With the first Centerfold, the radiant Marilyn Monroe, Hugh M. Hefner masterminded a cultural icon: Playboy's Playmate of the Month. This stunning volume contains all 734 nude centerfolds from 1954 to 2016, as well as an intro from Hefner and essays from literary luminaries, including Dave Hickey, Robert Coover, and Maureen Gibbon, amongst others. Updated to include an essay by Elizabeth Wurtzel (Prozac Nation), this collector's edition captures the entire cultural and aesthetic arc of the Playboy centerfold.