Anais Nin
Press release for Anais Nin: The Last Days
For Immediate Release: December 5, 2011 SKY BLUE PRESS ANNOUNCES THE EBOOK PUBLICATION OF ANAIS NIN: THE LAST DAYS A MEMOIR BY BARBARA KRAFT San Antonio,...
Cyber Monday and beyond: Promoting Anais Nin
Anais Nin with Gunther Stuhlmann, 1959 book-signing There were few self-promoters as tireless as Anais Nin. When she wasn’t doing interviews, lectures,...
ANAIS NIN’S STUDENTS, A CELEBRATION
ANAIS NIN’S students read their work and discuss her impact on their lives Featuring NANCY SHIFFRIN, LEAH SCHWEITZER, and NAN HUNT. 310.822.3006...
The Genesis of The Portable Anais Nin
The idea of The Portable Anaïs Nin came from Gunther Stuhlmann, who was Nin’s literary agent and co-editor of her Diary of Anaïs Nin. At the time,...
Anais Nin’s Artistic Associations: Maya Deren
In his article “Multiplying Women: Reflection, repetition, and multiplication in the works of Maya Deren and Anaïs Nin,” which appears in in A Café...
Letters from the trapeze life of Anais Nin
Rupert with Tavi From 1947 until her death thirty years later, Anaïs Nin lived what she called the “trapeze life,” swinging from Hugh Guiler,...
Bargains and a giveaway
Sky Blue Press is offering their titles, including their Anais Nin publications as well as the poetry of Stephane Mallarme and Daisy Aldan, at incredibly...
Alan Swallow: Anais Nin’s publisher
On the surface, the match between writer Anaïs Nin and publisher Alan Swallow seemed perfect. Both were passionate about their work, neither of them trusted...
Anais Nin and Henry Miller collections for sale
Recently a private collector in Manhattan decided to part with his massive collections of Anais Nin and Henry Miller books, which includes rare and first...
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...