Erica Jong

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born

in New York, New York, The United States

March 26, 1942

gender

female

website

http://www.ericajong.com/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Erica Jong—novelist, poet, and essayist—has consistently used her craft to help provide women with a powerful and rational voice in forging a feminist consciousness. She has published 21 books, including eight novels, six volumes of poetry, six books of non-fiction and numerous articles in magazines and newspapers such as the New York Times, the Sunday Times of London, Elle, Vogue, and the New York Times Book Review.

In her groundbreaking first novel, Fear of Flying (which has sold twenty-six million copies in more than forty languages), she introduced Isadora Wing, who also plays a central part in three subsequent novels—How to Save Your Own Life, Parachutes and Kisses, and Any Woman's Blues. In her three historical novels—Fanny, Shylock's...more

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Average rating: 3.53 · 14,988 ratings · 1,376 reviews · 46 distinct works · Similar authors

	Fear of Flying 3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 7,565 ratings — published 1973 — 48 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Save Your Own Life by Erica Jong, Anthony Burgess (Afterword) 3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 855 ratings — published 1977 — 22 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 587 ratings — published 1980 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sappho's Leap 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 368 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parachutes & Kisses 3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 1984 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write About Real Sex by Erica Jong, Margaret Magowan (Reading) 3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Any Woman's Blues: A Novel of Obsession 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 1989 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fear of Fifty 3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 1969 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witches by Erica Jong, Jos. A. Smith (Illustrator) 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....”
― Erica Jong

tags: change, courage, fear, life

449 people liked it

“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”
― Erica Jong

tags: love, risk

385 people liked it

“The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I'm thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho. You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.”
― Erica Jong

tags: anais, bad, erica, girl, good, jong, lovers, nin, sexuality, women

305 people liked it

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