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Ernesto Cardenal: Prayer for Marilyn Monroe

Lord,
welcome this girl known throughout the world as Marilyn Monroe,
although that was not her real name

September 14, 2024 · 17 Comments

Michael Simms: Tootling Along

I hope you don’t mind my sharing links to my own recent publications.

September 2, 2023 · 26 Comments

Marilyn Monroe: Fragments

my beaded rays have the colors I’ve
seen in a painting—ah life they
have cheated you 

August 19, 2023 · 12 Comments

Marilyn Monroe: Men Are Climbing To The Moon But They Don’t Seem Interested In The Beating Human Heart

[ed. note: On February 5th of 1961, a recently divorced, mentally exhausted Marilyn Monroe was taken by her psychiatrist, Dr. Marianne Kris, and committed to the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic in … Continue reading

October 3, 2015 · 4 Comments

Video: Marilyn Monroe — Do I feel Happy in Life? (Rare Recording)

Excerpt from a rare 1960 audio interview for Marie Claire magazine combined with film clips of Marilyn.

September 26, 2015 · Leave a comment

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