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. YearWorkAwardResultRef.2018"Gravel"Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Award for College ProseWinner2019“In the Hypocrisy of the Opioid Epidemic, White Means Victim, Black Means Addict”Vann Award for Online/Health-Science-EnvironmentWinner2020"Garbage"Cortada Short Film Festival's Audience Choice AwardWinnerPortland Short FestSemi-finalist2021Punch Me Up to the GodsKirkus Prize for NonfictionWinner2022Israel Fishman Non-Fiction AwardHonorLambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir or BiographyWinnerRandy Shilts Award for Gay NonfictionWinner
References
External links Official website Brian Broome on the Kirkus Prize, Memoir, Creativity, Addiction, and Recovery, 1455 Author Series 1455 Summer Festival: A Conversation with Brian Broome and Deesha Philyaw