[madanparas]

The NYT frames these as two sides of the same intellectual marriage. Miller's own tapes say he accomplished "nothing basically" during their four years and would have left her even if she had stayed in love with him, because "he couldn't work anymore." A book about Monroe's literary life, paired with her ex-husband cataloguing the productivity cost of being near her.

[norome]

I probably also wouldn't much work done if I had Monroe around the house