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the other sex. All his attention now centered on Byron, his dog, and me. He couldn’t avoid
fucking the women occasionally but he could never fall in love again...” Miller discusses many
aspects of Gray’s short life (he died in his late forties) and his love for him. Fine.
(1000/1500)
130. miller, henry. J’suis pas Plus con Qu’un Autre - photocopy of Miller’s holograph text, plus typed drafts.
63½ pages of photocopies of Miller’s holograph text, and added to the end of that are 2½ holograph
pages by Henry Miller. On the photocopied part are many holograph corrections by Dominique
Robertson in blue and pink ink. Also includes a carbon typed copy with holograph corrections, a
typescript dated 4/10/75 and a photocopy of the same, and a typescript with holograph corrections.
Attached to the last is a short ALs with Henry Miller’s initials about filing this particular archive.
Holograph corrections presumably all by Robertson.
No place: [1976]
Dominique Robertson was charged with making corrections in the text regarding spelling and
correct French usage of words. Miller asked that this book never be translated into English.
Some rust marks from paperclips; else fine.
(200/300)
131. miller, henry. Letter to the Editor of the Los Angeles Times. 4 page holograph letter/article, signed
twice, on Henry Miller’s personal letterhead. A response to an article published a few days earlier
regarding polygamy. Accompanied by a 4 page carbon typescript of Millers above letter, and a TLs
from Roderick Mann at the LA Times to Henry Miller, in 1978.
No place: 2/14/76
Miller comes out in favor of plural marriages in his letter to the editor: “...As I see it, there is no
real conflict between this ancient idea of plural marriage and the new modern one of living your
own life. This man and his `wives’ were doing it of their own accord and not at the biddance
of the church. Indeed, I believe he was excommunicated from the Mormon church because of
his behavior and beliefs. It’s also interesting to me that this sort of thing only seems to happen
in the Far West, never in the Mid-West or the East. I must confess that I strongly doubt the
members of the Women’s Liberation Movement can come up with such kindly, cheerful faces!...
Unless the man or the woman is sufficient unto herself, she or he cannot give love. One has
to be free of fear and anxiety, devoid of jealousy, as capable and potent as one’s partner, for a
match to survive any length of time, particularly under monogamy. The gentleman with eight
wives is so right - monogamy, at least for men and women, is unnatural. It may be o.k. for the
birds or the wild beasts. But not for sophisticated civilized men and women.” About fine.
(400/600)
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