Encounters with Marilyn Monroe: Celebrating 100 Years

A century after her birth, an anthology of essays, interviews, poetry, and reflections explores Marilyn Monroe's many lives.

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.