"I wrote a novel called 'Blonde,' which is……" — Joyce Carol Oates

"I wrote a novel called 'Blonde,' which is about Norma Jean Baker, who becomes Marilyn Monroe, which I called a fictitious biography. That uses the material as if it were myth - that Marilyn Monroe is like this mythical figure in our culture."

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