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Jan 15, 2009 01:36PM

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The only link is to volume 1, but the volume I just finished was number 3. This is the first book I began and finished in '09.

So, for The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 3, just enter the ISBN: 0156260271 instead of the title and it should just pop right up.
How did you enjoy the Diaries? I hoping to pick up Delta of Venus, Little Birds, and Artists and Models sometime this year. However, the Diaries have been calling out to me from the bookstore shelves for a while now, so they might get bumped higher up the to-be-read list.

I loved this book. I also just finished Winter of Artifice, which is amazing. Her writing style is very poetic. There is actually a quote from the book that sums up what I love about her perfectly- " 'Prose,' I said, 'is dying of flatness, and poetry is dying of metered artificial patterns and formations. They need cross-pollination.' " And a big plus for me is that she was involved/around the surrealist writers and artists. (I'm a visual artist and surrealism is one of my favorite artistic movements.)
Charity wrote: "I discovered that when you go into the add book/author link to search for the book you want, you can enter in the ISBN to make a speedier/more efficient match.
So, for The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol...."


This is mainly a book of illustrations, but it has his lyrical stories in it as well. So I'm counting it!

Danine wrote: "Other Anais Nin fans. Yay!"

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This isn't a graphic novel as much as it is an art book. The illustrations were done over a period of 13-14 years using aquatint. (A printing process where watercolor is used on top of the print.) The story itself is eclectic and a bit surrealist, but I like that.


My first book by Rollins. I'm not a Black Flag fan. I just enjoy his spoken word and interviewing on the Henry Rollins show. He's one of those people that's just a charismatic dick. It read well, though. Very dark.

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