Defeat fears put Hollywood on edge Nov 2, 2008
Erica Jong, author of the 1970s feminist bible Fear of Flying, has developed a new complex in recent weeks - the fear of an Obama flogging. "If Obama loses it will spark the second American Civil War. Blood will run in the streets, believe me," she told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera last week. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
NEW IN PAPERBACK: Russo tackles relationships in 'Bridge of Sighs' Aug 7, 2008
Susan Cheever, Erica Jong and others recount past mischief. Sammy's House by Kristin Gore (Hyperion, $13. (USA Today)
Progressive Book Club aims to fill a void Jun 17, 2008
As with a classic book club, members will be offered a slate of books each month, reviewed and chosen by a panel that includes the novelists Michael Chabon, Erica Jong and Barbara Kingsolver; John Podesta, president of the Center for American Progress; Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation magazine; and Todd Gitlin, an author and a journalism and sociology professor at Columbia University. The first lead selection is "The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker" by Steven... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Take the Slate Marital-Fidelity Challenge! May 27, 2008
The answer we heard from writers like Erica Jong and back in the swingin' Plato's Retreat 1970s was that women crave sexual variety in precisely the same way men do. Three decades later, though, feminism no longer insists that women's desires and inclinations be identical to those of men. (Slate)
'Sex: The revolution': Birds do it, bees do it... May 13, 2008
1973: Erica Jong's Fear of Flying is published ... With illuminating archival footage some of it racy, none of it overly graphic and interviews with a roster of movers and groovers that includes Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, author Erica Jong and filmmaker John Waters, Sex: The Revolution shows viewers how we got from anti-homosexual laws on the books to bisexual MySpace star Tila Tequila looking for love and/or hookups on MTV.. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
No cooking the books here Apr 20, 2008
They are in no particular order; you might find Erica Jong resting between Danielle Steel and a primer on Spanish grammar. The Traveler Restaurant, whose towering sign is familiar to every driver along I-84 just south of the Massachusetts border in Connecticut, gives away about 100,000 books each year. (Boston Globe)
Don't forget the F-word Apr 12, 2008
Erica Jong on how the hope she had for women in 1968 has been extinguished. Saturday April 12, 2008. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
HAWAII FIVE, OH! Mar 27, 2008
" Nobody seems to know who said this, but Erica Jong made it popular back in the '70s when she wrote "Fear of Flying. " WELL, WE don't mean to sound cynical about the institution that everybody seems to want to get into. So here's a new wedlock, happening tomorrow in Hawaii with only five people present. Angela Janklow Harrington is the bride, her two beautiful daughters, Veronica and Daphne, will be her bridesmaids. The groom is director-producer Jeff Stein, who pioneered the rock documentary... (New York Post -- Gossip)
VH1 and Sundance Channel to Air Original Four-Part Documentary Series From Perry Films, 'Sex: The Revolution' Premiering on VH1, Monday, May 12 - Thursday, May 15 at 10pm* Each Night Mar 25, 2008
Among them: musicians Nile Rodgers and David Crosby; actors Cybill Shepherd, Danny Glover and Dyan Cannon; writers Erica Jong, Armistead Maupin, John Rechy and Gay Talese; publishers Hugh Hefner, Helen Gurley Brown, Gloria Steinem and Larry Flynt; filmmakers John Waters and Paul Mazursky; television host Phil Donahue; writer/publisher Paul Krassner (The Realist); birth control activist William Baird; and Marilyn Chambers, star of the landmark porn film Behind the Green Door ... Mainstream... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
She Is No Scaasi Mar 7, 2008
"Despite what you think, Susan Isaacs is not Arnold Scaasi spelled backwards," Frumkes quipped to such liter ary luminaries as Tina Flah erty (Isaacs and Flaherty were guests of honor), Adam Gopnik, Bruce Jay Friedman, Do minick Dunne, Bar bara Taylor Bradford, Erica Jong and Tony Hen dra. . (New York Post -- Gossip)
A rush for royalty Feb 28, 2008
Over the decades, savvy single women have trod through the pages of Judith Krantz and Erica Jong, Sophie Kinsella, Candace Bushnell and, of course, Helen Fielding, who birthed the '90s "it girl" of the genre, Bridget Jones. The millennium is bringing a boomlet in historical bodice-rippers -- these figures were not just princesses of the Upper East Side, but real royalty, who often paid for their ambition with their lives, or at least, their loins. (Los Angeles Times)
