TRAPEZE
SWALLOW PRESS BOOKS BY ANAÏS NIN
FICTION
Children of the Albatross
Cities of the Interior
Collages
The Four-Chambered Heart
House of Incest
Ladders to Fire
Seduction of the Minotaur
A Spy in the House of Love
Under a Glass Bell
Waste of Timelessness and Other Early Stories
Winter of Artifice
NONFICTION
D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study
Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1939–1947, edited by Paul Herron
The Novel of the Future
A Woman Speaks: The Lectures, Seminars, and Interviews of Anaïs Nin, edited by Evelyn J. Hinz
SWALLOW PRESS BOOKS ABOUT ANAÏS NIN
Arrows of Longing: The Correspondence between Anaïs Nin and Felix Pollak, 1952–1976, edited by Gregory H. Mason
Writing an Icon: Celebrity Culture and the Invention of Anaïs Nin, by Anita Jarczok
Recollections of Anaïs Nin by Her Contemporaries, edited by Benjamin Franklin V
TRAPEZE
The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
1947-1955
Preface by Paul Herron
Introduction by Benjamin Franklin V
Edited by Paul Herron
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1st Edition. Unexpurgated.
All content unless otherwise stated, copyright © 2017 The Anaïs Nin Trust.
This edition published by arrangement with Sky Blue Press.
Introduction copyright © 2016 Benjamin Franklin V.
Preface copyright © 2016 Paul Herron.
Excerpts from The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volume Four: 1944-1947 (copyright © 1971 by Anaïs Nin) used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Excerpts from The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volume Five: 1947-1955 (copyright © 1974 by Anaïs Nin) used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
| Edited by: | Paul Herron |
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| San Antonio, Texas, USA | Athens, Ohio, USA |
| Typesetting and design: | Sara A. Herron, Sky Blue Press |
| Cover photo: | Courtesy of The Anaïs Nin Trust |
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Sky Blue Press Electronic ISBN: 978-0-9987246-0-7
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Nin, Anaïs, 1903–1977, author. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1939– writer of introduction. | Herron, Paul (Paul S.), editor.
Title: Trapeze : the unexpurgated diary of Anaïs Nin, 1947–1955 / preface by Paul Herron ; introduction by Benjamin Franklin V ; edited by Paul Herron.
Description: Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016051835| ISBN 9780804011815 (hardback) | ISBN 9780804040778 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Nin, Anaïs, 1903–1977—Diaries. | Authors, American—20th century—Diaries.
Classification: LCC PS3527.I865 Z46 2017 | DDC 818/.5209 [B] —dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016051835
Dedicated to the memory of Rupert Pole
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The editor gratefully acknowledges Sara Herron, Benjamin Franklin V, John Ferrone, Denise Brown, and Kim Krizan for their guidance and dedication to this book.
Correspondence from James Leo Herlihy used by permission of the James Leo Herlihy Literary Estate.
Anaïs Nin, 1950s
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE by Paul Herron
INTRODUCTION by Benjamin Franklin V