T wenty years ago, erica jong fell briefly out of love with her face. This item forms part of mss 099 miscellaneous literary and historical manuscripts. Apr 26, 2010 january 2 1975 tomorrow tom snyder guest erica jong 34 umatic duration. Fear of flying, erica jongs first and most famous novel published in 1973, blew conventional thinking about women, marriage and sexuality out of the water, selling over 37 million copies and being translated into over 45 languages including chinese and arabic.
Getting intimate with erica jong interview magazine. Erica jong 26 march 1942 erica jong is an american author and teacher best known for her fiction and poetry. Jul 28, 2011 jong cites the power of fantasy to justify the inclusion of fiction, along with nonfiction, in sugar in my bowl. Awardwinning writer and highflying sexual truthteller jong love comes first, 2009, etc. Jong is the author of numerous awardwinning books of poetry and novels including fanny, how to save your own life, parachutes and kisses, any womans blues, and the forthcoming sapphos leap.
Publishers weekly jong cast a broad net to bring together women writing about sex. Back in 1973, erica jong was tired of the silent, seething housewife, so she introduced a new kind of female protagonist. Real women write about real sex in sugar in my bowl, as such marquee names as gail collins, eve ensler, daphne merken, anne roiphe, liz smith, naomi wolf. Erica jong has long been a sexual and literary pioneer, most notably when she gave readers a window into womens fantasy lives in her groundbreaking 1973 novel fear of flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of secondwave feminism. Most of what erica jong, author of the controversial 70s novel fear of flying, is saying in the devil at large can be summed up as follows. See all books authored by erica jong, including fear of flying, and witches, and more on. Her most popular novel, fear of flying, celebrated its 40th anniversary in 20. Erica jong26 march 1942 erica jong is an american author and teacher best known for her fiction and poetry. Poet, novelist, and essayist, the legendary erica jong whose novel fear of flying opened eyes and broke down wallsoffers us a provocative collection of essays about sex from some of the most respected female authors writing today. One night, bennett finds adrian and isadora in bed together and joins them, in an. The line between the two has blurred in our time and fantasy enriches both genres, she argues. Excerpt from sugar in my bowl courtesy of ecco, erica jong 2011.
These kinds of help is likely to make you far more usa. The resulting anthology attests the wide range of female sexual experience. Molly jongfast wrote about her wild life as a girl in 1990s new york in a novel, normal girl, and a memoir, girl. She is an actress and writer, known for fear of flying, celebrity 1998 and younger 2015. In her introduction, jong raises a lot of great points about the genderbased double standards when it comes to writing about sex.
Real women write about real sex eccoharpercollins reevaluates some of the romantic notions she first set out to reveal about sex. January 2 1975 tomorrow tom snyder guest erica jong 34 umatic duration. Erica jong was honored with the united nations award for. Erica jong books list of books by author erica jong. But her involvement in the neopagan life style is evident from reading her books and interviews. According to the washington post, it has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Jul 04, 2011 if duende, the source of inspiration that lorca sets out to champion in his essay at the expense of the muse, is in sum, the spirit of the earth, a force linking body and soil through a struggle akin to death, then the muse is a force that speaks to the head and inspires art that is, in the words most negative senses, cerebral and highminded. Jong is also the author of seven awardwinning collections of poetry. Erica jong is an american author and teacher best known for her fiction and poetry. Jong cast a broad net to bring together women writing about sex. Jul 15, 2011 feminist author erica jong and her daughter molly have very different ideas about parenting and sex one famously bohemian, the other conservative. In this noholdsbarred collection of essays by real women about real sex, jong has assembled an eclectic group of authors. This starts when i read the devil at large by erica jong.
Sep 06, 2015 july 5, 2011 a roster of female writers ruminate on sex encounters of the good, the bad and the wishihad variety in sugar in my bowl, edited by erica jong. In 2011, she edited the anthology sugar in my bowl. Folder contains 8 pages of front matter and numbered pages 1156. She has been married to kenneth burrows since august 5, 1989. Erica jong persuades some writerly women to tell their. Sugar in my bowlreal women write about real sex edited by. The approaches to the stilltaboo topic of feminine sexualityat least, for women writers seeking approbation from the literary establishment. The hardball writer the hardest part in writing about erica jong is to not make it all about sex. Sugar in my bowl by erica jong read online on bookmate.
Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Her taboobreaking 1973 novel, fear of flying, has sold 20 million copies in over 40 languages. Real women write about real sex eccoharpercollins reevaluates some of the romantic notions she first set out to reveal. Being the true history of the adventures of fanny hackaboutjones. Jong cites the power of fantasy to justify the inclusion of fiction, along with nonfiction, in sugar in my bowl. If we have trouble categorizing millers novels and consequently underrate them, it is because we judge them according to some unspoken notion of the we. Poet, novelist, and essayist, the legendary erica jongwhose novel fear of flying opened eyes and broke down wallsoffers us a provocative collection of essays about sex from some of the most respected female authors writing today.
