Punch Me Up To The Gods by John Broome

A Memoir

A raw, unflinching memoir of growing up Black and gay in working-class Ohio, navigating an abusive household, rigid expectations of masculinity, and the numbing pull of addiction and self-sabotage. Told in vivid, episodic vignettes that trace fraught relationships, moments of tenderness, and biting humor, it follows a winding path from shame and invisibility toward self-recognition, accountability, and hard-won healing.

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