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Author:

Broome, Brian, author.

Title:

Punch me up to the gods / Brian Broome.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xviii, 250 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Broome, Brian.
African American authors--Biography.
African American gay men--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.

Contents:

We real cool -- The initiation of Tuan -- Colder -- We left school -- Bee -- The red caboose -- Parental alienation -- The rent -- We lurk late -- Arena -- Sandalwood -- Like this -- We strike straight -- The key -- Game theory -- We sing sin -- A house is not a home -- Let the church say "amen" -- We thin gin -- This gay life -- Look left, look right -- We jazz June -- Carnival -- We die soon -- Gravel -- Stall -- Tabula rasa -- Human being.

Summary:

Punch Me Up to the Gods introduces a powerful new talent in Brian Broome, whose early years growing up in Ohio as a dark-skinned Black boy harboring crushes on other boys propel forward this gorgeous, aching, and unforgettable debut. Brians recounting of his experiencesin all their cringe-worthy, hilarious, and heartbreaking gloryreveal a perpetual outsider awkwardly squirming to find his way in. Indiscriminate sex and escalating drug use help to soothe his hurt, young psyche, usually to uproarious and devastating effect. A no-nonsense mother and broken father play crucial roles in our misfits origin story. But it is Brians voice in the retelling that shows the true depth of vulnerability for young Black boys that is often quietly near to bursting at the seams.

ISBN:

0358449847
9780358449843
0358449782
9780358449782
0358439108
9780358439103

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1159047032

LCCN:

2020044745

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