The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin: 1923–1927 | 
🎵I got that burnin hot desire
And no one can put out my fire 🎵
Anaïs Nin's journals are a fascinating read about her desires & passions. It's easy to make fun of her I think but I enjoy the effect of reading her journals. She crafts them like novels; they're propulsive, absorbing & perhaps embellished, but that only makes it all the more interesting.
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twohectobooks The only Anaïs Nin I‘ve read was her intro to Tropic of Cancer, which I have to admit didn‘t really win me over! 4y
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JazzFeathers So interesting. So did she think she would publish them one day? Or was she practicing the art? 4y
batsy @twohectobooks Ah, OK 😆 I haven't read Tropic of Cancer! I kind of want to, but I'm also not sure! 4y
batsy @JazzFeathers I think she definitely had an eye for publication! Perhaps she gets some flak for considering herself the most interesting subject 😆 This is a good read https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/apr/07/anais-nin-author-social-media 4y
twohectobooks @batsy it‘s got beautiful parts amid a lot of nonsense and I‘m very impatient when it comes to that sort of thing. I believe she helped to edit it as well as writing the introduction, which I imagine was a monumental task! 4y
Centique That‘s such an interesting article! 4y
batsy @Centique I enjoyed it, too! Love reading about how writers construct themselves as a subject, whether in autofiction or diaries. 4y
