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Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series now accepting submissions for 2010.

Your own private party at the Library?

OUR FAVORITE PERFORMERS
FROM THE PAST.


Publication highlights.

These are My Flowers by Nancy Hopkins

Esselen Indians of The Big Sur Country - The Land and the People

Jaime De Angulo - The Old Coyote of Big Sur by Gui Mayo

Big Sur by Jeff Norman

Library Director Magnus Torén interviewed by Bob Edwards of XMPR Satellite Radio.

Magnus Torén video and interview on MySpace.

'The
Ballad of the South Coast'
Magnus recorded this in Stockholm at the 'Mikloz Studios' in the spring of 2008.


Hnery Miller portrait


Read about local events in
Monterey County Weekly




Apple Inc

Special thanks to Apple INC. for recently donating some great equipment to us. Archives, public internet access, ping•pong, short film, music...A lot of what we do involves Apple! THANKS!

Welcome to The Henry Miller Library* Website.
*a 501 (c) 3 Non Profit Arts Organization.

Current news:

Announcing
the XX on Thursday, June 3, 2010. Tickets on sale now!

Two workshop coming up, still room to register.

Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper with SARK, January 22-24, 2010
Click here.

The 8th Annual Big Sur Writing Workshop
for Adult Fiction, Young Adult and Middle-Grade Fiction is now open for registration.
Click here.


The film portrait of Grandpa Deetjen is now available on DVD!
The Innkeeper - click here for more.

Thanks to Marianne Faithfull for giving us an unforgettable benefit concert on
October 9. See and read more about the show here.


ANIMAL COLLECTIVE soon to release a recording from their 2009 show at the Henry Miller Library!

Dave Portner (aka Avey Tare) in 'Pitchfork':
The B-side to the single is a live version of "Bleed", which we did at Big Sur on our last large U.S. tour. We played at the Henry Miller Library, which was awesome. We did this extended jam linking "Bleed" into "What Would I Want? Sky", so that's on there, too...read more.

Picture below from the show on October 9 with Marianne Faithfull and Doug Pettibone.

House of Floyd Saturday, July 24
Photo by Terry Way


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Check out Keely Richter's (our archivist) blog for the Henry Miller Library! In the picture below she's also expressing her opinion...

New website for George Dibbern!
You breathe a spirit as warm and large as Walt Whitman's. I salute you as one of the good, honest men of the earth, one we shall always be proud of. Henry Miller, letter to George Dibbern, 1945


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Bookshelf in Library
Bookshelf at the Library. Bronze Bust by Sean Joyce. Photo by Mark Jackson

Coastal View
View from below Miller's house on Partington Ridge photo: Magnus Torén

Rosalia Byrne Firedancing
Big Sur's Rosalia Byrne at the Henry Miller Library.
photo: Magnus Torén

Here in Big Sur the stars, planets and milky way are beautifully bright when the moon is new.
CURRENT MOON

Ping Pong Logo

Announcing the 2009 issue of
Ping•Pong. The Literary Magazine of
the Henry Miller Library

"I like Henry Miller. I think he's the greatest American writer."
Bob Dylan

Philip Glass and Wendy Sutter
Highlight event of 2008

Matmos and Zeena
Highlight Event of 2007!


Pegi Young
Highlight Event of 2007!!


Henry Rollins
The Event of 2006!!


Laurie Anderson
The Event of 2005!!

Patti Smith
The Event of 2004!
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List of performers from the past.

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