INDEX

42nd St. film (see Jazz of Lights)

Acapulco xii, 15–17, 19–24, 27, 30, 42, 53, 70, 82, 84, 86, 97, 113–14, 122, 136, 140, 144, 167, 181, 183, 203, 246, 248, 249, 259, 260–63, 266–69, 272–75, 278, 279, 292, 322, 325–26, 329, 333

Adams, Clairborne 23

Age of Anxiety (Auden) 155

Alan (character) 124, 296–97

Aldridge, Richard 155, 157, 188

Aleksander, Irina 241, 258, 260, 329, 333

Alexander, Herbert 118, 192, 209, 211, 215, 238, 241, 247, 253, 281, 288, 307

Allendy, René xvi, 119

Amberg, George 79, 83

Angel is my Watermark, The (Miller) 301

Anger, Kenneth 23, 53, 83, 230, 232, 248, 249, 261, 265–66, 332

Archibald, Roy 81, 83, 124, 270

Artaud, Antonin 119, 175

Atlantic Monthly (magazine) 86

Avon (publisher) 156

Baldwin, C. L. (Lanny) 5

Ball, Everett 190, 193

Ballet in America (Amberg) 79

Barer, Marshall 5

Barker, George 275

Barnes, Djuna xiii, 92, 121, 155, 187, 277, 310

Barrault, Louis 118

Barron, Bebe xiii, 63, 84, 89, 132, 137, 149–50, 154, 156, 185–87, 210, 213, 222, 223, 246, 254, 255, 257, 258, 259, 268, 313, 337

Barron, Louis xiii, 79, 84, 88, 89, 137, 138, 149–50, 154, 156, 185–87, 210, 213, 222, 246, 254, 255, 257, 258, 259, 268, 313

Beethoven (Sullivan) 182

Beethoven, Ludwig von 24, 59, 149, 192, 228, 263

Behind the Mountain (play) 89

Bells of Atlantis (film) 133, 137, 140, 153, 154, 156, 184, 186, 223, 229, 233, 238, 239, 240, 257, 260

Bernanos, Georges 20, 275, 318

“Birth” (Nin) 275

Black Mountain College 16, 75, 118, 157, 204, 207

Blake, Guy 4, 14

Blum, Jacques 306–307

Bobbs Merrill (publisher) 72, 88

Bogner, Inge xiii, 44, 45, 81, 83, 89, 96, 99, 101, 102, 106, 111, 117, 118, 153, 154, 160, 170, 179, 184, 190, 195, 232, 233, 236, 238, 239, 245, 247, 248, 254, 258, 264, 265, 270–71, 292, 395

—AN’s sessions with 110, 112, 114, 115–16, 118, 121, 122, 123, 127, 157, 175, 176, 180–81, 295–96, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 311, 312, 322, 323, 324, 328

Bolton, Isabel 155, 275

Boomer, Mr. 237

Bowers, Faubian 242

Bowles, Paul 97, 117, 264, 298

Boyle, Kay 155

Breit, Harvey 264, 266

Brian, Douglas 321–22

British Book Centre (distributor/publisher) xiii, 264, 266, 274, 324, 329, 333

Brooke, Rupert 60

Broughton, James 83, 90, 154, 184, 327, 338

Brown, Frances 28, 83

Brown, Teddy 85, 86, 88

Bryant, Kay 280, 295

Burford, William (Bill) 5, 6

Burford (of New Story) 295

Cage, John 88, 186

Cahiers d’Art (journal) 88

Cameron, Marjorie 261–62, 265

Camino Real (play) 183, 262

Campion, Christie 129, 146, 162

Campion, Pam 203, 215, 224, 314

Campion, Paul 203, 215, 314

Capote, Truman 90, 97, 110, 182, 184, 275, 307, 310

Captain’s Paradise, The (film) 235, 237

Cárdenas, Antolina de (Tia) 23, 209, 210, 211, 216, 217, 218, 304

Cárdenas, Carlos de (Charlie) 78, 214, 216

Chansons d’Auvergne (Debussy) 41

Chaplin, Charles 60

Chareau, Dollie 239, 259

Charpentier, Henri 25, 163

Children of the Albatross (Nin) xiii, xvi, 13, 16, 29, 73, 75, 117, 300

Chinchilito (see Edward Graeffe)