* Counting the cost of the Viagra revolution Feb 27, 2008
By improving a couple's intimate relationship, Viagra strengthens the marital bond," he said. This point was backed by David Ralph, a consultant at the University College London's Institute of Urology. "Viagra has transformed the lives not only of millions of patients with erectile dysfunction but the lives of their partners as well," he said. In addition, media coverage means that after generations of taboo and refusing to talk about sexual failure, erectile dysfunction has become a subject... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
It seems only luck can save her Feb 15, 2008
Erica Jong, the famous author of Fear of Flying, among other books, also entered the fray with a furious defence of Clinton in The Washington Post recently and has been inundated with hate mail ever since. "If Bill defends her, he's a pimp. If he doesn't, he's a creep," Jong wrote this week in a private email. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
She's Come Undone? Feb 14, 2008
Meanwhile, Erica Jong is over at Huffington Post: "I give up. If I have to watch another great American woman thrown in the dustbin of history to please the patriarchy, I'll move to Canada -- where they live four years longer than we because they have universal health care. Or Italy -- where Berlusconi played at being Mussolini but life is sweet anyway and people take vacations in August and at Chanukah (Christmas or Diwali or Kwaanza) and Passover (Easter).". more about Hillary's losses in the... (Slate)
Staph Superbug Meets Its Match in Betsy McCaughey: Amity Shlaes Dec 27, 2007
But she persisted, and people caught on -- not only journalist Tina Brown and novelist Erica Jong, but also Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist Joshua Lederberg, among those who sit on RID's board. McCaughey was giving voice to what most of us suspected: It can't be good when hospital staff hop the subway in surgical greens. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
With Mailer's death, US loses a colorful writer and character Nov 11, 2007
" Those words were written in 1967, but looking back on the full span of Mailer's career today, one might instead suggest his career was a marriage of talent and exhibitionism. He carried on epic feuds with writers such as Gore Vidal and Erica Jong. He ran for mayor of New York and came in fifth. He directed several films, including the movie version of his 1984 book "Tough Guys Don't Dance. " Taking a page from the Hemingway chapbook, he loved bullfighting and boxing, whether in an actual ring... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Your worst Halloween treat? Oct 20, 2007
I chose the name Erica Jong, author of the novel I was reading not minutes before at my Grandmother s home. I had no clue that Erica was a female name as I had very little experience with persons of the same name. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Today in History Aug 17, 2007
Thought for Today: "Jealousy is all the fun you think they had." -- Erica Jong, American author. RECOMMEND THIS STORY. (Yahoo News)
The "New Victorians" Jul 23, 2007
Websites for "modest clothing" are expanding, and Wendy Shalit, who earlier wrote about "A Return to Modesty," has a new book called "Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad to Be Good." She illustrates the point with an interview with the daughter of Erica Jong, whose book "Fear of Flying" practically launched the sexual revolution ... Websites for "modest clothing" are expanding, and Wendy Shalit, who earlier wrote about "A Return to Modesty," has a new book... (Townhall.com)
Brush With Paralysis Refocuses the Work of a Salisbury Artist Jul 13, 2007
She painted landscapes and commissioned portraits of cultural icons like Erica Jong, and her artwork hung in the homes of some of society's most important families. In 1996, she was commissioned to paint Dana Crawford's portrait for the National Trust for Historic Preservation in recognition of Ms. Crawford's efforts to revitalize downtown Denver. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Which books capture their era? Jul 3, 2007
From the paranoid, feminist Seventies, some obvious nominations include Malcolm Bradbury's The History Man (1975), John le Carre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974), and from America, Erica Jong's Fear of Flying (1973) and Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), a book whose sensational appeal now baffles reason ... Fear of Flying (1973) Erica Jong. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
