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As the title of Norman Mailer’s book on Henry Miller, “Genius and Lust” suggests, the pugnacious (2) fellow New Yorker really liked Henry. Like …like-like. Originally published in 1976,… Read More »Miller Man-Crush Alert (MMCA): Norman Mailer 

Everyone’s favorite leprechaun gargoyle imp sprite goblin thnark fae lemur mongoose wizard, Rushadicus, performed at the Library on August 24, 2024, and as the above video illustrates, it… Read More »Rushadicus, circua August 24, 2024!

Here’s an evocative snippet of our friends Elise Leavy and Rick Chelew performing at the December 21st solstice celebration.

The “Henry Miller in the 21st Century” symposium that we’ll be holding on October 16 – 19, 2025 at Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, is like… Read More »Meet Katy Masuga!

Call us old-fashioned, but back in the pre-Internet days, it took moxie, improvisation and committment to seek out forbidden content. I won’t get into specifics… Read More »Has the “Henry & June” trailer aged well?

Check it! It’s dated, albeit exclusive footage from the October 19th Big Share Fish Fry & Fine Pie Fundraiser atLibrary. The Big Share is a… Read More »Footage from the Big Share Fundraiser!

On October 30, the Univerity of California’s Stephen McNally and Julia Busiek asks point-blank is we should listen to Mother Nature and put Highway 1 to bed.… Read More »Should Califorina give up on Highway 1?

It seems like everything is paywalled nowadays, and Henry’s interview with Paris Review in 1962 is no exception. That’s showbiz, I guess. But the folks… Read More »Interview with Henry at the height of his influence

Keely is the best and also an avid reader. We order her recommendations for the store! Here are three titles, particular, that really resonate with… Read More »Keely’s book recs!