The Big Reveal, Sasha Velour
The Big Reveal, Sasha Velour
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The Big Reveal
An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag

Author: Sasha Velour

Narrator: Sasha Velour

Unabridged: 6 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 04/04/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

“Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us—the infinite ways in which gender, good taste, and art can be lived.” –Sasha VelourThis book is a quilt, piecing together memoir, history, and theory into a living portrait of an artist and an art. Sasha Velour illuminates drag as a unique form of expression with a rich history and a revolutionary spirit.Each chapter strips off a new layer, removing one tantalizing glove and then another, to reveal all the twists and turns in the life of a queen. As Sasha recalls her own journey, from the women who raised her, to learning the craft of an artist, to success, disaster, and more, she also uncovers the history of queer life around the world that made it all possible.From shamans to “fairies balls,” empresses to RuPaul’s Drag Race (and beyond), The Big Reveal chronicles and celebrates our shared queer pasts. “If we want to be seen as legendary,” writes Sasha, “we have to weave ourselves into history.”From an iconoclastic drag queen comes an equally singular, thought-provoking manifesto that brings necessary and sparkling substance to our understanding of drag, queerness, beauty, and liberation!Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Sasha Velour

Sasha Velour is a gender-fluid drag queen, artist and speaker. She is the creator and editor of the critically-acclaimed drag magazine “Velour” and the host of the influential New York City-based drag show NightGowns, which was adapted into a docu-series. Her first one-queen theater show, “Smoke & Mirrors” toured to sold-out audiences around the world. In 2017, she was crowned the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 on VH1, with an emotional and reveal-filled finale performance that made history. Velour also holds a degree in Literature from Vassar College, an MFA in Cartooning from The Center for Cartoon Studies, and was a former Fulbright Scholar in Moscow. The Big Reveal is her first book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sunny on April 11, 2023

Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC influencer program for early access! Really really sweet memoir that I had no trouble getting in and out of without having any knowledge of drag or drag race or Sasha Velour......more

Goodreads review by Bek on May 09, 2023

I went into this book, hoping it would be great but completely content if it was incredibly mediocre (if Sahsa Velour wrote it, I wanted to read it regardless). And it was better than I ever could have wanted! There is an incredible amount of history, some in the far past but much in our recent hist......more

Goodreads review by Kate on March 10, 2023

Thank you to Harper Books for the advance review copy of The Big Reveal by Sasha Velour. I am a huge fan of drag so when I saw that Sasha Velour wrote a book I was immediately like omg I need this in my life as soon as possible! I emailed Harper Books asking for a review copy a few weeks ago and was......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on April 12, 2024

Sasha Velour has been one of my fav drag entertainers since her winning season of Drag Race. And I think it's because Sasha knows the history of drag goes beyond one show and its franchises. And that's why this book is so vital right now. Drag, like gender identity, has been around FOREVER and (shocke......more

Goodreads review by That One Ryan on March 07, 2024

Part memoir, part manifesto, part drag history, this was a really well written and thought out book that fits with Sasha’s impeccable level of detail in her drag persona. Having been a fan of hers since she first graced Rupauls Drag Race i was excited to learn more about Sasha’s journey. Though, wha......more

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