Who is Erica Jong
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 than 20 million copies worldwide.Early life and education
Jong was born on March 26, 1942. She is one of three daughters of Seymour Mann (died 2004), and Eda Mirsky (1911–2012). Her father was a businessman of Polish Jewish ancestry who owned a gifts and home accessories company known for its mass production of porcelain dolls. Her mother was born in England of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, and was a painter and textile...
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Erica Jong Poems
- The Long Tunnel Of Wanting You
This is the long tunnel of wanting you.
Its walls are lined with remembered kisses
wet & red as the inside of your mouth,
full & juicy as your probing tongue, ... - For Howard Moss
Already six years past your age!
The steps in Rome,
the house near Hampstead Heath,
& all your fears ... - Anti-matter
I am not interested
in my body-
the part that stinks
& rots & brings forth ... - The Catch
You take me to the restaurant where one
plays God over a fish tank. The fat trout
pace their green cage, waiting to be taken
out of an element. Who knows what they know? ... - For All Those Who Died
For all those who died-
stripped naked, shaved, shorn.
For all those who screamed ...
Top 10 most used topics by Erica Jong
Love 62 I Love You 62 Life 44 Heart 37 Death 33 World 33 Never 26 Body 25 Red 25 Time 24Erica Jong Quotes
- Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
- A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
- Friends LOVE misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too luck or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.
- Take your life in your own hands and what happens A terrible thing no one to blame.
- Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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