My tribute to the American poet, Anne Sexton, born on this day in 1924, is published at For Books’ Sake
Bookish Birthdays: Anne Sexton
09 Wednesday Nov 2011
Category Archives: Books
The Guns of Retribution
25 Tuesday Oct 2011
My review of The Guns of Retribution – a Western novella by Icy Sedgwick, published by Brighton’s Pulp Press – is now online at For Books’ Sake
Finishing the Picture
23 Sunday Oct 2011
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Theatre
Finishing the Picture: Miller, Monroe and The Misfits
Finishing the Picture, Arthur Miller’s last play, opened in Chicago in October 2004, a few months before his death. It was inspired by Miller’s own memories of The Misfits, the movie he wrote for his then-wife, Marilyn Monroe. The play is based on actual events that took place during the shoot: the fire that halted filming in Reno, causing power to be cut throughout the city – except for in Miller’s hotel suite, where he stayed up all night rewriting scenes from his script. Miller revisits that evening to explain why another ten days passed before work resumed. Continue reading
American Blondes: Marilyn and Lana Turner
09 Sunday Oct 2011
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
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Betty Grable, Cindy De La Hoz, Clark Gable, Dore Schary, Endometriosis, Jack Cole, Johnny Hyde, Lana Turner, Marilyn Monroe, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Otto Preminger, Sweater Girl
American Blondes: Marilyn and Lana Turner
Marilyn Monroe is sometimes described as the last of Hollywood’s great sex symbols. Early in her career she was dubbed ‘the new Jean Harlow’, and she replaced Betty Grable as glamour queen at Twentieth Century-Fox. But what of Lana Turner, blonde bombshell of the 1940s? In her stunning pictorial biography, Lana: The Memories, the Myths, the Movies, co-written with Cindy De La Hoz (author of two books on Monroe), Turner’s daughter, Cheryl Crane, states that her mother ‘thought Marilyn Monroe was a fine actress besides being a fascinating personality’. Continue reading
BloodMining
03 Monday Oct 2011
BloodMining, the debut novel by Laura Wilkinson, is out now. My review is published today at For Books’ Sake.
Those in the Brighton area can see Laura reading from the book at the next Ace Stories event at the Hotel Pelirocco, Regency Square, on October 16 at 6pm. Authors Edward Wilson and Jeff Sheppard will also read, with music from Twenty-One Crows. Entry £3.
Tara Hanks 
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