![]() To confront the mounting difficulties of her life, she wrote. Even as Hollywood studios tried to mold and suppress her, Marilyn never lost her insight, her passion, and her humor. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety-and the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her.īut what of the other Marilyn? Beyond the headlines-and the too-familiar stories of heartbreak and desolation-was a woman far more curious, searching, and hopeful than the one the world got to know. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Marilyn Monroe’s image is so universal that we can’t help but believe that we know all there is to know of her. We get to know her on a whole new level from the archive of the actress’s own diaries, poems, and letters. We know very little about the actress from her own words. ![]() ![]() Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters explores her tormented muse in prose and writing. ![]() Just when you thought you knew all there was to know about Marilyn Monroe. ![]()
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