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@missmanhattanny
Writer! Photographer! Glamour! Author, GLITTER AND CONCRETE: A Cultural History of Drag in NYC π Hostess, Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading https://www.elyssamaxxgoodman.com/ https://www.miss-manhattan.com/
Tonight's the night! See you then π
"Maxxx pulls on a black hoodie and we step outside the bar with a host of others. There are kisses on cheeks, pulls on cigarettes, hugs, laughs, howβve you beens. People who know each other with more than a passing fancy. A community."
Miss Manhattan Hangs Out with @maxxxpleasure.bsky.social:
ONE WEEK!
The next Miss Manhattan reading is upon us!
Join us on Monday, March 2 for the stunning Sabrina Imbler, Jonny Porkpie, and Devan DΓaz.
See you then π
"I think heβd go to Bear Week in Provincetown...This is wildly speculative."
My first piece about The Gay Lincoln Thesis for @grindr.bsky.social is live!
The one where I ask @missmanhattanny.bsky.social what her favorite holiday movie is, and she answers βThe Nanny.β
Tonight's the night! See you then π
"We laugh again, posing with other paintings, marveling at others; Heather pretends to faint in a Victorian Gothic stairway."
New Miss M, starring Heather McCalden!
ONE WEEK!
"I find life too difficult to maneuver inside a pair of gloves."
New Miss M, featuring a cameo by Great-Grandma Evelyn in her mink coat. I was told she did a great Mae West impersonation.
Tonight! See you there π
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Miss Manhattan Presents: Getting Fresh is upon us!!!
Join us on Monday, February 2 at Niagara for true tales of sex and dating from the lovely emerging writers Kyla Marshell, Emily Leibert, Elliot Frances Flynn, Michaella Sangiolo, and Kate Warrington.
See you then π
"Before we do anything else, Rob Roth reads my tarot cards."
New Miss Manhattan Hangs Out, featuring Rob Roth.
On 1/22, I'm at NYPL Tompkins discussing Glitter and Concrete and drag history!
Join us to hear about drag's effects on the culture of the city and the U.S., where drag stands as a force of change, and the future of the artform.
See you then β¨
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"A fireplace, smoked salmon, a comfy chair, all on an otherwise gray January Sunday. Dare I quote the Gershwins?"
New Miss M, in which our heroine visits the Marlton Hotel.
"In my own apartment, tucked along the Chinatown border of Sunset Park, I smeared my chestnut jam over waffles and topped them with ricotta before taking the train an hour and a half to work."
Some magic by K. Chiucarello in Cake Zine: cakezine.substack.com/p/fruits-of-...
I love Ruth Reichl's newsletter La Briffe because, along with her own brilliant writing, there are links to other beautiful stories from her editing past.
Here, some glamour from Jamie Bernstein Thomas, published in Gourmet: www.gourmet.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/200...
A delicious (yes, I said it) piece by Lauren Collins in @newyorker.com on Japan's fake food:
SUBMISSIONS DUE MONDAYYYYYYYYYYY
βShe gestures expressively, hands a living punctuation mark as each tale unravels.β
New Miss Manhattan Hangs Out, with Joanna Lovering!
Thank you for sharing!!
Attention #storytellers
One week left to submit!
This is a new tradition, too.
New Miss Manhattan up now.
βI'm at a place where I want to take things seriously and make stuff for the walls β the inside walls, not just the outside walls.β
My latest is a profile on the artist Ellery Neon aka Hugo Gyrl for @them.us:
Not only is my brain separate from my skull, it is now merely hanging on by a thread. This is the only kind of performance I ever want to see."
Miss Manhattan Hangs Out with MTHR TRSA is up now.
Submissions for Miss Manhattan's annual Getting Fresh reading on sex and dating are now open!
Submit 3 writing samples by *1/5* to elyssa@miss-manhattan.com. Readers notified by *1/12*.
If invoking "Carrie Bradshaw," please make it count.
Can't wait to see what you've got π
Glitter and Concrete's audio edition is on sale at Audible for only at $7.99 until December 31st for listeners in the US!
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