Encounters with Marilyn Monroe: Celebrating 100 Years

A hundred years after her birth, Marilyn Monroe remains one of the most recognisable and mythologised figures in modern history. Published to celebrate her centenary, this compelling collection gathers essays, interviews, poetry, personal reflections, and photography to explore the many lives of Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood legend, feminist touchstone, tragic star, and enduring cultural force.Introduced by Lucy Bolton, the volume brings together an extraordinary range of voices examining Monroe’s beauty, artistry, vulnerability, ambition, and afterlife in popular culture. From meditations on fashion, fame, and iconography to intimate reflections on loss, legacy, and reinvention, each contribution offers a fresh perspective on the woman behind the image. Featuring interviews with leading Monroe figures including Scott Fortner, Guy Masterson, and Genevieve Gaunt, this vibrant anthology reveals why Marilyn Monroe continues to captivate the imagination a century on.Thought-provoking, celebratory, and deeply moving, this is a portrait of Marilyn Monroe in all her contradictions: luminous, complex, and unforgettable.Table of ContentsIntroduction by Lucy Bolton 9Reframing Marilyn by Karen McGann 19Beauty Sleep by Cathy Lomax 27Marilyn Iconography by George Melnyk 43Beauty Parlour by Margo Stever 62A Beauty Phenomenon by April VeVea 65Seeing Marilyn at the Met Gala by Summer Anne Lee 81In Marilyn’s Hands – interview with Scott Fortner 91Marilyn’s Silent Legacy by Kelly Lacroix 0 3 1Hourglass by Susana H Case 1 2 1Lost / Found by Barbara Blatner 1 5 1Let’s Make Love by Fiona Handyside 3 1 1Beyond the Blonde by Ellen Cheshire 4 1 1The Saddest Girl by James Clarke 5 5 1Death Rings Marilyn Monroe by Suzanne Lummis 7 0 1When Stars Fall by Sarah Tucker 7 3 1Murdering Marilyn Monroe by Jon Lewis 8 1 1The Marilyn Conspiracy – interview with Guy Masterson 195Marilyn Remembered by Greg Schreiner 1 7 2Ella’s Friend by Dunia Lambsy 2 4 2Reclaiming Marilyn by Isabella Bliss 2 7 2The Marilyn Paradox – interview with Genevieve Gaunt 233 Read more