According to lore, Stanley Kubrick made inquiries about rights to "Tropic of Cancer." Henry responded to Kubrick and said: "No. I am going to hold out to the day when we really have freedom…

Readers may be familiar with the Cactus Man. He makes our Open Mic posters and is something of a life coach (1) to the Library. He's also the brains behind…

It's not uncommon for institutions to have artists whose work becomes synonymous with the said institution's brand. Iron Maiden has Derek Riggs, who created the band's "Eddie" mascot. Owsley Stanley and Bob…

Sunday January 7, 2007 was the first time the Library showed up on Google search! It was an article titled “Big Sur without the Crowds." If you can't get past the…

Always one to one-up Yahweh, Henry drew up his "11 Commandments on Writing." You can read them in his book, "Henry Miller on Writing," which, if we're to extend the…

We recently checked in with Helen West in Baltimore over email to discuss her successful selection of design #2 in the New Hippie Sven Mug Sweepstakes (NHSMS). Check it out!…

Earlier this month, we had our Lucia Festival of Light celebration. It was fantastic! The evening included beautiful music, carols, hot glogg, good holiday cheer, and, of course, the festival…

The Library hosted the Big Sur Fashion Show on Thursday, September 29 and it was amazing. If you couldn't make it — it did, after all, sell out within a day…

In our June 2022 Henry Miller Library email Digest, we asked (rhetorically, we thought) why Henry’s name seemed to be popping up everywhere — on Jeopardy!, on the backseat t.v.…

Most of our best-sellers are predictable titles — "Tropic of Cancer," "Big Sur," "Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch," etc. But one title in particular title flies off…

We humbly encourage you to sit back, put on some music, and sift through the beautiful ids of Library visitors from all over the world by checking out scans from our…

When writers pass away, they leave mountains of letters, manuscripts, and other types of correspondence. What do their estates do with it all in their efforts to preserve and, whenever…