![]() ![]() Scared to death, but also laughing hysterically and having a ball. And I was scared to death writing the book. When I read these books, I thought: But where are we? Why are we not writing about our feelings? I thought it was time to claim that territory for women. On Fear of Flying being billed as a feminine version of Philip Roth's 1969 Portnoy's Complaint You know, hippies were not invented in 1969. My parents were very sexual, and there was absolutely no question, in the household I grew up in, that sex was fun. But I have to say that I grew up in a very hip family. I married the man who I lost my virginity with. Michael Childers/Courtesy of Henry Holt and Co. In addition to her novels and books of poetry, Erica Jong has written two memoirs and edited an anthology of essays on sex written by women. ![]()
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