My Heart Is Hitchhiking Down Peachtree Street

In this intimate mix of poetry and storytelling, Atlanta born spoken word artist J. Fergus Evans invites an audience of nine into unusual, unconventional spaces to hear bittersweet memories of hometown Southern comfort merge with attitudes towards his homosexuality, in a state where the penalty for “offenders” remained worse than necrophilia until 1998.

Conjuring the sticky heat of the American deep south, My Heart is Hitchhiking Down Peachtree Street combines real and imagined anecdotes with personal revelations. Focusing on the stories you tell when people ask where you’re from, Fergus’s recollections of Georgia’s culture, creatures and manners are brought to radiant life in everything from broom cupboards to storage rooms and small offices.