John Paul Brammer
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John Paul Brammer is an American writer. He writes the queer advice column ¡Hola Papi!, originally published in Grindr's magazine Into and subsequently via Substack,[1] and is the author of the memoir: ¡Hola Papi! How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons.[2] In 2021, he became an opinion columnist at The Washington Post.
Early life
Brammer is Mexican-American and grew up in Cache, Oklahoma.[1] He attended Lawton High School, where his mother was a teacher,[3] then Oklahoma University.[4]
Career
Early in his career, Brammer wrote for the Huffington Post and in 2014 he joined MSNBC.[4]
In November 2021, he joined The Washington Post as an opinion columnist, to write as well as illustrate.[5] In 2022, he won the Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award.[6]
Advice column
Brammer first pitched his advice column "¡Hola Papi!" as "queer Latino 'Dear Abby' huffing poppers".[7] He pictured a "spoof" on the genre.[7] Writing in Vice, Maggie Lange said, "Instead, and almost instantly after he started writing it in 2017, '¡Hola Papi!' became too meaningful, kind-hearted, and warm to read as parody."[7]
First published by Into, a magazine from the gay dating app Grindr, ¡Hola Papi! later moved to Substack and is syndicated on The Cut.[8]
Memoir
Brammer's memoir ¡Hola Papi! How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons was published by Simon & Schuster on June 1, 2021.[2] It is a series of fourteen essays, framed as advice columns on topics like dealing with childhood trauma or life in the closet.[1] In The New York Times, Matt Wille called the book "a master class of tone and tenderness, as Brammer balances self-compassion with humor."[1]
The memoir was optioned by Funny or Die for adaptation as a scripted series.[9]
Personal life
Brammer lives in Brooklyn, New York.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d Wille, Matt (8 June 2021). "The Grindr Advice Column That Became a Memoir of Modern Queer Life". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Nonfiction Book Review: ¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer. Simon & Schuster, $26 (224p) ISBN 978-1-982141-49-3". Publishers Weekly. January 27, 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ Brammer, John Paul (February 8, 2017). "If Public Schools Don't Survive, Kids Like Me Won't Either". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Sharp, Emily (October 22, 2014). "OU alumnus expresses personality through new writing job at MSNBC". OU Daily. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ a b "John Paul Brammer joins Washington Post Opinions as contributing columnist". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ "John Paul Brammer wins Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award". The Publishing Triangle. 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ^ a b c Lange, Maggie (June 8, 2021). "Advice Expert JP Brammer Tells Us the Secrets to Being Hot". Vice. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Klee, Miles (2021-06-07). "The radical help of the anti-advice column". Vox. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ^ Grantham-Philips, Wyatte (2022-03-08). "Funny Or Die Options Coming Out Memoir 'Hola Papi' for Scripted Series". Variety. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
External links
- Interview with KQED, July 2, 2021
- "How to Kiss Your Girlfriend", excerpted from ¡Hola Papi! in Esquire, June 1, 2021
- "Being Gay Doesn’t Have A Uniform. But RuPaul’s Drag Race Helped Me Find Mine.", excerpted from ¡Hola Papi! in Bustle, July 8, 2021