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I think poetry is the best thing I do. It's certainly the purest. I seem to switch gears without too much trouble. Non-fiction is in many ways the easiest to write.

Erica Jong

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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
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we write as if our lives depended upon it. They do.
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Feminism is teaching. I've gotten a lot of pleasure pushing younger writers that I've met and worked with.
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