This episode of "Historic Audio from the Archives of Charles Ruas" features Anaïs Nin and Marguerite Young. The show originally aired on July 2, 2016.

Anaïs Nin introduces and then Charles Ruas and Joan Schwartz interview the enigmatic, iconoclastic writer about her masterwork, the non-fiction study of her upbringing in a utopian Indiana community, Angel in the Forest" (1976). A 19th century construct, the story and the characters, all real, make a fascinating tale of subcultures in America.

Historic Audio from the Archives of Charles Ruas aired on WGXC from November 2015 to June 2017.

"Historic Audio from the Archives of Charles Ruas" was produced by David Weinstein on behalf Clocktower Radio and broadcast in partnership with Wave Farm's WGXC 90.7-FM for 18 months beginning November 2015. Writes Clocktower Radio, "A unparalleled collection of recovered and restored programs from the seventies produced by Charles Ruas for WBAI-FM, New York's Pacifica station. It features reading, lectures, and performances by such cultural and literary icons as Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Anaïs Nin, William Boroughs, Buckminster Fuller, Sylvia Plath, Pablo Neruda, and Jorge Luis Borges, among numerous others.

Ruas is the author of Conversations with American Writers, a Fulbright scholar, and a distinguished French translator. He is also a contributor to ARTNews and Art in America. This series is produced in partnership with Charles Ruas, The Pacifica Radio Archives, The Yale Beinecke Library, The Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Collection, and numerous restorers, archivists and collectors."

Tune in for selections from the WGXC archives featuring past broadcasts of programs that consisted of community talk, produced interviews, music, and/or radio art that were broadcast on Wave Farm's WGXC 90.7-FM.