Chiquito (see Rupert Pole)

Chisholm, Hugh 110

Cities of the Interior (see Solar Bark)

City and the Pillar (Vidal) 90

Choix des élus (Giraudoux) 294

Clift, Brooks 294, 305

Clift, Montgomery 294, 305

Clyde, Billy 326

Cocteau, Jean 53, 218, 232, 306

Colette 155

Combs, George Hamilton 274

Come Back, Little Sheba (Inge) 210

Cornillat (Guiler’s associate) 160

Covici, Pat 83

Cristobal Colon (Carillos) 41

Crosby, Caresse 308

Cry, the Beloved Country (film) 98

Culmell de Nin, Rosa (Mother) xv, 27, 52, 59, 62, 64, 74, 78, 100, 108, 112, 131, 143, 145, 147, 149, 185, 216, 217, 224, 227, 236, 242, 245, 286, 287, 291, 296, 311, 324, 328, 330, 332, 333

—death of 285–86, 287, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293–94, 305

Dandieu, Arnaud 122

d’Arcona, Miranda 211, 223

d’Arnavon, Cyrille 220

Dart, John 58, 61, 69, 127, 128, 134, 147, 148, 151, 158, 163, 173, 182, 194, 196, 201, 205, 318

Dart, Kay 58, 61, 69, 71, 72, 127, 128, 129, 134, 136, 142, 146, 147–48, 151–52, 154, 158, 163, 168, 173, 182, 185, 194, 195, 201, 205, 247, 318

Davis, Ivan 88

de Brier, Samson 249, 262, 321

de Brun, Elsa 241

de Chochor, René 109, 118, 121, 124, 151, 152, 146, 182, 214, 217, 218, 220, 224, 239, 288, 289, 309, 313, 316, 330, 333

—letter to 124

Debussy, Claude 214

Delaney, Beauford 214

DeMille, Cecil B. 325

Deren, Maya 310, 311, 313

Diamant, Ruth Witt 31, 33, 41, 52, 61, 65, 74, 171, 183, 184, 193, 209, 329, 338

Dinesen, Isak 275, 310

Discovery (magazine) 188

Djuna (character) 29, 124, 202

Dreiser, Theodore 97, 210

Druks, Renate 229, 230, 232, 235, 249, 261, 262, 265, 283, 288, 303, 318, 319, 320, 322, 338

Duane, Dick 111, 134, 135, 138, 141, 153, 155, 157, 162, 171, 184, 204, 207, 212, 217, 218, 238, 280, 310, 313

Duell Sloan and Pearce (publisher) xiii, 43, 45, 58, 84, 115

Duell, Charles 87, 141, 288

—letter to 152

Dumas, Alexandre 50

Duncan, Robert 315

Dutton, E. P. (publisher) xiii, xvi, 23, 35, 36, 42, 73

Earle, Alice 61, 64, 247

Earle, Eyvind 3, 61, 63, 64, 65, 190, 206, 247

Eklund, Jane 128, 190, 193

Eliot, T. S. 310

Elmer (friend of Pole) 281, 283

Enwright, Helen 304

Ermst, Max 268

Escoffier, Auguste 163

Evans, Oliver 85

Farrar Strauss and Young (publisher) 72, 79, 83, 88

Faulkner, William 98

Fitzgerald, Alice and Ed 334

Flair (magazine) 54, 184

Flying Dutchman, The (film) 247

Four-Chambered Heart, The (Nin) xiii, 29, 35, 42, 43, 45, 51, 65, 73, 75, 79, 84, 85, 115, 141, 152, 153, 207, 220, 223, 229, 295

Fowlie, Wallace 16, 171, 274, 276, 278, 300

Fredericks, Claude 134, 295, 300

Fredericks, Millicent 45, 84, 86, 88, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 114, 153, 160, 180, 184, 194, 209, 210, 212, 236, 249, 259, 296, 314, 316, 319

