Slice of life is a phrase describing the use of mundane realism depicting everyday experiences in art and entertainment.^[1]

Theater[link]

The theatrical term refers to a naturalistic representation of real life, sometimes used as an adjective, as in "a play with 'slice of life' dialogue." The term originated in 1890–95 as a translation from the French phrase tranche de vie, credited to the French playwright Jean Jullien (1854–1919).^[2]

Jullien introduced the term not long after a staging of his play, The Serenade, as noted by Wayne S. Turney in his essay, "Notes on Naturalism in the Theatre":

The Serenade was introduced by the Théâtre Libre in 1887. It is a prime example of rosserie, that is, plays dealing with corrupt, morally bankrupt characters who seem to be respectable, "smiling, smiling, damned villains..." Jullien gave us the famous apothegm defining naturalism in his The Living Theatre (1892): "A play is a slice of life put onstage with art." He goes on to say that "...our purpose is not to create laughter, but thought." He felt that the story of a play does not end with the curtain which is, he says, "only an arbitrary interruption of the action which leaves the spectator free to speculate about what goes on beyond..."^[3]

During the 1950s, the phrase had common critical usage in reviews of live television dramas, notably teleplays by JP Miller, Paddy Chayefsky^[4] and Reginald Rose.^[5] At that time, it was sometimes used synonymously with the critical label "kitchen sink realism," adopted from British films and theatre.

Literature[link]

The literary term refers to a storytelling technique that presents a seemingly arbitrary sample of a character's life, which often lacks a coherent plot, conflict, or ending.^[6] The story may have little plot progress and little character development, and often has no exposition, conflict, or dénouement, with an open ending.

Japanese animation and comics[link]

In anime and manga, "slice of life" is a genre that parallels teen melodrama in addition to using slice-of-life narrative techniques.^[7] Another common trait in slice of life is emphasis on seasonality or procedures.^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

See also[link]

• In medias res
• Mimesis
• Vignette

External links[link]

• "Film View; Mining the Eloquence of Ordinary People" by Vincent Canby. The New York Times, December 3, 1989

Iyanla Vanzant (born 1953) is an inspirational speaker, New Thought spiritual teacher, author, and television personality. She is known primarily for her books, for her eponymous talk show, and for her frequent appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and on Oprah's Lifeclass webcasts.

Vanzant was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 13, 1953, as Ronda Eva Harris. She currently resides in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.^[1] She is also a Yoruba priestess and an ordained New Thought minister.^[2]

In the year 2000, she was named one of the 100 Most Influential Black Americans by Ebony magazine, which said that "Her books, lectures and television appearances have made her a multimedia high priestess of healthy relationships."^[3] In 2012, Vanzant was listed at #7 on Watkins' Mind Body Spirit magazine list of the 100 most spirtually influential living people. "^[4]

Vanzant is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Filmography and bibliography[link]

• Interiors: a black woman's healing--in progress. Writers and Readers, 1995. ISBN 0-86316-321-1.
• The Big Book of Faith. Simon & Schuster, 1997. ISBN 0-684-84999-2.
• The spirit of a man: a vision of transformation for Black men and the women who love them. HarperSanFrancisco, 1997. ISBN 0-06-251239-0.
• Acts of Faith 1998: Thought-for-a-Day. Simon & Schuster, 1997. ISBN 0-684-82411-6.
• Faith in the Valley: Lessons for Women on the Journey to Peace. Simon and Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0-684-85048-6.
• Don't Give It Away!: A Workbook of Self-Awareness and Self-Affirmations for Young Women. with Almasi Wilcots. Simon & Schuster, 1999. ISBN 0-684-85048-6.
• Yesterday, I Cried: Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving. Simon and Schuster, 1999. ISBN 0-684-87382-6.
• One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth. Simon & Schuster, 1999. ISBN 0-684-87383-4.
• In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want. Simon and Schuster, 2000. ISBN 0-684-86581-5.
• Acts of Faith: Meditations for People of Color. Simon and Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-7432-2646-1.
• Value in the Valley: A Black Woman's Guide Through Life's Dilemmas. Simon and Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-7432-2647-X.
• Living through the meantime: learning to break the patterns of the past and begin the healing process. Simon and Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0743227107.
• Iyanla Vanzant. Simon & Schuster, Limited, 2001. ISBN 0-7432-2171-0.
• Until Today. Hay House Inc, 2002. ISBN 1-56170-924-7.
• Tips for Daily Living Cards: A 50-Card Deck. Hay House Inc, 2002. ISBN 1-56170-939-5.
• Every Day I Pray: Prayers for Awakening to the Grace of Inner Communion. Pocket, 2002. ISBN 0-7434-5074-4.
• Up From Here: Reclaiming the Male Spirit: A Guide to Transforming Emotions Into Power and Freedom. HarperCollins, 2003. ISBN 0-06-052250-X.
• Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women. Hay House, Inc, 2008. ISBN 1-4019-2188-4.
• A Woman Knows Things. Hay House UK, Limited, 2010. ISBN 1-4019-2192-2.
• Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You're Going Through. Hay House, Inc, 2010. ISBN 1-4019-2822-6.

