Who is Anais Lin from Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir and what is their importance?

Anais Lin, author and poet, was an acquaintance of Sheri Donatti. In fact, Lin considered Sheri to be one of her followers. Anatole and Sherri visited her one evening. Lin was so self-absorbed that everyone felt uncomfortable. Later she wrote in her diary that Anatole was handsome and sensual. He was not impressed or flattered because she said the same thing about all young men.