Johnson has written two award-winning books, Appropriating Blackness: Performance and the Politics of Authenticity (Duke UP, 2003), which won the Lilla A. Johnson embodies these and others’ stories in the show, which has toured to over 80 college campuses from 2006 to the present. This performance covers the following topics: coming of age in the South, religion, sex, transgenderism, love stories and coming out. The oral histories are from black gay men who were born, raised and continue to live in the South, ranging in age from 19 to 93. This performance is based on the oral histories collected in Johnson’s book, Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South–An Oral History, published by the University of North Carolina Press. ![]() Williams will give a staged reading, Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales, on Tuesday March 19, at 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm, in the directing studio, G83 of the ’62 Center. Patrick Johnson, Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African-American Studies at Northwestern University. Patrick Johnson performs “Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales,” a dramatic reading of religion, sex, coming of age and coming out.Īfricana Studies, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and the ’62 Center are pleased to welcome E.
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