Erica Jong

(1942-)

 

The Works of Erica Jong

Fiction

1. Fear of Flying (1973) First published novel, but not first book. EJ published 2 books of poetry with Holt, Fruits & Vegetables, 1971, and Half-Lives, 1973.

2. How to Save Your Own Life (1977) Isadora & Bennett break up. She falls madly in love with Josh & moves to Malibu, CA. Fiction & Love Poetry Coda.

3. Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones (1980) What if Tom Jones had been a woman--18th century picaresque romp!

4. Parachutes & Kisses (1984) Isadora divorced and FREE? Maybe.

5. Shylock's Daughter (formerly Serenissima) (1987) Shakespearian Fantasy set in Venice. Heroine an actress of a certain age. Time travel.

6. Any Woman's Blues (1990) Leila is a wonderful artist and love junkie--with very young untalented actor boyfriend. She gets sober & throws him out!

7. Inventing Memory (1997) The generations of Jewish women in America and how they triumphed. My Jewish Roots Novel--or JOOTS!

8. Sappho's Leap (2003) The story of Sappho who invented love poetry 2600 years ago, loved men, loved women, was imitated by all.

9. COMING SOON: FEAR OF DYING, a novel by Erica Jong

Poetry

1. Fruits & Vegetables (1971, 1997)

2. Half-Lives (1973)

3. Loveroot (1975)

4. At the Edge of the Body (1979)

5. Ordinary Miracles (1983)

6. Becoming Light: New and Selected (1991)

7. Love Comes First (2009)

8. Coming soon: VISIBLE/INVISIBLE: NEW POEMS BY ERICA JONG

 

Other Works

Witches (1981, 1997, 1999) Illustrated study of the witch and the Mother Goddess

Megan's Book of Divorce; Megan's Two Houses: FOR KIDZ (1984, 1996)

The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller (1993)

Fear of Fifty: A Mid-Life Memoir (1994)

What Do Women Want? Bread Roses Sex Power (1998)

Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life A BOOK ABOUT WRITING (2006)

Sugar in My Bowl (2011) Anthology (Real Women Write About Real Sex)

A Letter to the President (Kindle Single) 2012