{"product_id":"a-night-at-the-sweet-martin-padgett-9781324007128","title":"A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta's Gay Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoursing with a pumped-up beat, gay Atlanta was the South's mecca--a beacon for gays and lesbians growing up in its homophobic towns and cities. There, the Sweet Gum Head was the club for achieving drag stardom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Padgett evokes the fantabulous disco decade by going deep into the lives of two men who shaped and were shaped by this city: John Greenwell, an Alabama runaway who found himself and his avocation performing as the exquisite Rachel Wells; and Bill Smith, who took to the streets and city hall to change antigay laws. Against this optimism for visibility and rights, gay people lived with daily police harassment and drug dealing and murder in their discos and drag clubs. Conducting interviews with many of the major figures and reading through deteriorating gay archives, Padgett expertly re-creates Atlanta from a time when a vibrant, new queer culture of drag and pride came into being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Padgett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324007125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324007128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.43w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2021 pg. 6","brand":"Martin Padgett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049916035327,"sku":"9781324007128","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf3becd9-231b-4644-8164-87a1cac5e617.jpg?v=1685004142","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-night-at-the-sweet-martin-padgett-9781324007128","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}