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Anais Nin

39 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings

“We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are,” said Anais Nin, the subject of the film Henry and June, the world’s most prolific diarist and the writer of bestselling erotica, who left behind a legacy that continues to unfold. The Anais Nin Podcast will reveal the unknown aspects of this provocative and fascinating writer’s life and work.

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Episodes

Reunited: The Correspondence of Anaïs and Joaquín Nin 1933-1940

May 26, 2020 08:00 - 16 minutes - 27.9 MB

Paul Herron, who discovered and transcribed letters between Anaïs and Joaquín Nin during their affair, talks about the new book.

Anaïs Nin reads "Under a Glass Bell"

April 14, 2020 08:00 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MB

In a restored recording from the mid-1960s, Anaïs Nin reads the famous title story of Under a Glass Bell to a live audience.

Nin Magazine with Leticia Gicovate

January 25, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes - 27.9 MB

Paul Herron interviews Leticia Gicovate, the maverick Brazilian publisher of Nin, an erotic art magazine that has faced censorship on at least two continents.

Preserving a Gemor Press site in Greenwich Village

November 14, 2019 08:00 - 24 minutes - 27.9 MB

Paul Herron interviews the Executive Director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation about landmarking a site that onced housed Anaïs Nin's famous Gemor Press.

The Story of A Cafe In Space

February 19, 2019 08:00 - 16 minutes - 27.9 MB

Paul Herron discusses the origins of A Café in Space: The Anaïs Nin Literary Journal, and the anthology, which has just been published.

Understanding the Art of Anaïs Nin: Incest

October 07, 2018 08:00 - 13 minutes - 27.9 MB

Paul Herron discusses how incest influenced Anaïs Nin's life and work

A "lost" Anaïs Nin portrait found

August 30, 2018 08:00 - 8 minutes - 27.9 MB

Paul Herron discusses how a letter to Anaïs Nin from her father inspired a search for a stunning portrait by Natashia Troubetskoia.

Anaïs Nin's "official biographer," Evelyn Hinz, with Steven Reigns

April 06, 2018 08:00 - 41 minutes - 27.9 MB

Los Angeles poet Steven Reigns interviews Evelyn Hinz's widower, John Teunissen about why Hinz's biography never appeared.

Gonzalo Moré and Helba Huara with Eduardo Pineda

February 27, 2018 08:00 - 50 minutes - 27.9 MB

California artist and researcher discusses the lives of Anaïs Nin's enigmatic lover Gonzalo Moré and his dancer wife Helba Huara.

Anaïs Nin's Lost World with Britt Arenander

November 30, 2017 08:00 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MB

Author Britt Arenander discusses her new book, Anaïs Nin's Lost World, Paris in Words and Pictures, 1924-1939

A Brief History of Journals Dedicated to Anaïs Nin

August 31, 2017 08:00 - 22 minutes - 27.9 MB

Paul Herron discusses the history of journals dedicated to Anaïs Nin, from Under the Sign of Pisces to A Cafe in Space

Anais Nin's Audiobook Auletris: Erotica with Thurlow Holmes

July 08, 2017 08:00 - 26 minutes - 27.9 MB

Thurlow Holmes narrates Anaïs Nin’s Auletris for a new audiobook and describes the experience

Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1947-1955

May 13, 2017 08:00 - 17 minutes - 27.9 MB

Paul Herron, the editor of Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1947-1955, explains the contents and impact of this new release.

Anais Nin’s Style with Costume Society of America (CSA) Stella Blum grant recipient Gwendolyn Michel

March 21, 2017 08:00 - 48 minutes - 27.9 MB

Costume Society of America (CSA) Stella Blum grant recipient Gwendolyn Michel discusses Anais Nin’s penchant for clothing, interior design and perfume.

The Future of Anais Nin’s Unpublished Diaries

February 18, 2017 08:00 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MB

An in-depth look at the publishing history and future of Anaïs Nin’s diaries, including the original series, the early diaries, and the unexpurgated diaries.

