Elyssa Goodman

Elyssa Goodman is a New York-based writer and photographer. Her writing has of course appeared in InsideHook, as well as Vogue, Vanity Fair, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and many more. Photography clients and publications include Awkwafina, Sephora, The New Yorker, VICE, Artforum, and Cosmopolitan, among others. In New York, she hosts The Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading, which has been featured in Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. You can read her work at elyssamaxxgoodman.com, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram @MissManhattanNY.

All Articles From Elyssa Goodman

The Last Days of Manhattan’s Iconic Barbershop, Astor Hair

Beloved by everyone from Bruce Willis to Robert DeNiro, the 70-year-old hair cuttery will close forever on November 25

NYC’s Kimika Is The Japanese-Italian Mashup 2020 Desperately Needed

The pandemic doesn’t stop thoughtful experimentation at the new Nolita spot

Pete Thompson Captured the Greatest Decade in Skateboarding History

His new book is an intimate, gritty and ultimately stunning look into the early life of skateboarding on the East Coast

Elvira Is Staying Home for Halloween This Year

“Everybody thinks you’re a weirdo, but the thing about Elvira is she just keeps going on about her business," the horror icon tells InsideHook

This Book of Erotic Puns Might Just Be the New “Joy of Sex”

In "Carnal Knowledge: Sex Education You Didn’t Get in School," the images are colorful in more ways than one

How Bugs Bunny Became One of America’s Most Enduring Style Icons

Does Mickey Mouse have his own pair of Air Jordans?

The Photographers Documenting a Very Weird, Violent and Tragic Year

InsideHook talks to three photographers about what it’s been like to shoot the pandemic

Tom of Finland's Legacy Continues a Century After His Birth

During the illustrator’s centenary, InsideHook looks back at a man who created a visual movement.

What Did Slim Aarons Really Think of the Opulent World He Photographed?

The iconic photographer's work at once celebrated and condemned the high society it documented

What Muhammad Ali Understood About Taking a Picture

The man called The Greatest was the subject of some of the most enduring images of the 20th century

The Lost Years of the World's Greatest Pinup Photographer

Bunny Yeager's overlooked photos from late-1960s Mexico are finally getting the respect they deserve

The Zabar Empire Turns Its Attention to the Cocktail Bar

Twin brothers Oliver and Sasha are the brains behind LES hotspot Devon

The King of Miami Nightlife Shows Off His Office

This is where David Grutman goes when he needs some downtime

The Most Important Comedy Writer of the Last 50 Years Finally Gets Her Due

There would be no David Letterman without Merrill Markoe

The Local's Guide to a Perfect Night in Miami

Cuban food and dive bars > bottle service and South Beach

A Rare Look at the Photography of Andy Warhol

In Chelsea, a new exhibition highlights the artist's less-heralded but prodigious career in film