Posted Bymarc on November 07, 19101 at 12:38:38:
In Reply to: Re: Under the Twats of Paris posted byOld Fart on November 05, 19101 at 16:21:43:
: In the Diaries of Anais Nin, which I read some twenty-odd years ago, she mentions Miller writing pornography for a guy at something like a dollar page. She tried her hand at it, but the buyer didn't like her stuff. It was too literary. I suppose Miller's contribution became Opus Pistorum, but why anyone would want to read it is beyond me. It has no relationship to Miller's serious writing, it's just some crap he churned out for a paycheck.
: I believe he also posed for some pornographic photos. But I don't see any museum wanting to hang them along with his watercolours.
:From what I understand of the genesis of "Opus..." is that Henry wrote it for a freind. Apparently this fella owned a bookstore which wasn't doing so well, a book store which Henry liked for its virtue of keeping true to real and true literary roots. As it goes, there wasn't much selling power there. But pornography, for better or worse, can always bring in a little cash. It was a favor.
marc