Photograph of Anais Nin
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I met Anais Nin in 1968. I read her first Diary and loved it. At the time I worked for the University of California Extension in Berkeley, coordinating Arts and Lectures. I invited her to speak on a program called "Fantasy, Dreams and Myths."
She accepted , and after the program we began corresponding. Whenever Liz and were in Los Angeles we would visit her, and the friendship grew. I gave her my first book, To Be Nobody Else, and she wrote a warm letter of appreciation and encouragement.
Once Liz and I were in her home, and she was preparing vitamins. She turned around and toasted with the vitamin glass, and I took this picture.
We were friends until her death in 1977.
– John Pearson