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Elyssa Maxx Goodman

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I'm a New York-based writer and photographer specializing in non-fiction writing and documentary photography.

My first book, Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City, will be published on September 12, 2023 by Hanover Square Press and it is now available for pre-order.

I am represented by Melissa Danaczko at Stuart Krichevsky Agency. My writing and photography have been published in Vogue, Vanity Fair, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The New Yorker, them., InsideHook, Artforum, Elle, VICE, New York, i-D, and many others. I’m also the host and curator of the Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series.

I like wearing leopard print and red lipstick, often at the same time.

To contact me, please reach out via email at elyssa [at] miss-manhattan [dot] com.

Sept. 11, 2023

The History of Drag in New York City

RuPaul’s Drag Race first aired on TV in 2009, but the New York City drag scene that launched RuPaul started over a century earlier. From drag balls to Wigstock, New York has long been considered the capital of drag culture. …