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Erica Jong

(Erica Mann Jong)

(b.1942)
Wife of Jonathan Fast, Mother of Molly Jong-Fast

Erica Jong, award-winning poet, novelist, and essayist, is best known for seven bestselling novels and her midlife memoir, Fear of Fifty. She is a former president of the Authors Guild and frequent lecturer on women's rights, authors' rights, and free expression both here and abroad. She lives in New York City and Connecticut.

Series

Isadora Wing
   1. Fear of Flying (1973)
   2. How to Save Your Own Life (1977)
   3. Parachutes and Kisses (1984)
   4. Fear of Dying (2015)

Novels

   Fanny (1980)
   Serenissima (1987)
     aka Shylock's Daughter
   Any Woman's Blues (1990)
   Inventing Memory (1997)
     aka Of Blessed Memory
   Sappho's Leap (2003)

Collections

   Fruits and Vegetables (poems) (1971)
   Half-Lives (poems) (1973)
   Loveroot (poems) (1975)
   Here Comes (poems) (1975)
   Selected Poems (poems) (1977)
   At the Edge of the Body (poems) (1979)
   Selected Poems Vol 2 (poems) (1980)
   Ordinary Miracles (poems) (1983)
   Becoming Light (poems) (1991)
   Love Comes First (poems) (2009)
   The World Began With Yes (poems) (2019)

Picture Books show

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Erica Jong

Witches' Brew (2002)
edited by
Yvonne Jocks

The Best of the Best (1998)
edited by
Elaine Koster and Joseph Pittman

Wild Women (1997)
edited by
Melissa Mia Hall

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Lillian On Life (2014)
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Mozart's Ghost (2008)
Julia Cameron
"Heartbreakingly funny. Julia Cameron is a writer who writes from the heart. The real thing is always good news. Pass it on."

The Third Child (2003)
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