The stories and novels of Anaïs Nin are highly distinctive creations of a groundbreaking writer who helped to define a feminine tradition in literature. Daring and determined, she broke through the barriers of convention to address such themes as in...

Anais Nin (ca. 1903-1977) is best known for her erotica and for her seven volumes of diaries published from 1966 to the end of her life. Nin's other works, which include novels and short stories, are greatly influenced by Surrealism, a movement initiated...

Anais Nin, author of fiction, criticism, and diaries, was born to artistic parents in Neuilly, France, outside Paris, on 21 February 1903. Her mother, Rosa Culmell Nin, a French-Dane, sang; her Spanish father, Joaquin, was a concert pianist and composer....

An Oklahoma City firm collected a pair of awards for interior architecture from the American Institute of Architects. Elliott + Associates Architects was honored for outstanding interior design for its work on the Vesper Building, 929 N. Broadway Ave., and for a private...

Many large companies with offices spread out across the nation have set guidelines for office densities--for how many square feet of office space must be available, for each worker. Once these companies enter the New York City market, however, the rules change. ...

A string of bombings and gun battles reported around Afghanistan Saturday killed 41 people and left at least six wounded, including two foreigners hurt in a suicide bombing near the capital.Insurgent violence is running at its highest level since U.S. forces invaded the country in...

Somalia's interior minister said Thursday that thousands of Islamic fighters still pose a threat in the capital, while Kenya officially closed its border with its neighbor, fearing an exodus of militants and refugees.In the past 10 days, Ethiopian-backed government forces have driven out the Islamic...