My reviews of Cindy De La Hoz’s Marilyn Monroe: The Personal Archive and MM – Personal by Lois Banner are featured in the latest issue of the Mad About Marilyn fanzine, which also includes a vintage article, ‘…and the Lord Taketh Away’, from Modern Screen in 1957; a piece on Marilyn’s 1955 visit to USS Bennington; and a profile [...]
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‘Jackie or Marilyn’ Review Goes to Print
Posted in Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn?, Jackie Kennedy, Mad About Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Pamela Keogh on April 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My review of Pamela Keogh’s Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? (first posted here) is reprinted in the latest issue of Mad About Marilyn magazine. Also featured are photographer Bill Carroll; a short story by Michael Williams; a vintage Photoplay article, ‘Orphan in Ermine’, a look back at Marilyn’s ‘night at the circus’ in 1955; and [...]
‘Fragments’ Review Goes to Print
Posted in Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, Updates, tagged Fragments, Kim Stanley, Mad About Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe on February 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a little late in posting this. My review of Fragments, last year’s collection of Marilyn Monroe’s personal writing (which you can also read here), has been published in the December 2010 issue of Mad About Marilyn magazine. It is an outstanding edition, also featuring an article comparing Marilyn with her peer, actress Kim Stanley, [...]
‘Final Years’ Review Goes to Print
Posted in Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Clarice evans, John Bryson, Keith Badman, Mad About Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Studio Club on December 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My review of Keith Badman’s The Final Years of Marilyn Monroe is featured in the latest issue of Mad About Marilyn magazine, which also includes a vintage magazine article penned by Marilyn’s one-time roommate at Hollywood’s Studio Club, Clarice Evans, and a profile of photographer John Bryson. If you are interested in joining the Mad [...]
‘Maf the Dog’ Review Goes to Print
Posted in Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Andrew O'Hagan, Mad About Marilyn, Maf the Dog, Marilyn Monroe on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My review of Andrew O’Hagan’s comic novel, The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe, is featured in the Issue 15 of the UK fan-club magazine, Mad About Marilyn, as well as coverage of the summer auctions, a profile of photographer Bob Beerman and a 1961 article by Louella Parsons.
A History of Glamour
Posted in Books, History, Magazines, tagged Carol Dyhouse, Feminism, Glamour, HerStoria, Lady Gaga, Mass Observation, Rita Hayworth on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The spring issue of Herstoria includes an article by Carol Dyhouse on glamour, and the iconic cover photo, depicting Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946), cigarette holder in hand, mink stole dragging at her feet, captures the essence of glamour.
Marilyn at Christmas
Posted in Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, Updates, tagged J. Randy Taraborrelli, Mad About Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe on December 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My review of J. Randy Taraborrelli’s The Secret Life Of Marilyn Monroe is featured in the latest issue of the Mad About Marilyn fanzine. It first appeared here. The current edition also features a vintage article by Earl Wilson, ‘In Defence of Marilyn’, and a profile of photographer John Florea.
HerStoria
Posted in Brighton, History, Magazines, Witchcraft, tagged Brighton, HerStoria, Regency, Witchcraft on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
HerStoria is a new quarterly magazine, launched in Liverpool this February. Its byline is ‘history that puts women in their place’. Women’s role in history has sometimes been overlooked, though the same could also be said for other groups such as the working class and non-whites. Focussing on their stories helps us to understand the [...]
‘Life’ Remembers Marilyn
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, tagged Life Magazine, Marilyn Monroe on August 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Life was one of the most popular American magazines of the 20th century, with a strong emphasis on photojournalism. It lives on today as an online photo archive, and occasionally publishes special editions in honour of iconic Americans. During the 1950s and 60s, one of their favourite cover stars was none other than Marilyn Monroe, [...]
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