Volume 4's centerpiece is the correspondence between Anais Nin and the two key figures leading her towards fame--agent Gunther Stuhlmann and publisher Alan Swallow--after the publication of her diaries. A comprehensive look at what went on behind the scenes during her meteoric ascension after decades of obscurity, which includes wrangling, miscommunication, betrayal, and heartbreak along with the glory. John Ferrone, who edited the first of Nin's unexpurgated diaries, Henry and June, contributes the correspondence between him and Rupert Pole concerning the editing, which allows readers to witness a supreme struggle between these two very determined men with very different ideas about how Nin's work should be handled.