Erica Mann Jong

Background

Jong, Erica Mann was born on March 26, 1942 in New York City. Daughter of Seymour and Eda (Mirsky) Mann.

Education

Bachelor, Barnard College, 1963. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, City University of New York, 2005.

Career

Faculty, English department City University of New York, 1964-1965, 69-70, overseas division University Maryland, 1967-1969. Member literature panel New York State Council on Arts, 1972-1974. Faculty Breadloaf Writers Conference Middlebury, Vermont, 1982.

Member faculty Saltzburg Seminar, Saltzburg, Austria, 1993, 98.

Works

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  • Parachutes & Kisses

    (Married (again) and divorced (again), Isadora Wing is a s...)

  • Parachutes and Kisses

    (Career, baby and a gloriously liberated love life; sudden...)

  • The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller

    ( In the perfect match of author and subject, poet and no...)

  • Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir

    (With intelligence, humor, and candor, the author of Fear ...)

  • Inventing Memory: A Novel of Mothers and Daughters

    (First published in 1997, Inventing Memory is about four g...)

  • Parachutes & Kisses (Paperback) - Common

    (Married (again) and divorced (again), Isadora Wing is a s...)

  • Fear of Flying

    (The 30th Anniversary special! Originally published in 19...)

  • How to Save Your Own Life

    (Erica Jong--like Isadora Wing, her fictional doppelganger...)

  • The Devil at Large: Erica Jonge on Henry Miller

    (The author of Fear of Flying chronicles the life of Henry...)

  • Inventing Memory: A Novel of Mothers and Daughters

    (Narrated by Sarah, who in the year 2005 finds herself dra...)

  • Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected

    (An essential collection of poetry--the best of her creati...)

  • Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones

    ( Discovered on the doorstep of a country estate in Wilts...)

  • Love Comes First

    (Love Comes First is Erica Jong’s long-awaited return to h...)

  • Devil At Large Miller

    (A biography, autobiography, criticism and sexual politics...)

  • Fear of Fifty

    (Seducing the Demon has introduced Erica Jong to readers w...)

  • Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones

    (Witty yet tender, bawdy but innocent, Fanny Hackabout-Jon...)

  • The Poetry Of Erica Jong - 3 Book Collection w/Slip Case - Fruits & Vegetables, Half-Lives & Loveroot
  • Serenissima

    (Erica Jong reads her dazzling novel in a way that will gi...)

  • Serenissima: A Novel of Venice

    (Erica Jong reads her dazzling novel in a way that will gi...)

  • Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life

    (Erica Jong's memoir-a national bestseller-was probably th...)

  • What Do Women Want?: Essays by Erica Jong

    (Erica Jong's two rules of writing are "never cut funny" a...)

  • Fear of Flying-book Club Edition 1973

    (Fear of Flying-book Club Edition 1973 Author: Erica Jong ...)

  • FEAR OF FIFTY A Midlife Memoir Signed 1st, Easton Press

    (*SIGNED FIRST EDITION* Collector's Edition, from Easton P...)

  • Loveroot:

    (mmm this is an interesting book for sure)

  • FEAR OF FLYING - Erica Jong (First Edition Hardcover, Jan 1 1994))

    (Hardcover published by Harper Collins. 325 pages.)

  • FANNY: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones.

    (Jong is the author of "Fear of Flying." This title takes ...)

  • Parachutes & kisses

    (parachutes and kisses.)

  • Paracaidas Y Besos/Parachutes and Kisses (Spanish Edition)

    (scarce Spanish edition)

  • Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones

    ( "A rollicking tale...a tour de force."—Newsweek Disco...)

  • Fear of Flying

    (Female sexuality)

  • Fear of Flying
  • Fanny Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout Jones

    (A Novel)

  • Fanny Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones

    (Fiction)

  • At the edge of the body

    (edgy)

  • Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life by Jong, Erica (2006) Hardcover
  • Miedo a Volar/Fear of Flying (Spanish Edition)
  • The Devil At Large, Signed by the author on the title page
  • THE POETRY OF ERICA JONG, FRUITS & VEGETABLES, HALF-LIVES, LOVEROOT, 3 VOLUMES IN SLIPCASE
  • Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones by Erica Jong (2016-05-03)
  • Parachutes and Kisses First Edition Signed
  • How to Save Your Own Life by Erica Jong (5-Jun-1997) Paperback
  • Fanny Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones
  • Fanny: Being the True History of The Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones
  • Parachutes & Kisses by Erica Jong (2006-08-03)
  • Fanny : being the true history of the adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones : a novel
  • Fear Of Fifty - A Midlife Memoir
  • Ordinary Miracles (Plume)
  • Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir by Jong, Erica (1997) Paperback
  • Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir by Erica Jong (1994-08-03)
  • The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller. SIGNED by author
  • (Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life ) Author: Erica Jong Apr-2006
  • Serenissima: A Novel of Venice by Erica Jong (1987-04-03)
  • Paura Dei Cinquanta (Fear of Fifty)
  • Loveroot - New Poems
  • Fear of Flying by Erica Jong (2003-11-04)
  • At the Edge of the Body and Other Poems
  • Fear of Flying: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Erica Jong (2013-09-24)
  • Loveroot
  • Fear of Fifty: a Mid-Life Memoir (Audiobook) (Abridged)
  • Fear of Flying: A Novel by Erica Jong (2013-10-08)
  • How to Save Your Own Life by Erica Jong (2006-07-06)
  • (Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life) Author: Erica Jong published on (April, 2007)
  • The Devil at Large: Erica Jonge on Henry Miller 1st edition by Erica Jong (1993) Hardcover
  • Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones, A Novel

Membership

Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Authors Guild United States of America (council since 1975, president 1991-1993), Poets and Writers Board, Writers Guild American-West, Poetry Society of America (Alice Faye di Castagnola award 1972), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Michael Werthman, 1963 (divorced 1965). Married Allan Jong (divorced September 1975). Married Jonathan Fast, December 1977 (divorced January 1983).

1 child, Molly; Married Kenneth David Burrows, August 5, 1989.

Father:

Seymour Mann

Mother:

Eda (Mirsky) Mann

Spouse:

Jonathan Fast

Spouse:

Allan Jong

Spouse:

Michael Werthman

Spouse:

Kenneth David Burrows

child:

Molly Jong