Elyssa Goodman

GLITTER AND CONCRETE

A Cultural History of Drag in New York Since 1945

Hanover Square Press, March 2023

A cultural history of the art of drag in New York, from its pre-WWI antecedents to its galvanizing political role during the AIDS crisis, through its mainstream apotheosis in RuPaul’s Drag Race and beyond, featuring original interviews with key figures from the past five decades.