I love a holiday deal, so all signed, limited edition photo prints are now $100 off on elyssamaxxgoodman.com/prints, including custom archival prints! Happy shopping! 📷💋

One week!

"He has both linguistics and philosophy degrees and I think it shows, but in a good way–he asks you to keep up because he believes you can." Miss Manhattan Hangs Out with @myqkaplan.bsky.social is up now!

The next Miss Manhattan reading is upon us! Join us on Monday, December 1 at Niagara for the stunning @1demerith.bsky.social, @zefrrr.bsky.social, and @michaelwaters.bsky.social. See you then 💋

New Miss M :)

Miss Manhattan Hangs Out returns after six years with the stunning Vivian Manning-Schaffel! Subscribe to my Substack for a peek into more fabulous and fascinating lives twice a month: open.substack.com/pub/missmanh...

Tonight's the night! See you then 💋

hey #NYC, This Monday 11/03 it’s the Miss Manhattan Reading with @ninasharmawriter.bsky.social, @lanalin.bsky.social, @bfox.bsky.social, and Gabe Henry. Also, the birthday of @missmanhattanny.bsky.social!

Happy Halloween! My latest, for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, is on costume designer Vera West, who created Elsa Lanchester's famed Bride of Frankenstein ensemble!

ONE WEEK! Come on down for truths and tasty treats on my birthday 💋

The next Miss Manhattan is on my birthday! It only happens once every seven years (ish) so come on down for tasty truths and treats 💋 Featuring Nina Sharma, Lana Lin, Brad Fox, and Gabe Henry at Niagara in the East Village. See you then!

“I remember sitting at home in the suburbs waiting for my life to start, and in the last 15 years I have been fighting against those moments with a vengeance.” New Miss M: I never wanted to be a person, I wanted to be a New Yorker.

My latest for @voguemagazine.bsky.social is on the new Queer Nightlife Community Center in Brooklyn.

Tonight's the night! See you soon 💋

If she wanted to do a bakery crawl, *we would do a bakery crawl.* New Miss M: open.substack.com/pub/missmanh...

One week until our annual Miss Manhattan x Black Lipstick event! See you then 💋

The lovely @adamwadestories.bsky.social is teaching a class at Magnet Theater designed for writers who will be presenting their work aloud! It starts 10/13. Learn more here: magnettheater.com/class/electi...

The next Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading is upon us, and it’s our annual collaboration with nonfiction literary magazine Black Lipstick! Join us on Monday, 10/6 at Niagara for the stunning Mila Jaroniec, Danielle Chelosky, Jay Martin, and Al Shapiro. See you then 💋

My latest, for CNN Style, on artist Rachel Rampleman and the "Life is Drag" project.

Tonight! Join Jupiter and I for Glitter & Concrete at Lincoln Center with Linda Simpson, Julie J, Mariyea, and Mikelle Street! We're so excited to be collaborating with The American LGBTQ+ Museum and to be an official Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event! americanlgbtqmuseum.org/event/glitte...

Happy birthday to my baby, who is 2 today 💕 Come celebrate with us, Linda Simpson, Julie J, Mariyea, Mikelle Street, and Jupiter in ONE WEEK on 9/19 at @lincolncenter.bsky.social with the American LGBTQ+ Museum and the Brooklyn Book Festival! americanlgbtqmuseum.org/event/glitte... See you then 🪩

Worked on a fun piece for Autostraddle about new drag Guinness World Record holders from the U.S.!

CAST REVEAL! Join us on September 19 at @lincolncenter.bsky.social's David Rubenstein Atrium for the stunning: Linda Simpson Julie J Mariyea Mikelle Street DJ Boston Chery Co-hosted by Jupiter and myself! See you then ✨

Tonight's the night! Join us at Niagara for the September edition of the Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading with Elena Sheppard, Vivian Manning-Schaffel, and Dale Corvino! See you then 💋

Next week! Join us on Monday, September 8 at Niagara for the stunning: Elena Sheppard: The Eternal Forest: A Memoir of the Cuban Diaspora Vivian Manning-Schaffel: Vanity Fair, The Cut, The LA Times Dale Corvino: Afterlife of a Kept Boy See you then!

Glitter and Concrete is coming to Lincoln Center with the American LGBTQ+ Museum! Join us on 9/19 for a *FREE* night of drag history and performance that's also an official Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event. Cast announcement coming next week ✨

I interviewed Sasha Velour for Autostraddle! www.autostraddle.com/sasha-velour...

For Vogue, I wrote about the miracle that is the Doll Invasion:

The next edition of Miss Manhattan is coming your way on *September 8*! Join us at Niagara for the stunning Elena Sheppard, Vivan Manning-Schaffel, and Dale Corvino. See you then 💋 P.S. Yay new flyer design!!!

“A bright red Sharpie slashed the autograph Mona May, Clueless’s costume designer, across its left side. I nudged Steven Jude, sitting at my left. ‘How do we get one of those?’” New Miss M :)

Tonight's the night! Plus, we have an updated lineup & we're excited to welcome the phenomenal Steven Jude Tietjen. See you then 💋

"It is the only America I am interested in, and if I cannot have a day where freedom is celebrated with wigs and lipstick and mustaches and feathers, then I don’t want it." My latest words and pictures for Autostraddle:

"I’ve had Kesha’s 'Red Flag' stuck in my head for almost a week now, and thank god." New Miss M :)

ONE WEEK!!! See you then 💋

In less than two weeks, The Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading is back from summer vacation for our August edition! Join us on *Monday, August 4* at Niagara for the stunning Samantha Mann, Arianna Rebolini, Ben Seagren, and Holly Mitchell. See you then 💋

“This weather always reminds me of being 21 again.” New Miss M 🙂

perfect day for reading about drag in the park! 📚: Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City by @missmanhattanny.bsky.social

Tonight's the night! See you then!

Next week! See you then 💋

"Decades before transgender became a household word...there was Bambi, the Parisian icon who danced for Hollywood."

"When we were looking at an apartment numbered D11K (I kid you not), the jokes wrote themselves." New Miss M :) www.miss-manhattan.com/p/real-estates

June's Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading is upon us! In two weeks, join us at Niagara for the stunning Bridgett Davis, Molly Crabapple, and Lynn Sally. See you then! 💋

One week! See you then 💋✨💜

Congratulations Elyssa Goodman on 11 years of the @missmanhattanny.bsky.social reading series!!! So happy and honored to be a part of the celebration along with Peter Trachtenberg, Mary Gaitskill, and Mia Arias Tsang. 💅📚

Tonight's the night! See you then 💋

"He led the way through a long, wood-paneled library and into the dining room, where he had prepared a lunch of tuna fish salad on a bed of lettuce followed by raspberry shortcake for dessert." A lovely piece by Steven Kurutz in @nytimes.com.

ONE WEEK! Come celebrate *ELEVEN YEARS* of The Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series with us on Monday, April 7! See you then💋

On Monday, April 7, we're celebrating ELEVEN YEARS of the Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading with the stunning Peter Trachtenberg, Mary Gaitskill, Edgar Gomez, and Mia Arias Tsang. Join us for an evening of celebration, teeny cupcakes, nonfiction, and joy! See you then 💋

"...and then as Satan herself would have it, I was in Salem, Massachusetts." New Miss M ✨