Television[link]

• Iyanla (TV Series), Host (2001–2002)
• Starting Over, Life Coach (Seasons 2 and 3) (2004–2006)
• Oprah's Lifeclass, Lifeclass Teacher, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (2011-present)
• Iyanla Fix My Life, Host, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (in production)

TV guest appearances[link]

• Tavis Smiley (29 April 2004) playing herself
• Moesha (8 May 2000) in episode: "The Robbing Hood" (episode # 5.20) playing herself
• The Chris Rock Show (8 October 1999) playing herself
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (20 appearances from early 1998 through 31 August 1999)
• The Salt-N-Pepa Show (February 2008)
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (16 and 23 February 2011, discussing her departure from Harpo Productions in 1999)^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

• Yoruba Ifa priestess Iyanla Vanzant
• Iyanla Vanzant at the Internet Movie Database
• Inner Visions Worldwide
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Honorary Members List
• Interview on The Mo'Kelly Radio Report

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Brenda Venus
Black and white portrait of Brenda Venus
Born	Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
Occupation	Author, actress, producer & director.

Brenda Venus is an actress, author, ballet dancer, director, and producer. In June 1976 Brenda Venus met the famed writer Henry Miller. He became her mentor and she his muse. Over 4,000 pages of letters were written by Henry Miller which were later collected into the book, "Dear, Dear Brenda" – The Love Letters of Henry Miller to Brenda Venus(ISBN 0-688-02816-0).^[1] In addition, she is a best-selling^{[citation needed]} author: "Secrets of Seduction for Men" (ISBN 9780452286429) and "Secrets of Seduction for Women" (ISBN 9780760790700). Her books have been translated into 37 languages^{[citation needed]}. Publishers William Morrow and E.F. Dutton sent her on a worldwide publicity tour making various appearances on TV, radio and press interviews. For over 6 years, Venus wrote a column for Playboy and freelanced for Cosmopolitan, Details and Esquire.

Early career[link]

Brenda Venus began her career as a beauty queen^{[citation needed]}, then a ballerina for American Ballet Theatre^{[citation needed]}, fashion and swimsuit model^{[citation needed]}, film actress and later a producer, director and editor of documentaries. Also, she is a photographer and cinematographer. She also had her own radio show on KROC in Salt Lake City, Utah^{[citation needed]}.

Photographs and paintings of Venus[link]

George Hurrell included her photo in his last photo album of famous movie stars.^{[citation needed]} and Pompeo Posar, photographed Venus for a magazine.^[which?]

Ken Marcus, a protege of Ansel Adams, was Venus' sole photographer for over 10 years and published a book of black-and-white photos, titled Venus.^{[citation needed]}

Artist Gary Dobry, a former apprentice to world renown artist Ed Paschke, exhibited a series of works inspired by Venus for a 2010 exhibition called Mentors (Life After Henry Miller and Ed Paschke) at the Zhou B Art Center/Art Matrix Gallery, Chicago^{[citation needed]}. Selected works created by Dobry and Venus also exhibited at the "Inked: Tattoo Imagery in Contemporary Art" exhibition at the Jack Olson Gallery at Northern Illinois University (August 23 thru October 13, 2011) and Dobry's latest work with Venus will exhibit at the Packer Schopf Gallery in Chicago June 1 through July 7, 2012.

