Jun 30, 2026 · 29 min · 14 segments
In which we get a cheeky snoop at Marilyn's bookshelf, her reading life, and those writers who influenced her artistic life. * * * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
Gayle CrowtherGuestJohn-Paul SarniHostDuring her lifetime, her body of work mesmerized audiences around the world, but the interest in her life and her work has not diminished since, since she passed in 1962.
This year is her centenar- centenary, and the writer and researcher Gayle Crowther has offered up a delightful new work for bibliophiles, Marilyn and Her Books: The Literary Life of Marilyn Monroe.
The book is a cheeky snoop into her eclectic bookshelf, her life as a reader and collector, and the influence that she had on writers and the other way around.
During her lifetime, her body of work mesmerized audiences around the world, but the interest in her life and her work has not diminished since, since she passed in 1962.
This year is her centenar- centenary, and the writer and researcher Gayle Crowther has offered up a delightful new work for bibliophiles, Marilyn and Her Books: The Literary Life of Marilyn Monroe.
The book is a cheeky snoop into her eclectic bookshelf, her life as a reader and collector, and the influence that she had on writers and the other way around.
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