Anaïs instructed her in the art of applying false eyelashes

[wwidsith]

Gregor Dallas's book of Paris anecdotes, Metrostop Paris (very loosely based on the metro system) has a great chapter on Anaïs Nin, a writer I used to love, then decided was overrated, and now rather appreciate again. The story is mainly about her affair with Otto Rank, and fascinating it is too. But in the middle of it, a name appeared which I

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[herself_nyc]

Wow.

[wwidsith]

My thoughts exactly! I love it when a random comment or footnote leads you off on a little journey of discovery like this.

[gwynnega]

So cool. I've read that Deirdre Bair biog, but I'd forgotten about the Nin-West connection.

[wwidsith]

So had I! Although I don't think I knew who West was in those days, so I guess those bits made zero impression on me...