Friar, Kimon 155, 171, 175

Fuller, Sue 219

Gainsberg, Thomas 209, 210

Gance, Abel 153

Geismar, Anne xiii, 83, 88, 111, 117, 118, 159, 182, 187–88, 189, 192, 223, 247, 258

—letter to 177

Geismar, Maxwell xiii, 67, 74, 75, 83, 86, 88, 97, 111, 117, 118, 119, 154, 177, 182, 187–88, 192, 210, 212, 221, 222, 223, 247, 267, 277, 294, 312, 330

—AN’s aversion to 188, 192

—letters to 177, 276

—on AN’s writing 247, 260, 274, 276

Genet, Jean 155, 156, 299, 301, 310

Giraudoux, Jean 39, 155, 220, 275, 277, 294, 310, 311

Glanville-Hicks, Peggy 72, 116, 117, 176, 195, 259, 277

Glass Menagerie, The (play) 315

Graeffe, Edward (Chinchilito) xvi, 14, 15, 184, 228, 259, 313

Graham, Dr. 307

Graham, Martha 60, 153, 155, 182, 238, 259

Granger, Stewart 242

Gray, Berry 274, 278

Green Mansions (Hudson) 306

Green, Mary 278, 295

Guiler, Christina 132

Guiler, Hugh (Hugo) xii, xiv, xv, 1–3, 6–10, 12, 14, 19–20, 22–23, 27–39, 46, 57–58, 63, 65–67, 78, 80, 81–92, 94–98, 100–102, 107, 109, 110, 112, 115, 116, 118, 119, 121–27, 130–35, 137–43, 145, 146, 149–51, 153–55, 157–60, 163–64, 170–71, 173–75, 179–86, 188–95, 200, 203, 204, 206–210, 213, 216–23, 225–28, 231–32, 235–37, 239–43, 245–50, 254–55, 259–60, 266, 268–69, 278–81, 285, 287–89, 291, 294–96, 298, 302–317, 319, 322–25, 327–33

—aging of 11, 104, 106, 209

—as filmmaker 62, 84, 90, 97, 129, 133, 138–39, 140, 141, 153, 154, 156, 171, 209–211, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 229, 233, 240, 241, 245, 254–55, 257–59, 268–69, 279–80, 281, 294, 305, 313

—AN’s description of 38, 43–44, 99, 104, 107, 113, 164, 246

—AN’s gratitude for 7, 58, 83, 101, 106, 130, 171, 222, 330

—letters from 47–49, 270–71

—letters to 35–36, 50, 292

—obsession with money of 112, 180–81, 184–85, 233, 234, 237–38, 269, 289–90, 307, 325, 328, 332

—quarrels with 161, 248, 289

—relationship with 11, 43, 44–45, 91, 95, 96, 106, 114, 116, 128, 138, 292, 302, 314, 332

—sexual aversion to 37, 61, 83, 101, 102, 113, 143

Guiler, Johnnie 192

Haggart, Stanley 14, 86, 88, 219, 243, 259, 300, 305

Hagely, George (justice) 334–35

Harman, Carter 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 84, 259

—AN’s infatuation with 9, 10, 13, 14, 84, 259

Harman, Nancy 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 259

Harper’s Bazaar (magazine) 73, 109, 175, 266, 300

Harrington, Curtis 23, 83, 90, 115, 154, 158, 160, 184, 230, 249, 262, 321

Harris, Dan 83

Harrison (Herlihy’s friend) 300

Haydn, Hiram 72, 85

Hayworth, Rita 38, 62

Helba (see Helba Huara)

Hemingway, Ernest 75, 98, 212, 275, 331

Henderson, Gil 162, 203, 205, 230, 232

Henderson, Olympia 205, 232

Herlihy, James Leo (Jim) xiii, 16, 57, 58, 61, 70, 83, 85, 87, 90, 103, 106, 107, 111, 112, 115, 118, 119–20, 121, 127, 129, 137, 138, 139, 153, 155, 157, 159–63, 171, 182, 191, 195, 209–212, 214, 217–21, 223–24, 238, 244, 258, 264, 274, 277, 280, 287, 294, 299, 300–301, 305, 310, 312–15, 319, 323, 324, 326, 329, 330, 333

