Who is Henry Miller

Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American novelist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York and Paris (all of which were banned in the United States until 1961). He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolors.

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Miller was born at his family's home, 450 East 85th Street, in the Yorkville section...
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Clobberchop: surely we get to train our own models at some point? i want an assistant with the verbal style of henry miller & david milch.
Ellechorongap: the only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love. henry miller
Sadtriobot: i hope that henry miller gets into a tragic cycling accident
Allonfire: writers inspirational quotes i struggled in the beginning. i said i was going to write the truth, so help me god. and i thought i was. i found i couldn't. nobody can write the absolute truth. - henry miller
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How happy I was if I could forget
 by Emily Dickinson

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How happy I was if I could forget
To remember how sad I am
Would be an easy adversity
But the recollecting of Bloom

Keeps making November difficult
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