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A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin Henry Miller, 1932-1953

1989Anaïs Nin

4.9/5

I had read Henry Miller’s Nexus a while back. And I loved it. I wondered about this author. Does he really relate to the words he writes or is he simply a fictioneer?Henry Miller was a Lutheran from New York but spent much of his creative time in Paris.I had not read Anais Nin. A suffragette and a diarist. A great writer, I believe from Spain originally, and then a resident of both Paris and New York.I learned that Anais and I share a love for the writings of DH Lawrence. She, a true devotee of his, spent years analyzing Lawrence's work and writing papers on him.Different styles of writing, these two.But the master link between them is sex. Lots of flirtation, innuendo, demands of the other. Sophomoric to an extent for mature and educated adults. If you were to investigate the people they have copulated with, other than each other, you would find a list of names of authors you have read. A longish list.Henry, you are what you pen. I am impressed. And slightly envious. A proof of sorts that fiction deviates only slightly from the writer's true pen.Anais. I was born too late to hang with you. But I still admire your independence and intelligence.(Great book but a little too long. It is maybe six hundred pages of back and forth letters. An excellent manual, though, for aspiring writers. A lot more can be learned here than “On Writing,” by King.)
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