With the first centerfold image of the radiant Marilyn Monroe, Hugh M. Hefner masterminded a cultural icon: <em>Playboy</em>'s Playmate of the Month. This voluptuous new edition celebrates every nude centerfold from every issue of Playboy, from 1953 to February 2016. Initially published a decade ago, and now comprehensively updated, this must-have edition boasts 734 nude centerfolds and decade openers from literary luminaries, including an all-new essay by Elizabeth Wurtzel on the last decade of centerfolds, and a redesigned package that perfectly captures the complete cultural and aesthetic arc of the <em>Playboy</em> centerfold.<br />With contributions by:<br />- Robert Coover<br />- Paul Theroux<br />- Robert Stone<br />- Jay McInerney<br />- Daphne Merkin<br />- Maureen Gibbon<br />- Elizabeth Wurtzel