This is a Special Session proposal for MLA 2025. We invite papers that broadly explore any aspect of Marilyn Monroe including:

+ Reading Marilyn Monroe reading literature, poetry, etc.

+ Monroe and adaptation in literature, film, and cinema

+ Speculative readings of Monroe in popular culture

+ Her posthumous publications

+ Monroe's reception as writer in mainstream vs. academic circles

See below for the full title, the call, and contact information.

Off The Camera, On The Page: Marilyn Monroe as 20th Century Reader and Writer

Marilyn Monroe was a reader, writer, and poet. This panel solicits papers that read her hypervisible reading, contemporary reporting on her reading, or take her literary output seriously. Abstracts of 250 words.
Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Alessandra Occhiolini, CUNY Graduate Center (alessandraocchiolini@gmail.com ) Onur Ayaz, CUNY Graduate Center (onurayaz101@gmail.com )

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