The Henry Miller Library
Founded by Emil White
‘Where Nothing Happens’
In 1935 after the publication of Tropic of Cancer, Ezra Pound challenged Henry Miller about money, “what makes it and how it gets that way.” A year later, Miller published a booklet of his thoughts and research by the same name.
The booklet is long out of print, though it has been anthologized in “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird.” There is a nice review of the booklet here with several quotes worth reading even if you don’t read either book.
The Henry Miller Library guarantees all guests the broadest possible latitude to speak, write, listen, challenge, and learn. It is not the proper role of the Library to attempt to shield individuals from ideas and opinions they find unwelcome, disagreeable, or even deeply offensive. There are many books and stories to read, to write, to tell, and to listen to.
We hope to learn from different ideas, why and how they come to be, and what values they’re premised on. To always critique and argue in good-faith.
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