13 Thursday Nov 2008
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BOOKS And MOVIES And MARILYN MONROE! is a newly-published, diverse collection of reviews by author Karen Inskip-Hayward. She has been kind enough to mention me on her acknowledgements page. If you’re interested in this book, read more
23 Saturday Aug 2008
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Anna Sten, Arthur Miller, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Johnny Hyde, Maria Schell, Marilyn Monroe, Natasha Lytess, The Brothers Karamazov
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The Brothers Karamazov, the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, was published in 1880. It is a story of three brothers who become implicated in the murder of their corrupt father, also named Fyodor. Dmitri, his eldest son, is a soldier, mired in a life of debauched excess. Ivan is a student, much disturbed by the irrationality of the world, while Alexei, the youngest of the brothers, is an idealistic novice monk. Both Dmitri and his father, Fyodor, fight for the affections of Grushenka, a peasant girl who has risen to the dubious status of courtesan. And in a further twist, Ivan falls for Dmitri’s erstwhile fiancée, the proud and haughty Katerina. Continue reading
21 Thursday Aug 2008
Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity And Hollywood Stardom by Adrienne L. McLean is not a typical celebrity biography. Indeed, McLean suggests that our concept of what it was like to ‘be’ Rita Hayworth is a notional one, based on the image Hayworth created for herself, and ever-changing perceptions of what her image means to us. This book is not an attempt to reveal the events of Hayworth’s life or her offscreen personality, though inevitably both will impact on our understanding of her, and her enduring cultural relevance. Continue reading
07 Thursday Aug 2008
Don’t judge a book by its cover, some might say. But this one, a throwback to vintage pulp fiction, drew me in fast. As a fan of film noir, I already had a taste for hard-boiled crime. Not only is the cover to die for, so is the title – Death Was The Other Woman – and its mordant wit sets the tone perfectly, casting a shadow over the narrative as the reader hunts for the elusive ‘whodunnit’. Continue reading
02 Saturday Aug 2008
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‘The Mmm Girl shows Marilyn Monroe as rational and strong, though also fighting the sadness inside her…the real person, created and affected by the actual details of her life…Tara Hanks beautifully conveys Marilyn’s feelings of loneliness and being an outsider…her writing leaves room for the imagination…the last pages of the novel are simple, sad and heartbreaking’ — Magical Marilyn
A review of The Mmm Girl and an interview with me appears in the latest Magical Marilyn magazine. You can read it here.
Tara Hanks 
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