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Biography
Introduction
Brian Broome (born 1969 or 1970) is an American memoirist, poet, and screenwriter from Ohio. He is best known for his award-winning memoir Punch Me Up to the Gods.
Education and career
Broome received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh, where he also worked as a K. Leroy Irvis Fellow and an instructor in the Writing Program. His first full-length book, Punch Me Up to the Gods, was purchased by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt while he was still a student.
Broome currently writes for The Washington Post and is a Writer in Residence at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California.
Awards
In 2021, Broome was named Pittsburgh's Person of the Year in the Literature category.
| Year | Work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | "Gravel" | Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Award for College Prose | Winner | |
| 2019 | “In the Hypocrisy of the Opioid Epidemic, White Means Victim, Black Means Addict” | Vann Award for Online/Health-Science-Environment | Winner | |
| 2020 | "Garbage" | Cortada Short Film Festival's Audience Choice Award | Winner | |
| Portland Short Fest | Semi-finalist | |||
| 2021 | Punch Me Up to the Gods | Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction | Winner | |
| 2022 | Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award | Honor | ||
| Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir or Biography | Winner | |||
| Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction | Winner |