Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Erica Jong Is Out of Touch, But That May Be a Good Thing

New York, NY - October 03, 2013 : Author Erica Jong at her apartment in New York, NY on October 03, 2013. Fear of Flying, celebrating its 40th anniversary, is a 1973 novel by Erica Jong, which became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality, and figured in the development of second-wave feminism. (Photo by Melanie Burford/Prime for The Washington Post)By
When the organizers of the Decatur book festival paired up Erica Jong (author, most prominently, of Fear of Flying) and Roxane Gay (author, most recently, of Bad Feminist), the symbolic contrast was likely intentional.

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