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As a Georgia historian I knew I was going to love this book! This book, written in an oral history type style, chronicles the rise and fall of disco and drag at “The Showplace of the South,” The Sweet Gum Head. Featuring a decade of the stories of the drag performers, local and National queer history, politics, and so much more all in 300 pages. This book will be great for someone looking to research Georgia queer history. I also think that it will help continue to change the perception of Atlanta. People think of us as a beacon of the civil rights movement which is true but queer Georgians fought just as hard for their rights and deserve just as much visibility. A few issues that I had with this book is that it chronicles so many people it can be hard to remember who is who. I also think it could have featured more queer people of color. In addition, I hope in the final version there are images of all these names and places listed throughout the book. Overall, I think it’s a good addition to the books on queer southern history and I can’t wait to see how this book is used to further more research.

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