Carl Rollyson, Cape May County, New Jersey, is professor of journalism at Baruch College, CUNY. His books include American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath; Amy Lowell Anew: A Biography; Confessions of a Serial Biographer; A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan; Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews; and Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress, Revised and Updated (the latter three published by University Press of Mississippi).