Film and TV[link]

Brenda Venus appeared in the Clint Eastwood film, The Eiger Sanction and several other films. She also appeared as a host/narrator in, Love & Sex in LA

• Kung Fu-The Demon God with David Carradine
• FM
• 48 Hrs.
• The Legend of Valentino
• The Ballerina
• Against a Crooked Sky
• Love & Sex in LA

She appeared on the soap opera The Bold And The Beautiful. She also appears in a short documentary film, Dinner With Henry.

Relationship with Henry Miller[link]

Venus met American novelist Henry Miller when she was in her twenties and became his muse.

In his book Joey, Miller wrote of Venus: "To love at the end of ones life is something special. Few women can inspire that sort of love. To wake up with the words of love on one's lips--what bliss! Just to say "Brenda" puts me in ecstasy."

Miller's long-time friend and confidant, fellow novelist and poet Lawrence Durrell wrote in the introduction to Miller's book Dear, Dear Brenda that: "The role of Brenda Venus will keep its interest and importance also as a memorial of his last great attachment--an Ariel to his Prospero... She enabled him to dominate his infirmities and to experience all the Joys of Paradise."

According to writer Ed Millis, Venus was a source of inspiration to the aging and ailing Miller: "Brenda was 20, Henry was 84. She was a beautiful Southern belle, "The Boticelli of Mississippi" -- he called her. Henry, the renegade intellectual, the writer, had taken millions of us to the sexy Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn. Now he was sick and slowly recuperating. He needed a lift in spirits... Brenda the Muse breathed life into her mortal charge and gave him reason to live. He wrote her over 4,000 letters and gave her focus and fine tuning!" ^[2]

Russian Play[link]

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On her birthday, November 10,^[when?] Russia's prime minister Vladimir Putin requested that she visit Moscow as his guest^{[citation needed]}. The invitation was to attend the opening performance of Venus, a play about her life^{[citation needed]} by a famous Russian playwright^[who?]. Members of the Bolshoi Ballet were cast along with Olympic Gold Medalist, Svetlana Khorkina, who played the title role.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Brenda Venus at the Internet Movie Database

Henry Miller
Miller in 1940
Born	Henry Valentine Miller (1891-12-26)December 26, 1891 Yorkville, Manhattan, New York City
Died	June 7, 1980(1980-06-07) (aged 88) Pacific Palisades, California, United States
Occupation	Writer, painter
Genres	Erotic literature, surrealism, novel
Spouse(s)	Beatrice Sylvas Wickens (1917–28) June Miller (1928–34) Janina Martha Lepska (1944–52) Eve McClure (1953–60) Hiroko Tokuda (1967–77)

Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer and painter. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of "novel" that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is distinctly always about and expressive of the real-life Henry Miller and yet is also fictional.^[1] His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer (1934), Black Spring (1936), and Tropic of Capricorn (1939). He also wrote travel memoirs and essays of literary criticism and analysis.

Biography[link]

Miller was born to tailor Heinrich Miller and Louise Marie Neiting, in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, New York City, of German parents.^[2] As a child he lived at 662 Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, known in that time (and referred to frequently in his works) as the Fourteenth Ward. As a young man, he was active with the Socialist Party (his "quondam idol" was the Black Socialist Hubert Harrison).^{[citation needed]} He briefly—for only one semester—attended the City College of New York. Although he was an exceptional student,^{[citation needed]} he was willing neither to be anchored nor to submit to the traditional college system of education.

