Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir

Name: Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780358438236

by Brian Broome

Kirkus Prize · 2021 · Winner

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Mariner BooksJuly 6, 2021Biography & Memoir NonfictionISBN 9780358438236

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction	2021	Winner

About This Book

Brian Broome's memoir about growing up gay, Black, and poor in Ohio is structured around Gwendolyn Brooks's poem 'We Real Cool' and meditates on addiction, violence, and the search for self. Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction.

About the Author

Brian BroomeAmerican

Brian Broome (born March 24, 1970) is an American memoirist, poet, and screenwriter from Ohio, best known for his debut memoir Punch Me Up to the Gods (2021), which won the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction, the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir/Biography, and the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, among others. He has also received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Award and the VANN Award for his prose and journalism. Read more →