—as aide to AN’s double life xiii, 103, 105–106, 107–108, 109, 132–33, 135, 140, 141, 315–16

—AN’s relationship with 75, 119, 154, 165–66, 204, 208, 278, 291, 317

—on AN’s writing 93–94, 119, 154, 165–66, 204, 208, 278, 291, 317

—letters from 75–76, 77, 77–78, 79–80, 91–92, 92–94, 124–26, 131–33, 133–34, 134–35, 141, 149–50, 165–66, 204–205, 206, 208, 225–26, 226–27, 293, 315–16, 316–17

—letters to 145, 150, 206–207, 224–25, 317–318

Herzog, Maurice 188

Hilliard, Audrey 211, 223

Histoire de la Littérature Française (Lalou) 330

Hollywood 1, 2, 7, 20, 22, 26, 30, 38, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 63, 75, 82, 83, 87, 129, 152, 158, 198, 261, 325

Hope, Constance 111, 233

Houghton Mifflin (publisher) 58, 78, 79, 88

House Beautiful (magazine) 236

House of Flowers (play) 307

House of Incest (Nin) xvi, 4, 8, 62, 75, 97, 129, 140, 153, 186, 191, 222, 278, 327

Howell, William 228

Huara, Helba 8, 108, 109, 200, 227, 228, 240, 254, 295, 331, 332

Hudson, William Henry 306

Hugo, Ian (see Hugh Guiler)

Huntley, Chet 162, 202

I am a Camera (play) 85

Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (film) 261, 265

Inge, William 210

Isherwood, Christopher 79, 85

Jacobson, Max xiii, 15, 85, 115, 142, 170, 190, 217, 219, 223, 232, 236, 237, 238, 241, 242, 247, 253, 319, 323, 324, 325, 327, 330, 333

