Selected Prose and Essays
Chelsea Hotel Eulogy #1: George Chemeche, Oldster Magazine, August 18th, 2026
Tessa Gourin's New Book ‘Concrete Catwalk’ Immortalizes New York Style, Byline, May 13th, 2026
Stephanie Wambugu by Amanda Chemeche, BOMB, April 16th, 2026
Sophie Madeline Dess by Amanda Chemeche, BOMB, February 25th, 2025
Complex Nostagia for a Bygone Era, Alex Auder on Her Chelsea Hotel Childhood, Lithub, February 1st, 2024
My Father’s Ghost and the Chelsea Hotel, Harper’s Bazaar, June 8th, 2023
The Joy of Watching a Transmasculine Character Who’s Right at Home in Rural America, Jezebel, April 24th, 2023
The Mary Wallopers Interviewed by Amanda Chemeche, BOMB, April 7th, 2023
The Case for the Kings, Jezebel, April 24th, 2022
8 Drag Kings You Need to Know, Them, April 5th, 2021
When the Beginning Meets the End The Forward, June 29th, 2021
An Ode to the Pub, Tribune, March 20th, 2021
To Feel Right: How I Became a Drag King in the Scottish Folk Scene, Popula, November 11th, 2020
Chengdu, Michigan Quarterly Review 59:3, July 1st, 2020
From Basra to the Chelsea Hotel — My father’s journey, The Forward, June 21st, 2020
Echoes, Popula, June 1st, 2020
Dispatches from the Pandemic Harvard Review Online, May 25th, 2020
The Dominoes Are Falling, Medium, November 7th, 2019