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Miss Manhattan Hangs Out with Heather McCalden

Note to self: have a glorification.

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Elyssa Maxx Goodman
Jan 28, 2026
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Writer and visual artist Heather McCalden arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in a chic black beret, overcoat, and boots. We’re on a mission today, specifically to see the Divine Egypt exhibition–Heather is working on an essay about mysticism.

I first read Heather’s work when she reached out about the Miss Manhattan reading a few years ago. Her book

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