James, Henry 98, 121, 242

Jazz of Lights (film) 92, 181, 209, 211, 212, 219, 222, 223, 245, 257, 260, 269

Jimmy (Sokol’s husband) 259

Joan (Pole’s friend) 281, 283

Joan (of James Brown Associates) 333

Johanna (Druks’ friend) 321

Jones, Janie Lloyd 13, 18, 21, 40, 56, 235, 340

Jour de Fête (film) 105

Jouve, Pierre Jean 39, 310

Joyce, James 75, 163, 187, 188, 277, 316

June (Reginald Pole’s companion) 158

Jungle Headhunters (film) 89

Kauffmann, Stanley 143

Kavan, Anna xiii, 155, 275, 310

Keene, Frances 89, 94, 112, 295, 316

Kennedy, William 43, 44, 45, 84, 88

Kenyon Review (journal) 73, 109

Kierman, John 299, 300

Kind Hearts and Coronets (film) 158

King and I, The (play) 83

Knopf, Alfred (publisher) 67, 141

La Folle de Chaillot (film) 62, 240

La Joie (Bernanos) 20, 318

La Ronde (film) 62, 273

Ladders to Fire (Nin) xiii, xvi, 73, 74, 75, 294

Lalou, René 330

Lam, Wifredo 88

Laughlin, James 73, 88, 155, 264, 302

Lawrence, D. H. 140, 165

Lee, Travis 119

Leffert, Henry 308

Lewin, Albert 334

Lewin, Mr. and Mrs. 247

Libman, Lillian 111, 218, 220, 233, 238

“Lie detector” (character) xiii, 71, 100, 121, 122, 124

Lillian (character) 202, 268, 288, 289, 316

Lippold, Richard 118, 269, 273

Loomer, Peter (Druks’ son) 261, 320

Los Olvidados (film) 155

Louveciennes, France xvi, 38

Lovers of Verona (film) 62, 118

Lye, Len 132, 137, 138

Lye, Anne 162, 164

Maas, Willard 327

Madame Bovary (Flaubert) 276

Malraux, André 232, 291

Malya (Reginald Pole’s friend) 158, 159

Man and Superman (Shaw) 50

Mangones, Albert xvi, 6, 7, 14, 16, 30, 111, 228, 259, 305, 330

Manrique, Dr. 238–40

Martha (Pole’s ex-mistress) 12, 13

Martin, Dr. 143

Mathieson, Paul 23, 229, 230, 249, 261, 265, 283, 287, 303, 318, 319, 320, 322

Maxwell, Lawrence (Larry) 79, 84, 86, 88, 89, 103, 104, 171, 327, 328

McCarthy, Joseph 276, 277

McCullers, Carson 97, 155

McKinley, Hazel 1, 2, 4, 5

Merrill, James 111, 220, 295

Metzger, Anne 329

Milano, Paolo 89

Miller, Arthur 175, 294, 329

Miller, Henry xi, xii, xvi, 13, 14, 27, 35, 38, 43, 73, 75, 86, 104, 108, 109, 119, 128, 139, 156, 161, 171, 185, 187, 191, 192, 218, 220, 276, 277, 278, 281, 295, 301–302, 307, 309, 312, 316, 318, 328, 330

—visit with 18

Miller, June xi, xvi, 13, 29, 35, 61, 128, 147, 192

Miró, Joan 64, 210

Mitou (cat) 188, 190, 191

Mondadori (publisher) 73, 74, 191

Moon and Sixpence (film) 247

Moon in Capricorn (play) 145, 224

Moré, Gonzalo xi, xii, xvi, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 16, 27, 28, 30, 38, 70, 73, 82, 86, 104, 109, 112, 116, 136, 137, 139, 144, 162, 171, 185, 200, 228, 244, 261, 315, 323, 329, 330, 331, 332

—deportation of 239–40

end of AN’s love for 1, 8, 19, 27, 289

—as a model for AN’s fiction 27, 28–29, 35

Moricand, Conrad 318

Morrow, Felix 266, 288, 294, 308, 311, 316, 324

Nancarrow, Annette 113, 169, 183, 195, 268, 278–79, 326, 334

Nausea (Sartre) 220

Neumann, Dr. 189, 314

New Directions (publisher) 73, 155

New Leader (magazine) 278, 295

New Mexico Review (journal) 73, 109

New Story (magazine/publisher) 73, 118, 157, 180, 182, 204, 215, 217, 224

Nims, Bill 115, 146, 163, 173, 195, 211, 215, 223, 259, 265

Nims, Letha 146, 152, 163, 173, 211, 215, 223, 259, 265

Nin, Anaïs

—on America 17, 34, 39, 59, 61, 62, 71, 90–91, 98–99, 108, 113, 124, 148–49, 151, 156, 161, 162, 171, 172, 181, 184, 187, 188, 199, 208, 231, 233, 234, 236, 238, 269, 274, 277, 292, 295, 307–308, 311, 328–29, 330

—analysis of (see Inge Bogner and Clement Staff)

—childhood memories of 23, 64, 85, 90, 131, 149, 200–201, 236, 287, 296, 308, 324, 328

—depression of 10, 25, 27–28, 40, 94, 104, 122, 127, 130, 171, 181, 182, 183, 194, 229, 233, 238, 239, 270, 279, 280, 294, 302, 303, 305, 308, 330

—on the diary 14, 24, 35, 63, 64, 118, 119, 233, 238, 241, 291, 307, 312, 322–23, 328

—diary, plans to publish 29, 42, 142, 146, 148, 151, 155, 187–88, 216–17, 238, 241, 244, 258–59, 281, 292, 316

—dreams of 24–25, 26, 111–12, 115, 116, 175, 177, 180, 199, 202, 210, 216, 218–19, 237, 238, 242, 244, 253–54, 257, 269–70, 280, 295, 304, 309, 316, 323, 324, 325, 330–31

—financial difficulties of 4, 6, 58, 67, 86, 112, 124, 181, 233, 234, 236, 237, 259, 314, 318, 324

—and France 35, 83, 187, 220, 309, 318, 328–29

—on homosexuality 1, 2, 90, 98–99, 119, 121, 138, 160–61, 183, 242, 243, 262, 299, 301, 309, 313, 315

