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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.

The History of Drag in New York City
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. J...