Brian Broome

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 Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Chatham University and 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.

Awards
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

References

  1. 1 2 Jones, Susan (November 9, 2021). "Former Pitt instructor wins Kirkus Prize for memoir". University Times. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes: Brian Broome '17 | Chatham University". www.chatham.edu. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  3. ↑ Lion, Jolanta (November 20, 2020). "New Films Explore Racial Inequality in America". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Student Brian Broome Sells Debut Memoir". University of Pittsburgh. June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Brian Broome". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Visiting Writers & Editors". Saint Mary's College. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Pittsburgh's People of the Year 2021: Literature". Pittsburgh City Paper. December 22, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  8. ↑ "The 19th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Awards - Department of English - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Carnegie Mellon University". Carnegie Mellon University. Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Pittsburgh Media Group Announces 2019 Vann Winners" (PDF). Pittsburgh Black Media Federation. May 2, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Brian Broome". University of Queensland Press. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  11. ↑ Liebetrau, Eric (September 13, 2021). "Meet the 2021 Kirkus Prize Nonfiction Finalists". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  12. ↑ "2021 Winners". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  13. ↑ Chapman, Monica (February 1, 2022). "2022 Barbara Gittings Literature Award and Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award of the Stonewall Book Awards announced". News and Press Center. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  14. ↑ Schaub, Michael (June 13, 2022). "Lambda Literary Award Winners Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  15. ↑ Segal, Corinne (June 13, 2022). "Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards!". Literary Hub. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Here Are the Winners of the 2022 Publishing Triangle Awards". The Publishing Triangle. May 11, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.