CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, ...

I first came across the Anais Nin connection while reading Michelle Zack’s wonderful history, “Southern California Story: Seeking the Better Life in Sierra Madre.” When asked about Sierra Madre’s most ...

Long before Lady Gaga was born — this or any other way — Anaïs Nin was forging a powerful creative identity in which she made no apologies for her voracious sexuality. Now remembered primarily as the ...

Nearly a half-century after her death, writer and diarist Anaïs Nin is taking over the Mission. While she may be more closely associated with Paris, New York and Los Angeles, Nin also lived in San ...