Anaïs Nin's First Published Diary and its Characters

December 19, 2016 08:00 - 12 minutes - 27.9 MB

Anais Nin's unpublished 1965 diary presents behind the scenes revelations about the battle to include Henry Miller, Rebecca West and Nin's cousin Eduado in her first published diary.

How Anaïs Nin Was Censored by Amazon

November 24, 2016 08:00 - 14 minutes - 27.9 MB

The story of how Amazon, the world’s largest retailer, made Anaïs Nin’s Auletris: Erotica invisible to would-be readers.

Auletris: Anaïs Nin’s Lost Erotica, Part 2

October 18, 2016 08:00 - 53 minutes - 27.9 MB

A panel of experts—Rose Caraway, Anaín Bjorkquist, Lana Fox, and Jessica Gilbey—discuss the release of Auletris, the new Anaïs Nin erotica collection.

Auletris: Anaïs Nin’s Lost Erotica

September 15, 2016 08:00 - 11 minutes - 27.9 MB

The story of how an unknown collection of Anaïs Nin erotica was lost for nearly 70 years and then rediscovered.

Anaïs Nin’s Family with Gayle Nin Rosenkrantz

August 11, 2016 08:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB

Anaïs Nin’s niece, Gayle Nin Rosenkrantz, reveals what it was like to be in the fascinating and complicated Nin family.

Anaïs: A Dance Opera with Cindy Shapiro

July 20, 2016 08:00 - 34 minutes - 27.9 MB

Los Angeles composer Cindy Shapiro discusses a new stage production based on the diaries of Anaïs Nin.

Barbara Kraft Interviews Henry Miller

June 06, 2016 08:00 - 1 hour - 27.9 MB

Barbara Kraft, author of the memoir Henry Miller: The Last Days, interviews Henry Miller in 1979.

Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller with Barbara Kraft

May 19, 2016 08:00 - 28 minutes - 27.9 MB

Memoirist Barbara Kraft reflects on her intimate friendships with Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller at the end of their lives.

Anaïs Nin’s Editor John Ferrone

April 20, 2016 08:00 - 17 minutes - 27.9 MB

A look at Anaïs Nin’s editor, John Ferrone, who has died at age 91, and how he affected Nin’s literary canon.

Anaïs Nin’s Maternality with Jessica Gilbey

March 16, 2016 08:00 - 39 minutes - 27.9 MB

Australian scholar Jessica Gilbey discusses Anaïs Nin’s relationship with her mother and how it informed the maternal in her life and her art.

The Music in Anaïs Nin’s Life and Work

February 18, 2016 08:00 - 13 minutes - 27.9 MB

Anaïs Nin, coming from a musical family, not only embraced music, but incorporated it into her work. Listen to some of her favorite artists and learn what they meant to her.

He Said, She Said: Anaïs Nin and Lanny Baldwin

January 21, 2016 08:00 - 14 minutes - 27.9 MB

Anaïs Nin wrote about her relationship with poet Lanny Baldwin in her diary, and until now we only knew her side of the story. A recently discovered memoir by Baldwin, however, tells a much different story.

Henry Miller’s Influence on Anaïs Nin’s Writing

December 15, 2015 08:00 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MB

Anaïs Nin often claimed in her later years that Henry Miller had no real effect on her writing despite their close alliance in the 1930s. This podcast will debunk that notion entirely, leaving us to wonder why Nin said this. Here we find answers and the evidence to support them.

How Keeping a Diary Saved Two Lives: Anaïs Nin and Diana Raab

November 15, 2015 08:00 - 14 minutes - 27.9 MB

Popular writer, poet and blogger Diana Raab discusses how Anaïs Nin and she have lived parallel lives, both beginning diaries at age ten after losing a loved one, and she tells us of a live Nin event coming up in January 2016.

A Half Century with Anaïs Nin: Benjamin Franklin V

October 15, 2015 08:00 - 47 minutes - 27.9 MB

Benjamin Franklin V began his study of Anaïs Nin in 1966 at the dawn of her fame and it continues today. Franklin provides listeners with a unique insight that come from not only a half century of study, but from his acquaintance with Nin herself. He discusses Nin’s incredible need for privacy, her need to control what was written about her, and the meaning and significance of her work.

