Punch me up to the gods / Brian Broome.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: xviii, 250 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780358439103
- 0358439108
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Biography | BROOME, B. B873 | Available | 33111010581169 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | Biography | BROOME, B. B873 | Available | 33111010518351 |
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A raw, poetic, coming-of-age "masterwork" (The New York Times)
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. Brian's recounting of his experiences--in all their cringe-worthy, hilarious, and heartbreaking glory--reveal 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 misfit's origin story. But it is Brian's 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.
Cleverly framed around Gwendolyn Brooks's poem "We Real Cool," the iconic and loving ode to Black boyhood, Punch Me Up to the Gods is at once playful, poignant, and wholly original. Broome's writing brims with swagger and sensitivity, bringing an exquisite and fresh voice to ongoing cultural conversations about Blackness in America.
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..
"A poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir in essays about blackness, masculinity, and addiction"-- Provided by publisher.
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. -- Publisher description.