The Monday night program on August 8, at 7:30 pm, in the Gathering Room, will be “I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe” by Susana H. Case and Margo Taft Stever.
In their anthology, I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe, editors Susana H. Case and Margo Taft Stever address questions about gender roles and the ways in which women attempt to negotiate the differences between their private and public personae. This collection of 90 poems depicts Monroe’s childhood sexual abuse, mental illness, dazzling film career, alleged and fabled relationships, and death.
Several contributors to the anthology will be on hand to read their poems. The book will be available for purchase at $25; proceeds will be donated to RAINN, the largest U.S. nonprofit that fights against sexual violence.