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I started with poetry because it was direct, immediate, and short. It was the ecstasy of striking matches in the dark.

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
Author
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
Poetry
Started
Dark
Matches
Striking
Ecstasy
Immediate
Direct
Short

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