| Description |
xviii, 250 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The initiation of Tuan -- We real cool. Colder -- We left school. Bee ; The red caboose ; Parental alienation 101 ; The rent -- We lurk late. Arena ; Sandalwood ; Like this -- We strike straight. The key ; Game theory -- We sing sin . A house is not a home ; Let the church say "amen" -- We thin gin. This gay life ; Look left, look right -- We jazz June. Carnival -- We die soon. Gravel ; Stall -- Tabula rasa.. |
| Summary |
"A poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir in essays about blackness, masculinity, and addiction"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Playful, poignant and wholly original, this coming-of-age memoir about Blackness, masculinity and addiction follows the author, a poet and screenwriter, as he recounts his experiences, revealing a perpetual outsider awkwardly squirming to find his way in. -- Publisher description. |
| Subject |
Broome, Brian.
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African American authors -- Biography.
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African American gay men -- Biography.
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African American authors. (OCoLC)fst00799028
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African American gay men. (OCoLC)fst00799178
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Broome, Brian. Punch me up to the gods Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021 9780358439110 (DLC) 2020044746 |
| ISBN |
9780358439103 (hardcover) |
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0358439108 (hardcover) |
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