His first wife was Beatrice Sylvas Wickens, whom he married in 1917. During 1928/29, Miller spent several months in Paris with his second wife, June Edith Smith (June Miller). In 1930 he moved to Paris unaccompanied, and he continued to live there until the outbreak of World War II.^[3] Although Miller had little or no money the first year in Paris, things began to change with the meeting of Anaïs Nin who, with Hugh Guiler, would go on to pay his entire way through the 1930s including the rent for the beautiful and modern apartment at 18, villa Seurat. Anaïs Nin became his lover and financed the first printing of Tropic of Cancer in 1934 with money from Otto Rank.^[4]

In late 1931, Miller was employed by the Chicago Tribune (Paris edition) as a proofreader, thanks to his friend Alfred Perlès who worked there. Miller took this opportunity to submit some of his own articles under Perlès name, since only the editorial staff were permitted to publish in the paper in 1934. This period in Paris was highly creative for Miller, and during this time he also established a significant and influential network of authors circulating around the Villa Seurat.^[5] One author who became a lifelong friend was the young British author Lawrence Durrell. Miller's correspondence with Durrell was later published in two books.^[6][7] During the Paris period he was also influenced by the French Surrealists.

His works contain detailed accounts of sexual experiences. His first published book, Tropic of Cancer (1934), was banned in the United States on the grounds of obscenity.^[8] He continued to write novels that were banned; along with Tropic of Cancer, his Black Spring (1936) and Tropic of Capricorn (1939) were smuggled into his native country, building Miller an underground reputation.

In 1939 Durrell, who lived in Corfu, invited Miller out to Greece. Miller described the visit in The Colossus of Maroussi (1941), which he considered his best book.^[9] One of the first acknowledgments of Henry Miller as a major modern writer was by George Orwell in his 1940 essay "Inside the Whale", where he wrote:

In 1940, Miller returned to the United States, settling at Anderson Canyon in Big Sur, California. ^[11] He continued to produce vividly written works that challenged contemporary American cultural values and moral attitudes. He was widely critical of consumerism in America, as reflected in Sunday After The War (1944) and The Air-Conditioned Nightmare (1945). He spent the last years of his life at his home at 444 Ocampo Drive, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.

While Miller was establishing his base in Big Sur, the Tropics books, still banned in the USA, were being published in France by the Obelisk Press and later the Olympia Press. There they were acquiring a slow and steady notoriety among both Europeans and the various enclaves of American cultural exiles. As a result, the books were frequently smuggled into the States, where they would prove to be a major influence on the new Beat generation of American writers (most notably Jack Kerouac) some of whom would adopt stylistic and thematic principles found in Miller's oeuvre.

The publication of Miller's Tropic of Cancer in the United States in 1961 by Grove Press led to a series of obscenity trials that tested American laws on pornography. The U.S. Supreme Court, in Grove Press, Inc., v. Gerstein, citing Jacobellis v. Ohio (which was decided the same day in 1964), overruled the state court findings of obscenity and declared the book a work of literature; it was one of the notable events in what has come to be known as the sexual revolution. Elmer Gertz, the lawyer who successfully argued the initial case for the novel's publication in Illinois, became a lifelong friend of Miller's; a volume of their correspondence has been published.^[12]

In 1968, Miller signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.^[13]

In addition to his literary abilities, Miller produced numerous watercolor paintings and wrote books on this field. He was a close friend of the French painter Grégoire Michonze. He was also an amateur pianist.

After his move to Pacific Palisades, he held innumerable dinner parties for the artistic and literary figures of the time. His cook and caretaker was a young artist's model named Twinka Thiebaud who later wrote a 1981 book of his evening chats.^[14] Thiebaud's memories of Miller's table talk were published in a rewritten and retitled book in 2011.^[15]

During the last four years of his life, Miller held an ongoing correspondence of over 1500 letters with Brenda Venus, a young and vivacious Playboy playmate, actress and dancer. A book about their correspondence was published in 1986.^[16] An article detailing their affair ran in a special edition of Playboy in 1996.^[17] The article called her Miller's "twilight muse" during the bedridden final years of his life.

Before his death, Miller filmed with Warren Beatty for his film Reds. He spoke of his remembrances of John Reed and Louise Bryant as part of a series of "witnesses." The film was released eighteen months after Miller's death.

Miller died of circulatory complications in Pacific Palisades in 1980 at the age of 88. After his death, he was cremated and his ashes scattered off Big Sur.

