Book of the Day: Erica Jong, in mid-flight

“I don't think you can just throw out men completely. We may not have to marry them. We may not have to submerge ourselves in them, but I like them. They're interesting and they're different from us.”

With a new book out, Fear of Dying, the ever-provocative Erica Jong casts an anthropological eye over the other general in an LA Times Book Review chat that’s an interesting read. Ever since she burst onto the literary scene with Fear of Flying in 1973, she has made good copy on any topic.

Henry Bemis Books has one of her mid-career titles in a very nice first edition:

Jong, Erica, Any Woman’s Blues (Harper & Row, stated 1st ed., 1st printing, 1990). ISBN 0-06-016272-4. A festival of emotional codependency and addictive behavior as only the author of Fear of Flying can tell it. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket showing a bit of wear at the edges, very good condition. HBB price: $16.95.

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