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