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Nin, Miller, Venus

June 7: On this day in 1977 Anaïs Nin’s Delta of Venus was published, and on this day in 1980 Henry Miller died.

A doctor and a journalist span the globe to learn why we laugh.

The novelist on how an episode torn from the life of Margaret Mead blossomed into a novel.

June 6: Allied forces began their D-Day invasion on this day in 1944.

June 5: O. Henry died on this day in 1910, aged forty-seven.

Traveling back in time to the literary seductions of youth.