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In "Dark Sparkler," Amber Tamblyn, both poet and actress, composes thirty haunting, visceral poems that turn the mirror on the interior lives of women whose stardom in Hollywood met tragic ends. The work traces figures such as Frances Farmer, Brittany Murphy, Jayne Mansfield, Dana Plato, Jean Harlow, Sharon Tate, Heather O'Rourke, Dominique Dunne, and Marilyn Monroe, inviting the reader to see beyond their public personas to their private human experiences.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry
Authors: Amber Tamblyn
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