, Friendly Fire. The participating author list is also bonkers good. November 8th at the Saint Paul Union Depot (a location featured in my book!). Give it a gander
October 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Happy to announce I’m an exhibitor at Rain Taxi’s 25th annual Twin Cities Book Festival. I’ll be slinging copies of my memoir, Friendly Fire. The participating author list is also bonkers good. November 8th at the Saint Paul Union Depot (a location featured in my book!). Give it a gander
Here’s what’s pulling us this weekend
October 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Here’s what’s pulling us this weekend
A small portal to hell
October 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A small portal to hell
Tough to beat this train car
October 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Tough to beat this train car
Love visiting book clubs that read friendly fire!!
September 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Love visiting book clubs that read friendly fire!!
Friendly Fire turns 1 today! Grateful for every unexpected happening and all the book’s lovely readers.
September 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Friendly Fire turns 1 today! Grateful for every unexpected happening and all the book’s lovely readers.
Hell of a way to close a paragraph!
August 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hell of a way to close a paragraph!
NEW NEW nonfiction check it
August 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
NEW NEW nonfiction check it
Front page of the Adroit Journal rn!!
August 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Front page of the Adroit Journal rn!!
New 5-star review on GR with a lovely Michael Crouch mention, who absolutely crushed the audiobook performance of Friendly Fire!!
August 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
New 5-star review on GR with a lovely Michael Crouch mention, who absolutely crushed the audiobook performance of Friendly Fire!!
Did somebody say Friendship Day?
July 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Did somebody say Friendship Day?
Wine-ing about books today
July 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Wine-ing about books today
Got this chalkboard to address the 4 most common questions/remarks I get at book fairs:
1. Did you write this?
2. Did this actually happen?
3. Is it too sad?
4. I don’t typically read nonfiction
Will it work? Who knows!
1. Did you write this?
2. Did this actually happen?
3. Is it too sad?
4. I don’t typically read nonfiction
Will it work? Who knows!
July 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Got this chalkboard to address the 4 most common questions/remarks I get at book fairs:
1. Did you write this?
2. Did this actually happen?
3. Is it too sad?
4. I don’t typically read nonfiction
Will it work? Who knows!
1. Did you write this?
2. Did this actually happen?
3. Is it too sad?
4. I don’t typically read nonfiction
Will it work? Who knows!