The official Anais Nin literary journal. Included in this issue is a 22 page excerpt from Nin's unexpurgated 1940s diary, entitled "Dances of Love and Desire," an intimate look at Nin's relationship with her Haitian friends and lovers in New York City. Also included are essays and articles by Masako Meio, Beatrice Commenge, Karl Orend, Javant Biarujia, Jacques Lay, Jean-Yves Boulic, Yoshiho Satake, R.G. Kainer, Tristine Rainer, Benjamin Franklin V, Karin Finell, along with an excerpt from Maria Chekhov's memoirs, and poetry by Thomas March and Morton Traub. With reviews and summaries of current books and other media.
Writer and diarist, born in Paris to a Catalan father and a Danish mother, Anaïs Nin spent many of her early years with Cuban relatives. Later a naturalized American citizen, she lived and worked in Paris, New York and Los Angeles. Author of avant-garde novels in the French surrealistic style and collections of erotica, she is best known for her life and times in The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volumes I-VII (1966-1980).