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Sweet Tea

Sun., Nov. 8, 6 p.m., $20, Painted Bride, 230 Vine St., 267-402-2055, paintedbride.org.

by Josh Middleton

Published: Nov 3, 2009

first person festival/reading

If the word "tea" means gossip in gay vernacular, then E. Patrick Johnson is ready to serve it up: He'll be performing the narratives of four characters in his book, Sweet Tea, an archive of candid stories told by black gay men of the South. The book explores the unique experience of growing up black and gay below the Mason-Dixon and suggests the Southern mind-set may be broader than some think. "The South is a place that brings up many connotations for folks who live outside of it, one of which is that it is intolerant of homosexuals," says Johnson. "Sweet Tea will dispel that myth."

Sun., Nov. 8, 6 p.m., $20, Painted Bride, 230 Vine St., 267-402-2055, paintedbride.org.

 

 

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