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Erica Jong (née Mann; born March 26, 1942) is an American novelist, satirist, and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. According to The Washington Post, it has sold more ...
May 11, 2023 · Erica Jong has no “ Fear of Flying ” from the Upper East Side. The famed feminist author, whose debut novel of the aforementioned title was a global hit when it debuted in 1973, listed her ...
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Sep 24, 2022 · Sept. 24, 2022. Erica Jong used to spend Sundays in her Connecticut home with her husband, Ken Burrows, a lawyer, but in recent years, the weekend commute became more of an ordeal for the couple ...
Jun 20, 2023 · Just Listed: Live the High Life in This $3.2 Million Upper East Side Wonder ... Tour Novelist Erica Jong’s Manhattan Co-Op, Just Listed for $4.25 Million
- Jong loved her lesbian aunt, who she ended up caring for at the end of her life. "I had an aunt who was gay, and I ended up taking charge of her life when she began to lose her memory, and when she started wandering around New York.
- Her aunt is one of the reasons why she understands the crucial need for marriage equality. "I saw at first hand the way the inability to marry impacted her life.
- Her classic character Isadora White-Wing almost did not come into fruition. "Early on, I was a respected young poet. I had a wonderful editor, who was also the editor of Saul Bellow and Phillip Roth, and he had rejected my first novel.
- Isadora was a big middle finger to male-driven literature, which, at the time, was a majority of literature. "John Updike once said Isadora is 'orgasmic.'
Nov 12, 2013 · Courtesy of Erica Jong My dog and I left Ennis, Montana, my home for 20 years, at midnight, September 30, 1982, and drove like banshees to New York City, where we rented an apartment for $400 a month.
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Nov 26, 2023 · Erica Jong's novel, Fear of Flying, broke ground with frank discussions of feminism and sex when it came out in 1973. NPR's Sarah McCammon asks Molly Jong-Fast about her mother's legacy 50 years on.
