We posted this video of his preparation in New York a couple of years ago, but it’s worth posting again because it gives you a great sense of the project. ![]() You can see him perform some of these oral histories in videos at the Sweet Tea website. Patrick Johnson is not just sharing these voices via his book he’s taken the material on the road in wonderful one-man shows across the country. To read a sample from the book, browse through the pages here.Į. ![]() The narratives also reveal how they build and maintain community in many spaces and activities, some of which may appear to be antigay.Ī new paperback edition of the book is now available, and we’re delighted to have one to give to a reader today. In addition to filling a gap in the sexual history of the South, Sweet Tea offers a window into the ways that black gay men negotiate their sexual and racial identities with their southern cultural and religious identities. The voices collected in Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South: An Oral History dispute the idea that gay subcultures flourish primarily in northern, secular, urban areas. Patrick Johnson conducted interviews with more than seventy black gay men between the ages of 19 and 93. Happy Free Book Friday, everybody! As we celebrate African American History Month, we wanted to use this month’s giveaway to celebrate a book that gives voice to a population too rarely acknowledged in writings about African American history and the South. ![]() I decided to throw everyone’s name in the bowl (and will make rules more clear next time!), but Linda, you are our winner! Congratulations! I’ll contact you by email for shipping instructions. We had just one commenter here on blog real estate, but 4 comments over on the Facebook post about it.
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