—illness of 66, 180, 203, 227, 239, 242, 266, 324

—on music 11, 13, 41, 63, 133, 154, 169–71, 176, 263, 264, 266–67, 323

—publication of xi–xii, xiii, xiv, xvi, 23, 43, 73, 157, 217, 274

—publishers, difficulties with 58, 72, 83, 94, 97, 100, 109–110, 121, 155, 180, 264, 277, 316

—and Sierra Madre 55, 65, 83, 109, 115, 134, 139, 148, 151, 158, 161, 191, 194, 196, 205, 227, 257, 310, 319, 323

—on writing 27, 29, 39, 45, 58, 91, 95, 97, 98–99, 117, 121, 155, 176, 200, 201, 202, 205, 207, 208, 210, 239, 260, 274, 275, 276–77, 278, 289, 308, 301, 307, 310–11, 312, 314, 330

Nin y Castellanos, Joaquín (Father) xv, xvi, 11, 23, 27, 63, 66, 85, 89, 104, 110, 127, 144–45, 150, 174, 227, 245, 263, 285, 286, 287, 292, 296, 308, 311, 324, 328, 330, 331, 332

—death of 42–43, 45

Nin, Thorvald xv, 52, 53, 55, 78, 81, 149, 286, 293

Nin-Culmell, Joaquín xiv, xv, 6, 43, 62–63, 67, 68, 90, 100, 104, 143, 149, 227, 278, 285–87, 291, 293–94, 295, 296, 305, 329, 330

Noble, Bill 155, 184

Oklahoma (play) 321

On Writing (Nin) 318

Orselli, Raymunda 321–22

Ouveroff, Serge 73

Paalen, Alice 82, 83, 89

Pablo (AN’s friend) 14, 111

Page, Geraldine 114, 115

Paris xi, xii, xv, xvi, 8, 41, 47, 56, 58, 61, 71, 86, 88, 96, 113, 117, 145, 146, 151, 186, 192, 193, 235, 236, 240, 260, 269, 280, 293, 307, 310, 323, 327, 330

Paris Review (journal) 118, 202, 210

Paris Magazine 182

Parker, Miss 264, 266

Parrish-Martin, Woody 14, 83, 86, 88, 90, 243, 259

Partisan Review (journal) 109

Passager Clandestin, Le (Simenon) 239

Paul (character) 116–17, 268

Pellegrini & Cudahy (publisher) 72, 100

Pfeffer, Max 73, 74, 79, 84, 88, 94

Philipe, Gérard 118

Picasso, Pablo 88

Piffner, George 57, 58, 61, 87, 122

Pinckard, William (Bill) xii, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 23, 26, 27–28, 29, 30, 38, 43, 57, 63, 70, 83, 113, 240, 244, 330, 334, 340

Pocket Books (publisher) 118, 209, 215, 217

Pole, Reginald xii, 23, 59, 60–61, 69, 71, 111, 123, 135, 136, 158–59, 180, 198, 205, 206, 213, 223, 227–28, 233, 235, 251–52, 295

Pole, Rupert (Chiquito) ix, xii, xiv, xvi, 1–17, 19–41, 43–47, 54–72, 83, 85–86, 90–91, 94, 96–97, 99–112, 115–16, 118–23, 127–28, 130, 134–53, 158–66, 170–71, 175–76, 179–83, 185, 189–92, 194–99, 205–207, 210–11, 216, 218–23, 227–37, 240–44, 246–50, 253, 259–70, 277–78, 280–84, 287, 290–91, 293–94, 301–305, 307–308, 312–16, 318–23, 325, 327–33

—AN’s description of 7–8, 23, 24, 34, 38, 41, 54, 63, 134, 194, 195–96

—bourgeois tendencies of 56, 58–59, 61, 62, 66, 90, 94–95, 115, 118, 120, 130, 142, 146, 151, 194, 198, 222, 236, 259, 281–82

