The Drag Queens of New York: A Field Guide

An entertaining journey inside the glittering drag world of New York City provides interviews with RuPaul, Lypsinka, and other notable drag queens as they reveal the secrets of Manhattan's turbulent and glamorous popular culture. Original.

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous Drag

By A Customer - June 23, 1999

This is a fabulous book. It has some of the prettiest queens I have even seen. They have style and attitude, and everything the best queens are made of. Highly recommended

A fabulous work on superstar queens

By texastgirl "tricia" - June 4, 2005

Although this book was published many years ago, most of the queens in it are still at the top of any list of drag superstars. There is much more information on the drag superstars than one usually can find,for example, who tucks and who doesn't. The discussion of drag culture is very interesting. This book is a must for anyone with an interest in the drag scene in NYC.

The smartest book about drag I've ever read.

By A Customer - November 11, 1998

Fleisher has expertly combined the descriptive rigor of an ethnographer, the wry enthusiasm of a seasoned tour guide and the empathetic heart of an old friend to paint a deeply revealing portrait of not only an extraordinary demi-monde, but also of its bizarre relationship to the world at large. He also wisely leaves plenty of room for the queens to relate their own experiences and ideas, while gently guiding both them and the reader to look beyond the hoary canards that characterize almost all discussions by and about drag. The portraits are lovely, the format clever and the final result is illuminating, hilarious and very humane. Read it.