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From Tragedy to Triumph: Anaïs Nin and Lana Fox

Anais Nin - September 16, 2015 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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 ha...

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Ménage à Trois: Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller and Money

Anais Nin - August 13, 2015 09:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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 fr...

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

Anais Nin - July 12, 2015 14:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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 i...

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

Anais Nin - June 17, 2015 14:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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 ...

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

Anais Nin - June 11, 2015 01:02 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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 ...

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Anaïs Nin’s Final Years

Anais Nin - May 11, 2015 08:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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 sh...

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Paul Herron: How Anaïs Nin Changed a Life

Anais Nin - April 11, 2015 08:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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.

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Anaïs Nin: The Demise of the Nin-Miller Affair

Anais Nin - March 19, 2015 08:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Most people know how the Anais Nin-Henry Miller affair began, but do you know how it really ended? Find out here.

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Anaïs Nin: Come As Your Madness

Anais Nin - February 21, 2015 08:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
The “come as your madness” party which inspired the movie “Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome.”

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