Sky Blue Press LLC

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Sky Blue Press (Paul Herron, Editor) owns exclusive digital rights to the fiction of Anais Nin.

The press was conceived in 1996 with the publication of its 'Anais Nin: A Book of Mirrors,' an anthology of reactions to the life and work of Anais Nin. Erica Jong and Allen Ginsberg are among the 60 contributors. Sky Blue Press has published all of Anais Nin's fiction, her most recent 3 unexpurgated diaries, 'The Quotable Anais Nin,' 'The Portable Anais Nin,' and her long-lost erotica, 'Auletris.'

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Facts Matter: Essays on Issues Pertaining to Anais Nin
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 72,780. Language: English. Published: May 21, 2022 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Essay » Literature
'Facts Matter' is a collection of essays and other writings on author Anais Nin by Benjamin Franklin V, one of the earliest and most prolific Nin scholars in the world. Ranging from literary criticism to personal memoir, 'Facts Matters' is a major contribution to serious Nin scholarship.
The Diary of Others: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1955-1966
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 197,780. Language: English. Published: October 18, 2021 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir
The Diary of Others chronicles Anais Nin's journey from decades of obscurity and commercial failure to sudden literary fame with the release of the first volume of 'The Diary of Anais Nin' in 1966 at the age of 63. The diary is in two parts: 'The Trapeze Life', which details her bigamous marital life; and 'Others', which reveals how Nin was able to publish her diary without harming her loved ones.
The Quotable Anais Nin Volume 2
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 21,860. Language: English. Published: May 17, 2021 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » General, Essay » Literature
365 quotations from the diarist/novelist Anais Nin (1903-1977).
ANAIS: An International Journal Anthology
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 123,670. Language: English. Published: February 21, 2021 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Essay » Literature, Nonfiction » Literary criticism » Women Authors
An anthology of ANAIS: An International Journal, the premier literary journal devoted to diarist/novelist Anais Nin (1903-1977), edited by Gunther Stuhlmann
Letters to Lawrence Durrell, 1937-1977
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 38,760. Language: English. Published: October 1, 2020 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Literary criticism » Women Authors, Nonfiction » Literary criticism » American / General
In book form for the first time, Anais Nin's letters to fellow modernist writer Lawrence Durrell trace their lives from the beginning of their careers until both had achieved worldwide literary and personal fame.
Reunited: The Correspondence of Anaïs and Joaquín Nin, 1933-1940
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 113,280. Language: English. Published: March 30, 2020 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Literary biography, Nonfiction » Literary criticism » Women Authors
Once thought to have been lost to history, Reunited collects the letters written between writer Anaïs Nin and her musician father Joaquín Nin just before, during, and after their incestuous affair in 1930s France.
A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal, Anthology 2003-2018
Price: $9.95 USD. Words: 147,530. Language: English. Published: February 21, 2019 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Literary criticism » Women Authors, Nonfiction » Biography » Woman biographies
A representative collection of work from the 15 annual issues of the only literary journal dedicated to diarist/novelist Anais Nin and her contemporaries.
A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal, Volume 15
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 87,320. Language: English. Published: February 16, 2018 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Literary criticism » Women Authors, Essay » Literature
The final volume, which includes excerpts from Anais Nin's unpublished diary; correspondence with Nin by Rupert Pole; essays on Nin, Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, and other important figures in Nin's circle, interviews, memoirs, book reviews, poetry, short fiction and an index to all 15 volumes.
Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1947-1955
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 174,920. Language: English. Published: May 4, 2017 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
Trapeze is the gripping account of how novelist/diarist Anais Nin began and maintained a nearly-impossible double life with a husband in New York and a young lover in California.
A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal, Volume 14
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 57,420. Language: English. Published: February 16, 2017 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Essay » Literature, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
A Café in Space is the only literary journal dedicated to diarist/novelist Anais Nin. Volume 14 contains an excerpt from Nin's Auletris: Erotica, correspondence between Nin and family members about the release of the first volume of her famous diary, criticism from several Nin scholars, poetry, short fiction, and items of interest to Nin fans
Auletris: Erotica
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 26,610. Language: English. Published: October 11, 2016 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » Literary Erotica
Auletris: Erotica is a major literary find--a collection written by Anais Nin, which was unknown until recently. It consists of two sections: "Life in Provincetown," which has never been published before, and "Marcel," the uncut, uncensored version of the famous story that appears in Nin's Delta of Venus. Nin approaches even the most dire taboos in her classic poetic prose.
