New Issue of Nexus Available
Good news, Miller fans… the eighth volume of Nexus, The International Henry Miller Journal is now ready to order! As has come to be expected, the journal continues to break new ground in revealing hidden facets of Henry Miller and his writing.
The current issue begins with a private letter from Miller to Alfred Perlès, composed during the writing of Black Spring. Here we find Miller in an exalted mood, confident of the place his work will find in American letters.
Next, we are treated to a rediscovery of Richard Osborn—a very important yet little known figure in Miller’s Paris life (Osborn is the Filmore of Tropic of Cancer). Eric Lehman has turned up a trove of photographs and information that provide a glimpse into Osborn’s youth and reveals the lasting influence of his friendship with Miller.
Karl Orend provides several articles for the latest issue. The first explores “The Heaven Beyond Heaven,” an unpublished handwritten book that Miller created as a birthday gift for Anaïs Nin in 1939. The book analysis provides a springboard for delving into Miller and Nin’s personal relationship and their quarrels over approaches to writing.
Orend’s second article focuses on the work of Louis-Ferdinand Céline, sorting through the difficult terrain of Celine’s dueling reputations as both a brilliant writer and an ardent racist.
In “The Genius and Mr. Nobody,” Joe Kishton provides a peek at the script for a recently completed documentary film that traces the antagonistic relationship between Miller and Salvador Dali. The script includes a set of interviews with Miller in which he relates some humorous anecdotes about the period he spent living with Dali, Gala and Anaïs Nin at the home of Caresse Crosby in Virginia.
An article by Finn Jensen looks into the Greek intellectual circle Miller encountered during his Colossus of Maroussi days. Particular attention is given to the influence of George Sefaris and a poem that he wrote about Miller.
Also included is a selection from the diary of Miller’s friend, Harry Kiakis. A third article by Orend examines Anaïs Nin’s chapbook, Paris Revisited, and explores the role of George Whitman’s Shakespeare and Co. bookstore in Parisian literary circles. James Bantin provides an inside look at the extensive collection of Miller papers to be found at Southern Illinois University, and D.A. Pratt presents a delightful appreciation of The Happy Rock, Bern Porter’s book of tributes to Henry Miller.
Nexus, Volume 8 is available now for ordering from the Nexus website and is priced at $20 for US orders and $24 internationally.
1 comment on "New Issue of Nexus Available"
As usual, Nexus is a must for all who love Miller and company. I want a copy of The Heaven beyond Heaven – how is it there are unpublished Miller manuscripts floating around? Let’s collect them all together and do an “unpublished Miller” book.
I guess we have to wait a few more years for all that copyright/ownership stuff to run out or something.
