Book : Punch Me Up To The Gods A Memoir - Broome, Brian

-Titulo Original : Punch Me Up To The Gods A Memoir

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Mariner Books

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Review Punch Me Up to the Gods feels like a gift. There will come a day when some Black child . . . will have read Broome’s masterwork and possibly commit to staying alive because of Broome’s words. They will tell him that Punch Me Up to the Gods is a testament to the insurgent and ineradicable power of Black queer being. That it reveals that Black queer men are our own best creations. -- New York Times Book ReviewAn electrifying read. Vulnerable and poetic but filled with a ferocious fire, it grabs you from the first page to the last. Perfect for fans of Sarah Broom, Kiese Laymon, and Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight. -- Chicago Review of BooksThis devastatingly beautiful memoir about growing up Black and gay in rural Ohio introduces a major literary talent in Broome. -- Entertainment WeeklyBroome debuts with a magnificent and harrowing memoir that digs into the traumas of growing up Black and gay in Ohio in the late 1970s and early ’80s . . . There are no easy victims or villains in Broome’s painful, urgent telling-his testimony rings out as a searing critique of soul-crushing systems and stereotypes. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)An engrossing memoir about growing up Black and gay and finding a place in the world. Structured around Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem We Real Cool,” Broome’s thought-provoking, emotional journey unfolds through a clever use of parallel stories and juxtaposition . . . Beautifully written, this examination of what it means to be Black and gay in America is a must-read. A stellar debut memoir. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Bursting at the seams with raw power . . . Broome is a debut author, but you wouldn’t know it by his writing. He commands his story and readers’ attention in a way that will have them laughing, crying, and screaming along with him . . . Punch Me Up to the Gods is an exquisite and important memoir. -- Library Journal (starred review)Punch Me Up to the Gods is a pain-filled tour de force of incredible beauty. The writing is as exquisite as the story is at times horrific. A true work of art. Not one of the best new books I’ve read this year, but quite simply the best. -- Sapphire, author of Push and The KidPunch Me Up to the Gods feels like a scream at the end of a summit.... Broome has shattered every rule and has come to make a mess of what we think of as family, Blackness, sexuality, and most importantly, the memoir. With unflinching honesty, he delivers a necessary testament of his refusal to allow the strangling expectations of life to rob him of his personhood. We should all hope to be this courageous, not only in our writing, but in our living. -- Jason Reynolds, New York Times best-selling author of Long Way Down and Look Both WaysBlack, dark, queer, and poor. These are the vectors of Punch Me Up to the Gods. Brian Broome, literary son of the Black modernist giant Gwendolyn Brooks, writes from the center as one declared wrong among the wronged, one cast out of those cast aside, and one who desperately seeks tenderness. And on the hard road of growing up he finds wisdom, poetry, and love. This spectacular, unforgettable, and wholly innovative book is an ethical reckoning that tears us away from cruelty and invites us to witness real beauty. -- Imani Perry, author of Looking for Lorraine and BreatheThis book is light forged from darkness, in the way that James Baldwin’s writing is or in the way that Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight is but also in a way that is singular and vivid and wholly original.... Punch Me Up to the Gods is furious and dazzling, poetic and gritty. It is vital for every type of reader and a gift to every reader who has had to fight to affirm their existence in this country. -- R. Eric Thomas, national best-selling author of Here for It and Reclaiming Her Time WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS PICK * A LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST * A STONEWALL HONOR BOOK * NAM