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

Anais Nin - May 26, 2020 08:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Paul Herron, who discovered and transcribed letters between Anaïs and Joaquín Nin during their affair, talks about the new book.

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Anaïs Nin reads "Under a Glass Bell"

Anais Nin - April 14, 2020 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
In a restored recording from the mid-1960s, Anaïs Nin reads the famous title story of Under a Glass Bell to a live audience.

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Nin Magazine with Leticia Gicovate

Anais Nin - January 25, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Paul Herron interviews Leticia Gicovate, the maverick Brazilian publisher of Nin, an erotic art magazine that has faced censorship on at least two continents.

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Preserving a Gemor Press site in Greenwich Village

Anais Nin - November 14, 2019 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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.

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The Story of A Cafe In Space

Anais Nin - February 19, 2019 08:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Paul Herron discusses the origins of A Café in Space: The Anaïs Nin Literary Journal, and the anthology, which has just been published.

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Understanding the Art of Anaïs Nin: Incest

Anais Nin - October 07, 2018 08:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Paul Herron discusses how incest influenced Anaïs Nin's life and work

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A "lost" Anaïs Nin portrait found

Anais Nin - August 30, 2018 08:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Paul Herron discusses how a letter to Anaïs Nin from her father inspired a search for a stunning portrait by Natashia Troubetskoia.

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

Anais Nin - April 06, 2018 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Los Angeles poet Steven Reigns interviews Evelyn Hinz's widower, John Teunissen about why Hinz's biography never appeared.

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Gonzalo Moré and Helba Huara with Eduardo Pineda

Anais Nin - February 27, 2018 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
California artist and researcher discusses the lives of Anaïs Nin's enigmatic lover Gonzalo Moré and his dancer wife Helba Huara.

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Anaïs Nin's Lost World with Britt Arenander

Anais Nin - November 30, 2017 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Author Britt Arenander discusses her new book, Anaïs Nin's Lost World, Paris in Words and Pictures, 1924-1939

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A Brief History of Journals Dedicated to Anaïs Nin

Anais Nin - August 31, 2017 08:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Paul Herron discusses the history of journals dedicated to Anaïs Nin, from Under the Sign of Pisces to A Cafe in Space

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Anais Nin's Audiobook Auletris: Erotica with Thurlow Holmes

Anais Nin - July 08, 2017 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Thurlow Holmes narrates Anaïs Nin’s Auletris for a new audiobook and describes the experience

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

Anais Nin - May 13, 2017 08:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Paul Herron, the editor of Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1947-1955, explains the contents and impact of this new release.

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

Anais Nin - March 21, 2017 08:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Costume Society of America (CSA) Stella Blum grant recipient Gwendolyn Michel discusses Anais Nin’s penchant for clothing, interior design and perfume.

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The Future of Anais Nin’s Unpublished Diaries

Anais Nin - February 18, 2017 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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.

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Anaïs Nin's First Published Diary and its Characters

Anais Nin - December 19, 2016 08:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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.

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How Anaïs Nin Was Censored by Amazon

Anais Nin - November 24, 2016 08:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
The story of how Amazon, the world’s largest retailer, made Anaïs Nin’s Auletris: Erotica invisible to would-be readers.

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Auletris: Anaïs Nin’s Lost Erotica, Part 2

Anais Nin - October 18, 2016 08:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
A panel of experts—Rose Caraway, Anaín Bjorkquist, Lana Fox, and Jessica Gilbey—discuss the release of Auletris, the new Anaïs Nin erotica collection.

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Auletris: Anaïs Nin’s Lost Erotica

Anais Nin - September 15, 2016 08:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
The story of how an unknown collection of Anaïs Nin erotica was lost for nearly 70 years and then rediscovered.

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Anaïs Nin’s Family with Gayle Nin Rosenkrantz

Anais Nin - August 11, 2016 08:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Anaïs Nin’s niece, Gayle Nin Rosenkrantz, reveals what it was like to be in the fascinating and complicated Nin family.

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Anaïs: A Dance Opera with Cindy Shapiro

Anais Nin - July 20, 2016 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Los Angeles composer Cindy Shapiro discusses a new stage production based on the diaries of Anaïs Nin.

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Barbara Kraft Interviews Henry Miller

Anais Nin - June 06, 2016 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Barbara Kraft, author of the memoir Henry Miller: The Last Days, interviews Henry Miller in 1979.

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Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller with Barbara Kraft

Anais Nin - May 19, 2016 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Memoirist Barbara Kraft reflects on her intimate friendships with Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller at the end of their lives.

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Anaïs Nin’s Editor John Ferrone

Anais Nin - April 20, 2016 08:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
A look at Anaïs Nin’s editor, John Ferrone, who has died at age 91, and how he affected Nin’s literary canon.

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Anaïs Nin’s Maternality with Jessica Gilbey

Anais Nin - March 16, 2016 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Australian scholar Jessica Gilbey discusses Anaïs Nin’s relationship with her mother and how it informed the maternal in her life and her art.

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The Music in Anaïs Nin’s Life and Work

Anais Nin - February 18, 2016 08:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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.

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He Said, She Said: Anaïs Nin and Lanny Baldwin

Anais Nin - January 21, 2016 08:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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.

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Henry Miller’s Influence on Anaïs Nin’s Writing

Anais Nin - December 15, 2015 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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.

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

Anais Nin - November 15, 2015 08:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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.

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A Half Century with Anaïs Nin: Benjamin Franklin V

Anais Nin - October 15, 2015 08:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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, h...

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