Legacy[link]

Miller is considered a "literary innovator" in whose works "actual and imagined experiences became indistinguishable from each other."^[18] His books did much to free the discussion of sexual subjects in American writing from both legal and social restrictions.

Miller's papers can be found in the following library special collections:

• Southern Illinois University Carbondale, which has correspondence and other archival collections.^[19]
• Syracuse University, which holds a portion of the correspondence between the Grove Press and Henry Miller.^[20]
• Charles E. Young Research Library of the University of California, Los Angeles Library.^[21]
• Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, which has materials about Miller from his first wife and their daughter.^[22]
• University of Victoria, which holds a significant collection of Miller's manuscripts and correspondence, including the corrected typescripts for Max and Quiet Days in Clichy, as well as Miller's lengthy correspondence with Alfred Perlès.^[23]
• University of Virginia.^[24]
• Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Library.^[25]

It is estimated that Miller painted 2000 watercolors during his life, and that 50 or more major collections of Miller’s paintings exist.^[26] The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin holds a selection of Miller's watercolors,^[27] as did the Henry Miller Museum of Art in Ōmachi City in Nagano, Japan, before closing in 2001.^[28] Miller's daughter Valentine placed some of her father's art for sale in 2005.^[29]

Miller's friend Emil White founded the nonprofit Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur in 1981.^[30] This houses a collection of his works and celebrates his literary, artistic and cultural legacy by providing a public gallery as well as performance and workshop spaces for artists, musicians, students, and writers.^[30]

Selected works[link]