—close encounter with Guiler 103–105

—as firefighter 201–204, 205, 251–53

—jealousy caused by 19, 61, 65, 140–41, 144–45, 150, 164, 281, 283, 321, 332, 334

—letters from 52–53, 102, 110, 156–57, 158–59, 167–68, 169, 172–73, 173, 210–11, 213, 214, 214–15, 219, 244, 244–45, 264, 265, 265–66, 288–89, 326

—letters to 42, 51–52, 52, 73–74, 74–75, 76, 78, 78–79, 92, 154–55, 155, 168–69, 169, 193, 213–14, 217, 224, 238, 274–75, 311–12, 325–26, 326–27

—lovemaking with 2, 3, 12, 22, 26, 39, 41, 56, 64, 105, 121, 195, 247, 263, 272, 281, 316

—AN’s marriage to 334–35

—AN’s meeting of 1–2

—quarrels with 128–29, 135–37, 229–30, 231, 321–22, 334

—relationship with 22, 65–66, 95, 99, 180, 189, 221, 234

—trips with 17–19, 26, 53, 64, 76, 91, 108–109, 177–79, 180, 272–74, 333–34

Pollak, Felix 330

Porter, Miss 79

Powell, Jack 163

Premice, Josephine 75, 306–307, 308

Protter, Eric 184, 215

Proust, Marcel 40, 111, 118, 121, 127, 176, 195, 202, 206, 207, 216, 218, 310, 324

Quintero, José 114

Rainer, Luise 86, 261, 333

Random House (publisher) 104

Rank, Otto xi, xvi, 187, 247

Really the Blues (Mezzro) 182

Rebels and Ancestors (Geismar) 210, 221

Rexroth, Kenneth 89, 310

Richmond Hill, New York 64

Rimbaud, Arthur 30, 98, 153, 155, 156

Rogers, William 266

Rolo, Charles 67, 85, 86, 88, 110

Rome (film) 211

Rosen, Dr. 148, 209, 214, 216

Rosenblum, Lila 75, 76, 79, 80, 84, 85, 90, 103, 105, 153, 161, 171, 183, 191, 195, 206, 211, 212, 214, 218, 309

Runyon, Cornelia 59, 240, 241, 242–43, 245, 247, 322

Ryder (Barnes) 92

Sabina (character) 58, 100, 121–22, 124, 276, 296–97, 298–99

Saint Phalles, Mr. and Mrs. 322

San Francisco 16, 25, 30, 31–33, 34, 39, 42, 43, 45, 46, 49, 51, 54, 56, 62, 64, 65, 84, 99, 158, 185, 203, 227, 284, 293

Sánchez, Eduardo (cousin) 81, 83, 88, 89, 110, 154, 241, 264, 266

Sartre, Jean-Paul 220

Satie, Erik 41

Saturday Evening Post (magazine) 274–279

Saturday Review of Literature 266, 274

Satyricon (Roman text) 319, 321

Scenario (Miller) 75

Schoolcraft, Ralph 257, 258

Sea Around Me, The (film) 199

Season in Hell (Rimbaud) 153

Seeley, Mr. and Mrs. 305

Sharpe, Carol 312

—letter from 296–98

—letter to 298–99

Sheets, Kermit 83, 154

Sierra Madre xi, xii, xiii, 55, 57, 65, 76, 81, 83, 87, 91, 107, 108, 109, 115, 127, 132, 134, 135, 139, 142, 163, 173, 190, 191, 194, 196, 205, 209, 227, 257, 293, 295, 303, 310, 318, 319, 323

—AN’s hatred of 148, 151, 158, 161

Signet (publisher) 79, 83, 85, 109–110, 155, 215

Simenon, Georges 110, 239, 241, 292, 243, 259, 260, 330

Simmons, Jean 242

Sloan, Brand 158

Sokol, Thurema 2, 14, 83, 85, 88, 147, 177, 193, 259, 289

Solar Bark (Nin) 250, 291, 317

Sonate Pour Violon et Piano (Debussy) 41

Spicer, Jimmy 259, 300

Spillane, Mickey 110, 122, 220

Spy in the House of Love, A (Nin) xiii, 58, 65, 72–73, 76, 79, 86, 88, 93, 94, 104, 110, 118, 121, 124, 132, 153, 156, 157, 161, 166, 171, 175, 201, 204, 215, 222, 224, 255, 264, 266, 267, 274, 277, 295, 296–98, 298–99, 311–12, 324

