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A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal is the only current publication dedicated to the life and work of diarist/novelist Anais Nin and her circle, including Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, and several leading artists of the 20th century. This complete set contains all 8 annual issues, from 2003 to the present, with excerpts from Nin's unpublished diary, letters to/from her father, with whom she had an adult onset incestuous relationship, her two husbands, and her colleagues; also included are works by noted authors such as Janet Fitch, essays and criticism by the world's leading scholars, poetry, visual arts, reviews, updates, and internet resources. Edited by Paul Herron and published by Sky Blue Press, with an interactive table of contents. Anais Nin (1903-1977) was born in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, near Paris, and was the daughter of a renowned pianist and composer, Joaquin Nin. Abandoned by her father in 1913, she and her family traveled to New York, where she began her now famous diary, comprised of some 35,000 pages over a period of six decades. When the first volume of 'The Diary of Anais Nin' was published in 1966, it began Nin's meteoric surge to fame. However, often overlooked are the works of fiction she created, beginning with 'The House of Incest' in 1936, which was followed by a then-banned edition of a collection of novellas under the title 'The Winter of Artifice.' This original edition has been republished for the first time in 2007. Perhaps Nin's most acclaimed fiction is the series of short stories in 'Under a Glass Bell,' which she self-published in New York during the 1940s when no commercial publisher would take the risk. She then began a series of novels that were interconnected and finally collected into one volume entitled 'Cities of the Interior.' Her final novel was 'Collages,' about which Henry Miller said, "Even the finest collages fall apart with time; these will not."Anais Nin was one of the 20th century's most innovative and compelling artist, and now her works are finally appearing in digital format.