Anais Ni‪n Podcast

Episode 47: Anaïs Nin and Rupert Pole Read Michaux

Paul Herron

In 1962 Anaïs Nin was invited to read excerpts from French poet Henri  Michaux's controversial book Miserable Miracle, in which he describes the effects of mescaline and hashish on him. Nin read excerpts in French, and her lover Rupert Pole read the English translations. From a newly restored recording.