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