From Tragedy to Triumph: Anaïs Nin and Lana Fox

September 16, 2015 08:00 - 36 minutes - 27.9 MB

How did a young girl who was the victim of sexual abuse and incest, who was shamed for any inclination towards sexuality, who got into a traditional marriage for the wrong reasons become a successful erotica writer and co-founder of the sex-positive, edgy Go Deeper Press—and what did Anaïs Nin have to do with it? Lana Fox’s road to personal and professional fulfillment is the result of her own dogged persistence, courage and amazing turns of events, but Nin’s writing was the catalyst that ins...

Ménage à Trois: Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller and Money

August 13, 2015 09:00 - 18 minutes - 27.9 MB

Did any shred of the famous love affair between diarist Anaïs Nin and novelist Henry Miller survive their cataclysmic breakup letters of 1942? Listen to how Nin visited Miller in a failed attempt to revive their friendship in 1947, and then how Nin felt betrayed by Miller’s consent to help his friend Alfred Perlès publish a book revealing details about the affair in 1955. When Miller won the obscenity trials in 1961, he suddenly became rich while Nin was on the brink of financial ruin. Did Mi...

Anaïs Nin’s Fiction: A Blueprint of the Psyche with Marina Ferrer

July 12, 2015 14:00 - 15 minutes - 27.9 MB

Marina Ferrer, a young Brazilian poet, has Anaïs Nin in her blood, and, most notably, concentrates on Nin’s fiction, which is perhaps the most neglected aspect of her canon. In this interview, Ferrer tells us why and how Nin has helped her to understand herself more clearly, and how the fiction is a portal for all readers to do the same.

In Her Own Words, Anaïs Nin Answers Your Questions Part 2

June 17, 2015 14:00 - 32 minutes - 27.9 MB

We asked our listeners to imagine they could ask Anais Nin any question they wanted to, and we used our extensive resources to research the answer we think she would have most likely given. Topics include Nin’s idea of paradise, her legendary fearlessness, which poets and painters influenced her work, what person she most regretted never having met, and whether it is true, as so many claim, that her soul mingles with those of ours. With the help of popular podcaster Anaín Bjorkquist of Sex Lo...

In Her Own Words, Anaïs Nin Answers Your Questions Part 1

June 11, 2015 01:02 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

We asked our listeners to imagine they could ask Anais Nin any question they wanted to, and we used our extensive resources to research the answer we think she would have most likely given. Topics include Nin’s idea of paradise, her legendary fearlessness, which poets and painters influenced her work, what person she most regretted never having met, and whether it is true, as so many claim, that her soul mingles with those of ours. With the help of popular podcaster Anaín Bjorkquist of Sex Lo...

Anaïs Nin’s Final Years

May 11, 2015 08:00 - 15 minutes - 27.9 MB

There are two mythical diaries that Nin readers have most likely heard of, but know little or nothing about: The Book of Pain and The Book of Music, both begun shortly after Nin was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in late 1974. Having gone through horrific surgeries that left Nin “mutilated,” as she put it, she sought to write out her feelings and describe her tribulations in these two diaries. The podcast ends with Nin describing Balinese rituals surrounding death, a philosophy she found so co...

Paul Herron: How Anaïs Nin Changed a Life

April 11, 2015 08:00 - 11 minutes - 21.8 MB

In response to a question I sometimes get "Who are you and how did you get this way?" I share my journey that began with the movie Henry and June and has resulted in Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1939-1947–and everything in between. Find out more here.

Anaïs Nin: The Demise of the Nin-Miller Affair

March 19, 2015 08:00 - 11 minutes - 21.7 MB

Most people know how the Anais Nin-Henry Miller affair began, but do you know how it really ended? Find out here.

Anaïs Nin: Come As Your Madness

February 21, 2015 08:00 - 10 minutes - 18.7 MB

The “come as your madness” party which inspired the movie “Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome.”