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BOOK: The Essential RuPaul

Since RuPaul emerged on the pop culture scene in the 90s, he’s been a recording artist, a TV personality and (to many), a hero.

Image courtesy Smith Street Books

By John Davis | Smith Street Books; $14.95

Replete with beautiful illustrations by Libby Vanderploeg, the book is a biography and bible in one — filled with wisdom and inside dirt on key queens of Drag Race fame. The tome overflows with Ru quotes reminiscent of the show’s signature sign-off: “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?”

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