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  • 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.

    "Writer Joyce Carol Oates". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 8, 2013.