Michel Schneider’s Last Words on Marilyn

Michel Schneider, author of Marilyn’s Last Sessions – a novel reimagining her relationship with psychiatrist Dr. Ralph Greenson – died … More

‘To Love Bravely’: Finding Marilyn in Her Poetry

Writing for Vulture, Marya E. Gates argues that ‘Marilyn’s truth was in her poetry’ (as collected in the 2010 book, … More

Marilyn’s Last Sessions: A Graphic Novel

Marilyn’s Last Sessions – a novel reimagining her relationship with psychiatrist Dr. Ralph Greenson – earned French author Michel Schneider … More

American Dreamers: Marilyn and Sylvia Plath

“Sylvia Plath was the Marilyn Monroe of modern literature,” Carl Rollyson wrote in American Isis, his biography of the poet. … More

On This Day: Marilyn at Payne Whitney

On February 10, 1961, Marilyn was admitted to hospital in New York, as the world’s press reported a day later … More

Beauty Myths: From Helen of Troy to Marilyn

Published in Italy in 2021, Elena and the Others: The Dark Side of Seduction is a study of beautiful women … More

Marilyn at Magnum: Portraits in Action

Photographer Eve Arnold’s estate are currently offering this classic image of Marilyn between the sheets (a publicity shot for The … More

Colleen Foy On Nursing Marilyn’s Mother in ‘Blonde’

Actress Colleen Foy made an auspicious big-screen debut in Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic drama, There Will Be Blood (2007.) More … More

Rockhaven, Home to Marilyn’s Mother, is Saved

After years of campaigning, Rockhaven – the former women’s sanatarium in Glendale, California, where Marilyn’s mother lived for more than … More

Marilyn and the Rebel Women of Hollywood

If you look carefully, Marilyn can be spotted on the cover of British journalist Helen O’Hara’s new book, Women Vs. … More