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November 25, 2011
in American History, History, Humanities

Here’s to You, Joe DiMaggio, Where Have You Gone?

November 25, 2011
in American History, History, Humanities

November 25 would be Joe DiMaggio’s ninety-seventh birthday. Such occasions are often celebrated with newspaper columns and commemorative events, but, strange as it may seem, in Jerome Charyn’s biography of the famous baseball player, DiMaggio’s birth is barely mentioned. Instead, in Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil, from Yale University Press’s

July 4, 2011
in American History, History, Humanities

Mr. Marilyn Monroe

July 4, 2011
in American History, History, Humanities

With Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe not only overshadowed the other women in his life; in their short years together, she overwhelmed the famous Yankees player himself. Jerome Charyn recounts the dark, riveting affair in Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil, better than the stories in films that made Monroe famous.

May 24, 2011
in American History, Humanities

Jerome Charyn: June 2 at the 92Y Tribeca

May 24, 2011
in American History, Humanities

And speaking of American icons: The Yankee Clipper has had a great run so far this season, thanks in no small part to Jerome Charyn’s new biography, Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil. On Facebook, almost 1,800 fans have gathered this spring for new updates on Joe, his relationship with Marilyn,

March 17, 2011
in American History, History, Humanities

Jerome Charyn on the Romance of Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe

March 17, 2011
in American History, History, Humanities

Marilyn Monroe figures prominently among iconography—her hair, her dress, her lovers, her status as a sex symbol—under the scrutiny of the public eye, she lived as one of mid-century America’s most famous women. Jerome Charyn, author of the new Icons of America biography: Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil, now out in

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Here’s to You, Joe DiMaggio, Where Have You Gone?

Mr. Marilyn Monroe

Jerome Charyn: June 2 at the 92Y Tribeca

Jerome Charyn on the Romance of Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe