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Tag Archives: Lois Banner
‘The Feminist Betrayal of Norma Jeane’
The Secret Knowledge: The Dismantling of American Culture is a new collection of essays by the dramatist David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Wag the Dog.) The central theme of this book is Mamet’s disillusionment with the liberal left. One of … Continue reading
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Tagged David Mamet, Feminism, Gloria Steinem, Lois Banner, Marilyn Monroe, Sarah Churchwell, The Secret Knowledge
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‘Mad About Marilyn’ Spring Issue
My reviews of Cindy De La Hoz’s Marilyn Monroe: The Personal Archive and MM – Personalby 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1955, 1957, Cindy de la Hoz, Douglas Kirkland, Lois Banner, Mad About Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Modern Screen, USS Bennington
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Lois Banner on ‘MM – Personal’
Dr Lois Banner, author of MM – Personal: The Private Archive of Marilyn Monroe, has been interviewed by Susan Andrews of USC Dornsife: ‘To understand the highly complex Monroe, Banner said that you have to understand her complexities. “She had … Continue reading
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Tagged Dornsife, LA Times Festival of Books, Lois Banner, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Anderson, MM: Personal, Susan Andrews, USC
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Immortal Marilyn in April
Among this month’s updates at Immortal Marilyn are Claire Stevenson’s fascinating profile of James Haspiel, the teenage fan who became a friend to Marilyn and took many candid photos of her; a feature on Natasha Lytess from club president Mary … Continue reading
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Tagged Immortal Marilyn, James Haspiel, Lois Banner, Marilyn Monroe, MM: Personal, Natasha Lytess
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Lois Banner at Book Soup, LA
Dr Lois Banner will be signing copies of MM – Personal at Book Soup, West Hollywood, on March 30 from 7pm. Her next book, An Uncommon Woman: Marilyn Monroe as an American Icon of Passion and Power, will be published … Continue reading
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Tagged An Uncommon Woman, Book Soup, Lois Banner, Marilyn Monroe, MM: Personal
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David Marshall Reviews ‘MM – Personal’
David Marshall, author of The DD Group and Life Among the Cannibals, has reviewed Lois Banner and Mark Anderson’s MM – Personal: The Private Archive of Marilyn Monroe: ‘The feeling is quite a lot like one feels after the death … Continue reading
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Tagged David Marshall, Lois Banner, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Anderson, MM: Personal
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‘MM – Personal’: What the Critics Said
MM – Personal, the new book by Lois Banner and Mark Anderson, has been widely covered in the media this week. “Anderson and Banner’s selection of material presents Monroe in a positive light. She is a woman fighting to control … Continue reading
‘MM – Personal’ Reviewed
You can read my review here
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Tagged Lois Banner, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Anderson, MM: Personal, Tara Hanks
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Larry McMurtry on Marilyn
Larry McMurtry is an American novelist and screenwriter. Many of his stories have been adapted for film, including Hud, The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment and Lonesome Dove. In the latest issue of the New York Review of Books, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew O'Hagan, Fragments, Larry McMurtry, Lois Banner, Marilyn Monroe, New York Review of Books
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