Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe

You can read my review of Carole Boston Weatherford’s poetic take on Marilyn’s remarkable life, written for young adult readers, … More

Marilyn’s Film Noir Style

Marilyn’s breakthrough movie, The Asphalt Jungle, is featured in Kimberly Truhler’s new coffee-table book, Film Noir Style: The Killer 1940s. … More

Carla Valderrama’s new book, This Was Hollywood, focuses on forgotten stories from the golden age of movies. Marilyn makes a … More

A promotional still from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes graces the cover of cultural historian Brian Donovan’s new book, American Gold Digger: … More

From her scandalous affair with Yves Montand on the set of Let’s Make Love to her firing from Something’s Got … More

Actress Misty Rowe, who starred in the original Monroe biopic, Goodbye Norma Jean (1976), has enjoyed a long career in … More

Maurice Zolotow was the first author to publish a full-scale biography in Marilyn’s lifetime, having interviewed the lady herself on … More

After The Misfits wrapped in October 1960, Marilyn invited her favourite photographer from the Magnum agency, Eve Arnold, to shoot … More

What Becomes a Legend Most, Philip Gefter’s new biography of photographer Richard Avedon, recounts his work with Marilyn, beginning with … More

Marilyn’s 1950 breakthrough in The Asphalt Jungle is featured in Jeremy Arnold’s new book for Turner Classic Movies (TCM), The … More