"The Sopranos" prediction pool Jun 9, 2007
Jonathan Ames, Berkeley Breathed, Jennifer Egan, Daniel Handler, Heather Havrilesky, Erica Jong, Laura Lippman, Frank Rich and others weigh in ... Jonathan Ames, Berkeley Breathed, Jennifer Egan, Daniel Handler, Heather Havrilesky, Erica Jong, Laura Lippman, Frank Rich and others weigh in. (Salon)
Adultery shouldn't be boring May 16, 2007
If you want to read about hot sex, pick up some vintage Erica Jong. Lust in Translation, a cross-cultural examination of infidelity, is a dull mix of the Standard and Poor's index and Masters and Johnson. (Toronto Star)
Henry Miller's own geometry of love Apr 23, 2007
" The theologian carried forward this theme and corrected the district attorney's pronunciation. "Bee-DAY, not bee-DEBT." I was kept on the stand so long my VW bug was towed. In the end, the bookseller was acquitted of both obscenity and pornography charges, and the jurors came to a victory celebration to eat Barney Rosset's food and drink his wine. The theologian, the professors and I basked in a nourishing dose of self-esteem. We had saved literature! The reactionary, anti-bidet forces of... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Anna Nicole Smith Latest: Larry Birkhead Will Stay in Bahamas One Month Apr 11, 2007
"Fear of Flying," Erica Jong s sexy novel that blew people's minds in the early 1970s, may finally be coming to the big screen. The word is that Diane English, best known for "Murphy Brown," will write and direct. (Fox News -- Views)
How will the boomers define life after 60? Mar 29, 2007
The two-hour "Century" asks those questions and poses those questions to a raft of experts and commentators in health, academe, politics and the arts: a crowd that includes Tony Snow, Erica Jong, Julian Bond, J. Craig Venter, Oliver Stone and Alvin Toffler, among others. They talk about their own experiences and offer predictions, along with the familiar film footage of Vietnam, Woodstock and civil-rights protests. (International Herald Tribune)
The boomer story is getting old Mar 28, 2007
From David Gergen to the likes of Oliver Stone, Julian Bond, Craig Venter, Erica Jong, Alvin Toffler and Andrew Weil, they pretty much state the obvious. We are a generation of many second acts. (Boston Globe -- Living)
The Boomer Century Mar 27, 2007
"You have to see the boomer generation in opposition to the Depression generation, or you can't understand it at all," says author Erica Jong. There's obviously a tremendous amount of ground to cover, from the importance of birth-control pills in the "free love" movement to women invading the workplace as equals to the self-improvement and self-actualization trends. (Variety)
Documentary fascinates Mar 27, 2007
Hosted by researcher Dr. Ken Dychtwald, the program features candid and insightful interviews with dozens of prominent boomers and voices of their generation, including filmmakers Oliver Stone and Rob Reiner, civil rights pioneer Julian Bond, author Erica Jong, futurist Alvin Toffler, playwright Eve Ensler, White House press secretary Tony Snow, political analyst David Gergen and many others. Wednesday at 9 p.m. on WVIZ (Channel 25) and 10 p.m. on WNEO/WEAO (Channels 45/49). (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Leadership Lessons for Women of Color Mar 14, 2007
Or as author Erica Jong humorously noted, "Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.". Burdensome Leadership. (BusinessWeek)
A look ahead Mar 12, 2007
Celebrated author Erica Jong ("Fear of Flying") speaks at 2 p.m. March 17 at the Blake Library, 2351 S.E. Monterey Road in Stuart. Admission is free; call (772) 221-1403. (Vero Beach Press Journal)
Entertainment calendar: March 9 Mar 9, 2007
Erica Jong: The celebrated author speaks at 2 p.m. March 17 at the Blake Library in Stuart. Free; (772) 221-1403. (Vero Beach Press Journal)
Smarts Galore Feb 25, 2007
February 25, 2007 -- LEWIS Burke Frumkes got an ovation the other night at the annual Marymount Manhattan College Writing Center dinner at Doubles when he introduced guest of honor Gloria Steinem by saying, "This is what smart looks like." The literati included Dominick Dunne, Mary Higgins Clark, Ben Cheever, John Simon, Erica Jong, Walter Mosley, Anthony Haden-Guest, Donald Westlake, Tama Janowitz, Leila Hadley Luce and Jill Krementz. . (New York Post -- Gossip)
- Is Cosmo still cutting edge at 35? Feb 4, 2007
Such writers as Gloria Steinem, Jill Tweedy and Erica Jong contributed. We had clout,' says McSharry. (Guardian Unlimited)