—problems with 55, 58, 71, 78, 83, 85, 94, 97, 180, 184, 215, 329

—reviews of 275, 276, 295, 316

Staff, Clement xiii, xvi, 3–4, 11, 14, 15, 38, 44, 45, 46

Stan (Nancarrow’s husband) 279

Stevens, Wallace 297

Stevenson, Adlai 228

Stone, Jerome 274

—letter to 275–76

Stravinsky, Igor 165–66

Styles, Dorothy 93

Sumac, Yma 153

Summer and Smoke (play) 114

Tanguy, Yves 268

Tavi (dog) 45, 54, 55, 57, 59, 61–62, 67, 71, 79, 99, 109, 110, 111, 116, 123, 135, 142, 143, 145, 151, 162, 169, 172, 190, 191, 195, 201, 202, 203, 211, 214–15, 220, 224, 244, 247, 252, 263, 264, 303, 304, 320

Taylor, Coley 72, 100

—letter to 100

Tea and Sympathy (film) 303

Telberg, Val 329, 332

Tell-Tale Heart, The (film) 233

Ten Commandments, The (film) 325

Thomas, Dylan 110, 182, 302, 310

Thomas, Frances 329

Tiger’s Eye (magazine) 73

Time (magazine) 52, 59, 61, 127, 133, 173, 194, 254, 259

Touriste de Bananes (Simenon) 260

Travis, Lee 217

Tristan and Isolde (Wagner) 2, 21

Tropic of Cancer (Miller) 10, 301, 328

Tudor, Anthony 67, 155

Under a Glass Bell (Nin) xiii, xvi, 6, 23, 35, 59, 73, 222, 275, 321, 329

Varda, Jean (Janko) 33, 40, 41, 65, 134, 142, 144, 158, 203, 332

Vidal, Gore ix, xii, xiii, xvi, 1, 5, 10, 12, 14, 36, 43, 79, 83, 86, 90, 121, 157, 160–61, 183, 184, 188, 191–92, 261, 313

—AN’s desire for 5–6, 113

—marriage proposal to AN 8

Viking Press 58, 73, 79, 83, 88, 89

Vogue (magazine) 110, 175, 266

Voices of Silence (Malraux) 278, 291

Wasserman, Jakob 187, 209, 216

Waters Reglitterized, The (Miller) 75

West, Nathaniel 59

Weybright, Victor 83, 85

Whitney, Joan 262

Williams, Lavinia 78, 79, 84, 85, 88, 89

Williams, Oscar 88

Williams, Rollo 89, 213, 218, 257, 258

Williams, Tennessee 83, 85, 97, 114, 175, 183, 262, 275, 310, 315

Williams, William Carlos 88

Wilson, Edmund xvi, 117, 274, 278

Winslow, Kathryn 90

Winter of Artifice, The (Nin) xvi, 75, 161, 191, 222, 292

Winwood, Esther 60

Woolf, Thomas 307

Woolf, Virginia xiii, 155, 275, 277

Wreden, Peter 10

Wright, Eric 149, 166, 172, 261

Wright, Frank Lloyd xii, 2, 45, 198, 206, 235

Wright, Helen (née Taggart) xii, 7, 20, 23, 25, 57, 61, 71–72, 165, 166, 172, 196, 198, 206, 228, 233, 249, 303–304, 316

—AN’s relationship with 228

—letter to 71–72

Wright, Lloyd xii, 2, 20, 39, 53, 57, 61, 63, 71–72, 136, 149, 162, 164–65, 166, 172, 194, 196, 198, 206, 228, 235, 248, 249, 303–304, 316

—AN’s relationship with 194

—letter to 71–72

Wright, Richard 6, 14

Wyss, Dr. 160, 182, 184, 189

Zayas, Pepe 76, 183, 300