Brian Broome (born 1969 or 1970)[1] 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.[2] His first full-length book, Punch Me Up to the Gods, was purchased by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt while he was still a student.[3]

Broome currently writes for The Washington Post[4] and is a Writer in Residence at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California.[5][1]

Awards

In 2021, Broome was named Pittsburgh's Person of the Year in the Literature category.[6]

Year Work Award Result Ref.
2018 "Gravel" Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Award for College Prose Winner [7]
2019 “In the Hypocrisy of the Opioid Epidemic, White Means Victim, Black Means Addict” Vann Award for Online/Health-Science-Environment Winner [8]
2020 "Garbage" Cortada Short Film Festival's Audience Choice Award Winner [9]
Portland Short Fest Semi-finalist [4]
2021 Punch Me Up to the Gods Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Winner [10][11]
2022 Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award Honor [12]
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir or Biography Winner [13][14]
Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction Winner [15]

References

  1. 1 2 Jones, Susan (2021-11-09). "Former Pitt instructor wins Kirkus Prize for memoir". University Times. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  2. ↑ Lion, Jolanta (2020-11-20). "New Films Explore Racial Inequality in America". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  3. ↑ "Student Brian Broome Sells Debut Memoir". University of Pittsburgh. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  4. 1 2 "Brian Broome". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  5. ↑ "Visiting Writers & Editors". Saint Mary's College. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  6. ↑ "Pittsburgh's People of the Year 2021: Literature". Pittsburgh City Paper. 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  7. ↑ "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 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  8. ↑ "Pittsburgh Media Group Announces 2019 Vann Winners" (PDF). Pittsburgh Black Media Federation. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  9. ↑ "Brian Broome". University of Queensland Press. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  10. ↑ Liebetrau, Eric (September 13, 2021). "Meet the 2021 Kirkus Prize Nonfiction Finalists". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  11. ↑ "2021 Winners". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  12. ↑ Chapman, Monica (2022-02-01). "2022 Barbara Gittings Literature Award and Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award of the Stonewall Book Awards announced". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  13. ↑ Schaub, Michael (2022-06-13). "Lambda Literary Award Winners Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  14. ↑ Segal, Corinne (2022-06-13). "Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards!". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  15. ↑ "Here Are the Winners of the 2022 Publishing Triangle Awards". The Publishing Triangle. 2022-05-11. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
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