Dead White Female Author: Anaïs Nin
BEST-KNOWN WORKThe Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volume One 1931–1934 (“Passion gives us moments of wholeness.”)
POP-CULTURE LEGACY Nerve.com; One Night in Paris; late-night Cinemax; Internet TMI outlets, such as Facebook.com
Anaïs Nin wrote good smut long before X-Tina, Dita Von Teese, and NSFW It-Girl crotch shots were in demand. Think local scribe Steve Almond can get things hot in herre? You obviously haven’t peeked at Nin’s personal journals. The French-born author got around: she boffed writers Henry Miller and Gore Vidal and wrote about it, explored a number of sexual relationships with other women and wrote about it, and was rumored to have had an incestuous relationship with her own father (she wrote about that, too). Even Nerve.com might be inclined to censor Nin’s profile, if she was around to set one up. And you know she so would, because where would we be if not for her fearless explorations of erotica? When Nin set out to study sex, she made sure she learned her lesson. These days, she’d probably be a paid subscriber to Comcast’s porno package and BFF with Dr. Ruth. But Nin grew famous for her naughty ways for good reason — acting slutty can make for fantastic publicity. Just ask Lindsay Lohan.
Related:
Owing muses, A Jane Austen fan’s forbidden crush on the GTECH Building, Masterpieces and mysteries, More 
- Owing muses
A few days after I graduated from high school, the Internet showed up. "Well," I thought to myself. "That's just fucking great."
- A Jane Austen fan’s forbidden crush on the GTECH Building
I live in a house built in 1850 and work in a library built in 1838.
- Masterpieces and mysteries
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that there cannot be too many Jane Austen adaptations for film and television.
- The Jane Austen Book Club
Robin Swicord’s film posits a book club of six Californians meeting once a month to discuss Jane Austen’s novels.
- Jane II
No sooner had I finished last week’s review than Shannon Hale’s Austenland turned up on my desk.
- What would Jane do?
You’ll learn how to dress, how to pay a morning call, how to behave at a dinner party.
- Miss perfect
I know what you're thinking: " Another Emma ? Didn't we just have a bushel of Jane Austen adaptations for TV?" Well, WGBH did give us four new Austens, but that was all the way back in 2008, a Jane-ite eternity.
- Jane Austen + Grinder Girl
Occasionally, my editor would remind me that I have written about balls and pucks, but never monster trucks.
- 2009: The year in books
Here, listed alphabetically by author, are 10 of the best books the Phoenix reviewed in 2009.
- Crossword: ''C'mon, Get Happy''
Less theme, more words.
- Becoming Jane
Anne Hathaway is game enough as Jane, though she has to spend an awful lot of time on the verge of tears.
- Less
Topics:
Books
, Celebrity News, Entertainment, New York Dolls, More
, Celebrity News, Entertainment, New York Dolls, Dorothy Parker, Lindsay Lohan, Henry James, Gore Vidal, Brad Pitt, Becoming Jane, Julia Roberts, Less
