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For Nina West, this fall has been rather divine.
The drag queen will appear onscreen Nov. 4 in her first movie, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, playing trailblazing drag icon Divine. And this week, she debuted her children’s book, The You Kind of Kind.
The You Kind of Kind centers on Little Nina, who spends her day exploring neighborhoods and highlighting acts of kindness. Though the book is about getting out and about, West wrote it during the height of Covid, when she was stuck at home.
“It was a lot of dreaming about, ‘What’s the landscape going to look like when this book does come out?’” says West, also known as Andrew Levitt.
For the project, West enlisted first-time illustrator Hayden Evans, with their partnership spawning from West’s time as a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Evans was a fan of the show,...
For Nina West, this fall has been rather divine.
The drag queen will appear onscreen Nov. 4 in her first movie, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, playing trailblazing drag icon Divine. And this week, she debuted her children’s book, The You Kind of Kind.
The You Kind of Kind centers on Little Nina, who spends her day exploring neighborhoods and highlighting acts of kindness. Though the book is about getting out and about, West wrote it during the height of Covid, when she was stuck at home.
“It was a lot of dreaming about, ‘What’s the landscape going to look like when this book does come out?’” says West, also known as Andrew Levitt.
For the project, West enlisted first-time illustrator Hayden Evans, with their partnership spawning from West’s time as a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Evans was a fan of the show,...
- 10/26/2022
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Category is…children’s books!
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” star Nina West is set to release her first book for kids, “The You Kind of Kind.”
“It is a dream come true to be able to release my very first children’s book and share a message that is so needed right now,” West tells me. “’The Kind You Kind of Kind’ celebrates loving yourself for who you are and giving the gift of kindness to the world! I am so excited for kids of all ages to be inspired by acts of kindness — to not only be better to themselves, but inspire the entire world to act in kindness.”
West’s friend Dolly Parton even provided a statement to Variety about the book. “Well, to quote some lines in a song I wrote, I always say, ‘Whatever you are, be that. Whatever you do, do that. Anything else is just an act.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” star Nina West is set to release her first book for kids, “The You Kind of Kind.”
“It is a dream come true to be able to release my very first children’s book and share a message that is so needed right now,” West tells me. “’The Kind You Kind of Kind’ celebrates loving yourself for who you are and giving the gift of kindness to the world! I am so excited for kids of all ages to be inspired by acts of kindness — to not only be better to themselves, but inspire the entire world to act in kindness.”
West’s friend Dolly Parton even provided a statement to Variety about the book. “Well, to quote some lines in a song I wrote, I always say, ‘Whatever you are, be that. Whatever you do, do that. Anything else is just an act.
- 5/4/2022
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
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