As the woman who coined the legendary term zipless fuck to describe the ideal sexual experience, she has talked, written, described, been interviewed and lectured. Ericas views on sexuality and religion are very close to my own views. Erica jong was born on march 26, 1942 in new york city, new york, usa as erica weisman. Her novel articulated what women thought but which, through decades of silent complicity with the status quo, was. She was previously married to jonathan fast, allan jong and michael werthman. Fear of flying was written in the throes of the sexual revolution of the 1970s, as associated with secondwave feminism. If you dont know who either erica jong or henry miller is then there is no point in reading much beyond this. Sugar in my bowl is at its most profound when truth illuminates sex as a force in which these women found empowerment. Bestselling author erica jong knows a thing or two about sexual politics. Erica jongsugar in my bowlreal women write about real. That is, i made her fear trilogyfear of flying 1973, fear of fifty 1994, and now fear of dyingmy bedtime reading for a week, playing catchup with a.
Real women write about real sex in sugar in my bowl, as such marquee names as gail collins, eve ensler, daphne merken, anne roiphe, liz smith, naomi wolf, and jennifer weiner, to name but a few, join together to speak openly about female desirewhat provokes it and what satisfies it. She is perhaps best known for her novels, which include fear of flying 1973, fanny. She earned a ba from barnard college and attended graduate school at columbia university, where she earned an ma in 18thcentury literature. Erica jongsugar in my bowlreal women write about real sex.
If duende, the source of inspiration that lorca sets out to champion in his essay at the expense of the muse, is in sum, the spirit of the earth, a force linking body and soil through a struggle akin to death, then the muse is a force that speaks to the head and inspires art that is, in the words most negative senses, cerebral and highminded. University of delaware library mss 099, f840 page 6. Author erica jong on powerful men and sex scandals time. Buy sugar in my bowl by erica jong from waterstones today. An explosive collection of essays and stories on love, lust and doing itfeaturing. Erica jong poet and author of fear of flying among 24 other books. Sugar in my bowl runs the gamut from pornographic and hilarious to ironic and poignant. In this eyeopening and courageous collection, erica jong reveals that every woman has her own answer. Erica jong persuades some writerly women to tell their tales. Jun 01, 2011 erica jong has long been a sexual and literary pioneer, most notably when she gave readers a window into womens fantasy lives in her groundbreaking 1973 novel fear of flying. There was a moment during my 50s when id look at pictures of myself and i would see my fathers aunts staring back at. Manuscripts document genre related materials in this repository.
Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase. I was surprised to read erica jong taking up cudgels on behalf of henry miller. Oct 05, 20 back in 1973, erica jong was tired of the silent, seething housewife, so she introduced a new kind of female protagonist. I need a little sugar in my bowl, i need a little hot dog, on my roll i can stand a bit of lovin, oh so bad, i feel so funny, i feel so sad bessie smith when it comes to sex, what do women want. As the woman who coined the legendary term zipless fuck to describe the ideal sexual experience, she has talked, written, described, been interviewed and lectured on the subject for decades. I was initially intrigued by sugar in my bowl, a collection of essays edited by erica jong, because of its premise. Jun 14, 2011 in this noholdsbarred collection of essays by real women about real sex, jong has assembled an eclectic group of authors. Novelist and essayist erica jong grew up in new york city.
Feminist author erica jong and her daughter molly have very different ideas about parenting and sex one famously bohemian, the other conservative. Reading erica jong for the future of aging article pdf available may 2017 with 125 reads how we measure reads. Real women write about real sex erica jong poet, novelist, and essayist, the legendary erica jongwhose novel fear of flying opened eyes and broke down wallsoffers us a provocative collection of essays about sex from some of the most respected female. Erica jong was honored with the united nations award for excellence in literature. Yet jongs own blurring of lines makes her subtitle, real women write about real sex, seem something like false advertising. Erica jong is the author of 24 books, including works of fiction and nonfiction volumes such as what do women want. She is perhaps best known for her novels, which include fear of. Career a 1963 graduate of barnard college, and with an m. July 5, 2011 a roster of female writers ruminate on sex encounters of the good, the bad and the wishihad variety in sugar in my bowl, edited by erica jong. No, my husband isnt dead, but one has to reinvent sexuality. Erica jong is a poet, novelist, and essayist, best known for her eight new york times bestselling novels, including fear of flying which has sold twentysix million copies in more than forty languages and fear of fifty ms. In this noholdsbarred collection of essays by real women about real sex, jong has assembled an eclectic grou.
Ericas latest book, sugar in my bowl, is an anthology of women writing about sex, has been recently released in paperback. Real women write about real sex other readers is able to make a decision with regards to a guide. But isadoras desperation to feel alive and her developing feelings for adrian lead her to the toughest decision. Jong still has the magic touch when it comes to literature about women and eros. Finally it was acknowledged that desire and fantasy are a good thing and not entirely condemnable in women, and jong wanted to harness that newfound respect for desire into a piece of art that brought the intersections of. Real women write about real sex is a collection of the best original writing about sex from women writers of all ages, including erica jong, naomi wolf, gail collins, susie. Read sugar in my bowl, by erica jong online on bookmate poet, novelist, and essayist, the legendary erica jongwhose novel fear of flying opened eyes and broke down wallsoffers us a provocative c. How to save your own life kindle edition by jong, erica. Erica jong crafted a very fitting tribute book to a religion she never claimed to be party too.
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