Anais Nin
Barbara Kraft’s reading from Anais Nin: The Last Days
On March 7, the program Lust Letters: Answering Desire With Words was held at Coagula Curatorial in Los Angeles, which included artwork and readings. Among...
Who wrote “Risk”? Is the mystery solved?
Have we solved the mystery of who wrote the popular poem attributed to Anais Nin, known as “Risk”? I can say this: Since posting this mystery a few...
Anais Nin Takes Center Stage in LA’s Chinatown Event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 27, 2013 Media Contact: Barbara Kraft Communications and Public Relations 818.760.8498; Barbara@bkraftpr.com LUST...
Anais Nin’s Under a Glass Bell, Manga Style
Anaïs Nin was never afraid of new ways to disseminate her work, working in several different media, much of it ahead of its time. Her words were on the...
No Ordinary House: Anais Nin’s 110th Birthday
Anaïs Nin was born 110 years ago on Feb. 21, 1903 at Neuilly-sur-Seine in what was then a newly built luxurious building at 7 rue du Général Henrion...
Did Gore Vidal lie about his relationship with Anaïs Nin?
Did Gore Vidal lie about his relationship with Anaïs Nin? According to Kim Krizan’s article in A Café in Space: The Anaïs Nin Literary Journal, Volume...
A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal, Vol. 10
Anaïs Nin was born 110 years ago the day this journal, our landmark 10th issue, is to be released, so we have two reasons to celebrate. Ten years ago,...
Duane Schneider, Key Nin Scholar, 1937-2012
Duane Schneider, one of the preeminent Anais Nin scholars of the 20th century and co-author of Anais Nin: An Introduction (1979), has passed away. He once...
Amazon Makes Digital Anais Nin Titles Available Worldwide
There is big news for those worldwide who are eager to read the works of Anaïs Nin digitally. Amazon has recently opened markets in England, Germany,...
Anaïs Nin Myth of the Day
Anais Nin Myth of the Day #16
Myth #16: Anais Nin didn’t have a sense of humor. Fact: In his 1969 interview with Nin, Duane Schneider asked: “Do you have a sense of humor?” Nin was surprised by the question, but said: “I think the Diary is humorous; I think Collages is humorous… I don’t think I have...
Anaïs Nin Myth of the Day #15
Myth #15: Rupert Pole “romanticized” the story of his first meeting of Anaïs Nin. After Anaïs Nin’s death in 1977, Rupert Pole loved to tell the story of how he met her, the great love of his life, for the first time. In early 1947, they had both been invited to the same party, and...
Anaïs Nin Myth of the Day #14
Myth #14: It was Anaïs Nin’s wish that Delta of Venus be published. Fact: According to John Ferrone, Nin’s editor at Harcourt in New York, it was Rupert Pole who wanted the erotica to be published, predicting its bestseller status. For years, Pole tried to convince Nin that the erotic stories she...
Anaïs Nin Myth of the Day #13
Myth #13: Anaïs Nin’s two husbands, Hugh Guiler and Rupert Pole, were unaware of each other until after Nin’s death. Fact: Rupert Pole knew Anaïs Nin was married to Hugh Guiler shortly after meeting her in 1947 in New York. Nin and Pole made a famous cross-country trip to California during that...
Anaïs Nin Myth of the Day #12
Myth #12: Anaïs Nin is author of the following quote: “Good things happen to those who hustle.” Fact: Not only did Anaïs Nin not write this quote, those who know her writing well realize the word “hustle” was not normally in her vocabulary. The author is Chuck Noll, head coach...