Henry Miller: The Last Days
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 49,810. Language: English. Published: May 19, 2016 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Literary biography, Nonfiction » Social Science » Death & Dying
Only months after Barbara Kraft's dear friend Anais Nin died, she saw Henry Miller give a reading. She was inspired enough to read "An Open Letter to Henry Miller" on a local NPR station, and when Miller heard it, he invited Kraft to be one of his rotating cooks. What ensued was a close friendship with the famous author and a touching and detailed recording of the last two years of his life.
A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal, Volume 13
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 61,460. Language: English. Published: February 7, 2016 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Essay » Literature, Nonfiction » Biography » Woman biographies
Seventeen contributors, including Anais Nin herself, comprise an issue that focuses on Nin's new diary, Trapeze, the effects Nin's parents had on her life and work, an expose by one of Nin's lovers, how Nin continues to inspire across generations, cultures, and sexual orientation, Henry Miller's final years, Nin's erotica, Djuna Barnes, poetry, short fiction and visual art.
A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal, Volume 12
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 50,780. Language: English. Published: January 31, 2015 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Essay » Literature, Essay » Author profile
Vol. 12 of the only current Anais Nin literary journal contains excerpts from Nin's diary on the famous "come as your madness" party, previously unknown letters about the JFK assassination that prove Nin was not apolitical, a study of how Nin's first abortion symbolized her life philosophy, examinations of Nin's fiction and the humor of the Durrells, poetry, art, and book reviews.
The Novel of the Future
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 73,410. Language: English. Published: June 27, 2014 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Essay » Literature, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Linguistics
Anais Nin's revolutionary writing theory, contained in one book, is as relevant today as it was in 1968, when it was first published. A blueprint for young writers everywhere.
The Quotable Anais Nin: 365 Quotations with Citations
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 15,050. Language: English. Published: June 16, 2014 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Quotations
The Quotable Anais Nin is the first and only Nin quotebook, with 365 verified and cited quotations. It is not only a reference book, it is a source of inspiration to readers everywhere.
A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal, Volume 10
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 52,110. Language: English. Published: June 13, 2014 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Essay » Literature
Volume 10 of the only publication dedicated to Anais Nin and her circle contains excerpts from the newest Nin Diary, Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1939-1947, including passages about Nin's relationship with Gore Vidal.
A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal, Volume 9
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 65,020. Language: English. Published: June 13, 2014 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Essay » Literature
The only publication dedicated to Anais Nin and her circle. Volume 9 contains excerpts from Nin's unpublished 1950s diary, articles about Nin's writing, Lawrence Durrell and Antonin Artaud.
Stella
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 13,940. Language: English. Published: June 12, 2014 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Fiction » Biographical
Stella is inspired by Anais Nin's friendship with actress Luise Rainer and has been called one of Nin's "most thoroughly realized performances. She has taken the timeworn theme of the possessive female and examined it through her microscopic lens from new and interesting angles."
Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1939-1947
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 208,950. Language: English. Published: October 21, 2013 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
Mirages is the fifth installment of the unexpurgated version of Anais Nin's famous diary. It opens at the dawn of World War II when Nin has arrived in New York after fleeing France, and it closes just after she meets the man who would become her most fiery lover, Rupert Pole. In between was a time of personal hell, incredible creativity, and many relationships, including one with Gore Vidal.
Cities of the Interior
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 198,030. Language: English. Published: October 21, 2013 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
Cities of the Interior is a collection of Anais Nin's five major novels, Ladders to Fire, Children of the Albatross, The Four-Chambered Heart, A Spy in the House of Love, and Seduction of the Minotaur. Written in modernist prose, Cities explores the psychological and sexual dramas lived out by their fractured characters, each of whom seek to become whole through their experiences.
D.H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 27,150. Language: English. Published: March 3, 2012 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Literary criticism » Books & Reading, Essay » Literature
Anais Nin's first book, published in 1932 by Edward Titus in Paris, was a critical examination of the work of controversial British author D. H. Lawrence. Of all the books written about Lawrence, his widow Frieda said this one "was the best." Nin was inspired to do the book after Lawrence had been villified by puritanical critics.
