012 – Burning Things Down with Brian Broome

We’re burning things down with Brian Broome. 

BRIAN BROOME’s debut memoir, Punch Me Up to the Gods, is New York Times Editor’s Pick and the winner of the 2021 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Poets and Writers, Medium, and more.

We’ll be talking about fires, writing with structure, Generation X, and James Baldwin. We’ll also be talking Lizzo and the importance of overcoming the limits of genre.

A Quick Summary of What to Expect

We’ll start with a clip of Brian answering a question during his performance at City of Asylum back in August of 2021 and then Karla and I will chat a little bit about family and writing. After that, we’ll listen to Brian Broome’s full reading from that same performance. We’ll transition to an interview I just did with Brian, some conversation from us, and finally we’ll get to we’re reading and some thoughts for the road.  

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Many thanks to Luis Alfonso for the music in this episode. Image credit to City of Asylum.

Thanks for listening!