TY - BOOK AU - Broome,Brian TI - Punch me up to the gods SN - 9780358439103 PY - 2021/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt KW - Broome, Brian. KW - African American authors KW - Biography KW - African American gay men KW - Autobiographies KW - lcgft KW - Biographies N1 - The initiation of Tuan -- We real cool. Colder -- We left school. Bee ; The red caboose ; Parental alienation 101 ; 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 N2 - "A poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir in essays about blackness, masculinity, and addiction"--; Playful, poignant and wholly original, this coming-of-age memoir about Blackness, masculinity and addiction follows the author, a poet and screenwriter, as he recounts his experiences, revealing a perpetual outsider awkwardly squirming to find his way in. -- ER -