Collages
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 38,190. Language: English. Published: February 26, 2012 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Collages is Anaïs Nin’s last work of fiction, and is, as the title suggests, a collection of interwoven stories. Collages is Nin’s most light-hearted writing, and, in that sense, is perhaps her most entertaining book. As Henry Miller commented, “The best of collages fall apart with time; these will not.”
Seduction of the Minotaur
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 45,920. Language: English. Published: February 26, 2012 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Seduction of the Minotaur is an example of Anaïs Nin’s most mature and cohesive fiction. The central character, Lillian, arrives in exotically primitive Mexico from New York, in part to forget her crumbling marriage and to find flow in her life after years of arrest. She befriends Dr. Hernandez, who is also trying to forget, and their friendship ends in both tragedy and enlightenment.
Children of the Albatross
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 34,730. Language: English. Published: February 26, 2012 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Children of the Albatross is considered by critics to be one of Anaïs Nin’s most beautifully written books; it is also a groundbreaker in that it eloquently addresses androgyny and homosexuality, which few literary works dared to do in 1940s America.
The Winter of Artifice, 1939 edition
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 97,540. Language: English. Published: February 25, 2012 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Anais Nin's second work of fiction, The Winter of Artifice, was, according to Nin, her only banned book. Published in France in 1939, it consisted of 3 novellas, each of which fictionalized an important event in Nin's life: her affair with Henry and June Miller ("Hans and Johanna"), her incestuous relationship with her father ("Lilith"), and her relationship with Otto Rank ("The Voice").
Ladders to Fire
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 41,330. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2011 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Ladders to Fire, Anaïs Nin’s first full-length novel, was revolutionary in that it addressed woman’s role in a male-dominated world in the mid-1940s. Through her iconic characters Lillian, Djuna, and Sabina, and their relationship with Jay, Nin was able to examine “the destruction in woman…woman’s struggle to understand her own nature.”
Anais Nin: The Last Days, a memoir
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 62,450. Language: English. Published: November 15, 2011 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Cancer, Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
Anais Nin: The Last Days is a memoir of famed author Anais Nin's last two years of life penned by friend and confidante Barbara Kraft. Nin's stubborn refusal to relinquish her life and the grace with which she died are beautifully and powerfully described in a prose that is sometimes raw, sometimes eloquent, and always poignant. Nin's true character and spirit are unveiled for all to see.
A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal--Volumes 1-8
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 518,470. Language: English. Published: September 30, 2011 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Essay » Literature
A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal is the only current publication dedicated to the life and work of Anais Nin, including Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, and several leading artists of the 20th century. This set contains all 8 issues, from 2003 to the present, with excerpts from Nin's unpublished diary, letters to/from her father, and work by noted authors such as Janet Fitch.
The Portable Anais Nin
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 128,750. Language: English. Published: August 11, 2011 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
The Portable Anaïs Nin is not only the first anthology of the author’s work to appear digitally, it is also the first comprehensive collection in nearly 40 years, during which time the Nin catalogue has doubled with the release of the erotica and unexpurgated diaries. A handy source book of Nin's most important writings, arranged chronologically and annotated by Nin scholar Benjamin Franklin V.
A Spy in the House of Love
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 36,410. Language: English. Published: August 9, 2011 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Originally published in book form in 1954, A Spy in the House of Love contains some of Anais Nin's best poetic prose. The main character, Sabina, realizes that she is a composite of many selves, each one seeking identity within relationships with five very different men, and while she seeks to live out each part of herself she also craves unity, setting the stage for the battle for self-awareness.
The House of Incest
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 9,010. Language: English. Published: July 14, 2010 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
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The House of Incest, Anais Nin's famous prose poem, was first published in Paris in 1936 and immediately drew attention from the era's prominent writers, including Henry Miller and Lawrence Durrell. While written in English, it is considered a landmark work in the French surrealist tradition and one of the most unique books in 20th century literature.
Under a Glass Bell
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 27,420. Language: English. Published: July 9, 2010 by Sky Blue Press LLC. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Often considered Anais Nin's finest work of fiction, this collection of short stories was self-published by Nin with an old-fashioned hand press in 1944. Among the titles are "Houseboat," "The Mouse," "The Labyrinth," and "Birth."