• Moloch or, This Gentile World, written in 1927, published posthumously by the Estate of Henry Miller. New York: Grove Press, 1992. ISBN 0-8021-3372-X
• Crazy Cock, written 1928–1930, published posthumously by the Estate of Henry Miller. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. ISBN 0-8021-1412-1
• Tropic of Cancer, Paris: Obelisk Press, 1934.
  • New York: Grove Press, 1961. ISBN 0-8021-3178-6
• What Are You Going to Do about Alf? An Open Letter to All and Sundry, Paris: Printed at author's expense, 1935.
  • London: Turret, 1971. ISBN 0-85469-022-0
• Aller Retour New York, Paris: Obelisk Press, 1935.
  • New York: New Directions, 1991. ISBN 0-8112-1193-2
• Black Spring, Paris: Obelisk Press, 1936.
  • New York: Grove Press, 1963. ISBN 0-8021-3182-4
• Max and the White Phagocytes, Paris: Obelisk Press, 1938.
• Tropic of Capricorn, Paris: Obelisk Press, 1939.
  • New York: Grove Press, 1961. ISBN 0-8021-5182-5
• Hamlet Volume I with Michael Fraenkel, New York: Carrefour, 1939.
• Hamlet Volume II with Michael Fraenkel, New York: Carrefour, 1941.
  • Above two volumes republished, minus two letters, as Henry Miller's Hamlet Letters, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1988. ISBN 0-88496-269-5
• The Cosmological Eye, Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1939. ISBN 0-8112-0110-4
• The World of Sex, Chicago: Ben Abramson, Argus Book Shop, 1940.
  • Richmond, England: Oneworld Classics, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84749-035-3
• Under the Roofs of Paris, written as Opus Pistorum in 1941, published posthumously by the Estate of Henry Miller. New York: Grove Press, 1983. ISBN 0-8021-3183-2
• The Colossus of Maroussi, San Francisco: Colt Press, 1941.
  • New York: New Directions, 1958. ISBN 0-8112-0109-0
• The Wisdom of the Heart, Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1941.
  • New York: New Directions, 1960. ISBN 0-8112-0116-3
• Sunday after the War, Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1944.
• Semblance of a Devoted Past, Berkeley, CA: Bern Porter, 1944.
• The Plight of the Creative Artist in the United States of America, Houlton, ME: Bern Porter, 1944.
• Echolalia, Berkeley, CA: Bern Porter, 1945.
• Henry Miller Miscellanea, San Mateo, CA: Bern Porter, 1945.
• Why Abstract?, with Hilaire Hiler and William Saroyan, New York: New Directions, 1945.
  • New York: Haskell House, 1974. ISBN 0-8383-1837-1
• The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, New York: New Directions, 1945.
  • New York: New Directions, 1970. ISBN 0-8112-0106-6
• Maurizius Forever, San Francisco: Colt Press, 1946.
• Remember to Remember, New York: New Directions, 1947. (Volume 2 of The Air-Conditioned Nightmare.)
  • London: Grey Walls Press, 1952.
• Into the Night Life, privately published 1947 with Bezalel Schatz
• The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder, New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948.
  • Kansas City, MO: Hallmark Editions, 1971. ISBN 0-87529-173-2
• Sexus (Book One of The Rosy Crucifixion), Paris: Obelisk Press, 1949.
• New York: Grove Press, 1987. ISBN 0-394-62371-1
• The Waters Reglitterized: The Subject of Water Color in Some of Its More Liquid Phases, San Jose, CA: John Kidis, 1950.
  • Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1973. ISBN 0-912264-71-3
• The Books in My Life, Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1952.
  • New York: New Directions, 1969. ISBN 0-8112-0108-2
• Plexus (Book Two of The Rosy Crucifixion), Paris: Olympia Press, 1953.
  • New York: Grove Press, 1963. ISBN 0-8021-5179-5
• Quiet Days in Clichy With Photographs by Brassaï, Paris: Olympia Press, 1956.
  • New York: Grove Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8021-3016-X
  • Richmond, England: Oneworld Classics, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84749-036-0
• Henry Miller Recalls and Reflects: An Extraordinary American Writer Speaks Out (2 LP records, RLP 7002/3), New York: Riverside Records, 1956.
• The Time of the Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud, New York: New Directions, 1956.
  • New York: New Directions, 1962. ISBN 0-8112-0115-5
• A Devil in Paradise, New York: New American Library, 1956.
  • New York: New Directions, 1993. ISBN 0-8112-1244-0
• Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, New York: New Directions, 1957. ISBN 0-8112-0107-4
• The Red Notebook, Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1958.
• Reunion in Barcelona: a Letter to Alfred Perlès, from Aller Retour New York, Northwood, England: Scorpion Press, 1959.
• Nexus (Book Three of The Rosy Crucifixion), Paris: Obelisk Press, 1960.
  • New York: Grove Press, 1965. ISBN 0-8021-5178-7
• To Paint Is to Love Again, Alhambra, CA: Cambria Books, 1960.
  • New York: Grossman Publishers, 1968.
• Watercolors, Drawings, and His Essay "The Angel Is My Watermark," New York: Abrams, 1962.
• Stand Still Like the Hummingbird, New York: New Directions, 1962. ISBN 0-8112-0322-0
• Just Wild about Harry, New York: New Directions, 1963.
  • New York: New Directions, 1979. ISBN 0-8112-0724-2
• Greece (with drawings by Anne Poor), New York: Viking Press, 1964.
• Henry Miller on Writing, New York: New Directions, 1964. ISBN 0-8112-0112-0
• Insomnia or the Devil at Large, Albuquerque: Loujon Press, 1970.
  • Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974.
• First Impressions of Greece, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1973. ISBN 0-912264-59-4
• Reflections on The Maurizius Case: A Humble Appraisal of a Great Book, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1974. ISBN 0-912264-73-X
• Henry Miller's Book of Friends: A Tribute to Friends of Long Ago, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1976. ISBN 0-88496-050-1
• Sextet, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1977. ISBN 0-88496-119-2
  • New York: New Directions, 2010. ISBN 978-0-8112-1800-9
• My Bike and Other Friends, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1978. ISBN 0-88496-075-7
• Joey: a Loving Portrait of Alfred Perlès Together With Some Bizarre Episodes Relating to the Opposite Sex, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1979. ISBN 0-88496-136-2

Films[link]

Miller as himself[link]

Miller appeared as himself in several films,^[31] including:

• He was the subject of four documentary films by Robert Snyder; The Henry Miller Odyssey (90 minutes), Henry Miller: Reflections On Writing (47 minutes), and Henry Miller Reads and Muses (60 minutes). In addition, there is a film by Snyder that was completed after Snyder's death in 2004 about Miller's watercolor paintings, Henry Miller: To Paint Is To Love Again (60 mimutes). All four films are in Miller's own words.
• He was a "witness" (interviewee) in Warren Beatty's 1981 film Reds.^[32]
• He was featured in the 1996 documentary Henry Miller Is Not Dead that featured music by Laurie Anderson.^[33]

Actors portraying Miller[link]

Several actors played Miller on film, such as:

• Rip Torn played Miller in the 1970 film adaptation of Tropic of Cancer.
• In the 1970 Jens Jørgen Thorsen adaptation of Quiet Days in Clichy, the Miller-based character of 'Joey' was played by Paul Valjean.
• Fred Ward played Miller in the 1990 movie Henry & June.
• Claude Chabrol's 1990 adaptation of Quiet Days in Clichy saw Andrew McCarthy play the Miller role.

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Durrell, Lawrence, editor. The Henry Miller Reader, New York: New Directions Publishing, 1959. ISBN 0-8112-0111-2
• Widmer, Kingsley. Henry Miller, New York: Twayne, 1963.
  • Revised edition, Boston: Twayne, 1990. ISBN 0-8057-7607-9
• Wickes, George, and Harry Thornton Moore. Henry Miller and the Critics, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1963.
• Wickes, George. Henry Miller, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1966.
• Gordon, William A. The Mind and Art of Henry Miller, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1967.
• Mailer, Norman. Genius and Lust: a Journey Through the Major Writings of Henry Miller, New York: Grove Press, 1976. ISBN 0-8021-0127-5
• Martin, Jay. Always Merry and Bright: the Life of Henry Miller: an Unauthorized Biography, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1978. ISBN 0-88496-082-X
• Young, Noel, editor. The Paintings of Henry Miller: Paint as You Like and Die Happy, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1982. ISBN 0-87701-280-6
• Winslow, Kathryn. Henry Miller: Full of Life, Los Angeles: J. P. Tarcher, 1986. ISBN 0-87477-404-7
• Brown, J. D. Henry Miller, New York: Ungar, 1986. ISBN 0-8044-2077-7
• Stuhlmann, Gunther, editor. A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller, 1932–1953. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. ISBN 0-15-152729-6
• Dearborn, Mary V. The Happiest Man Alive: A Biography of Henry Miller, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN 0-671-67704-7
• Jong, Erica. The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller, New York: Turtle Bay Books, 1993. ISBN 0-394-58498-8
• Fitzpatrick, Elayne Wareing. Doing It With the Cosmos: Henry Miller's Big Sur Struggle for Love Beyond Sex, Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2001. ISBN 1-4010-1048-2
• Brassaï. Henry Miller, Happy Rock, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. ISBN 0-226-07139-1
• Masuga, Katy. Henry Miller and How He Got That Way, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7486-4118-5
• Masuga, Katy. The Secret Violence of Henry Miller, Rochester, NY: Camden House Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-1-57113-484-4

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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Henry Miller

• Henry Miller Online by Dr. Hugo Heyrman, a tribute
• Ibarguen, Raoul R. Narrative Detours: Henry Miller and the Rise of New Critical Modernism, excerpts from a 1989 Ph.D. thesis
• Nexus: The International Henry Miller Journal
• Rexroth, Kenneth. "The Reality of Henry Miller" and "Henry Miller: The Iconoclast as Everyman’s Friend" (1955–1962 essays)
• Schiller, Tom, director. Henry Miller Asleep & Awake (1975), a 34-minute video
• Smithsonian Folkways. An Interview with Henry Miller (1964), with link to transcript (in "liner notes")
• Miller documentaries by Robert Snyder at Masters & Masterworks
• UbuWeb Sound: Henry Miller (1891–1980), with links to MP3 files of "An Interview with Henry Miller" (1964), "Life As I See It" (1956/1961), and "Henry Miller Recalls and Reflects" (1957)
• Works by or about Henry Miller in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Young, Richard, director. Dinner with Henry Miller (1979), a 30-minute video