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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
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Feminist
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New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
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I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.
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I think feminism means what it has always meant - women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and be judged impartially for them. I don't think feminism has ever meant anything else.
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A Soul is partly given, partly wrought remember always that you are the Maker of your own Soul.
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... what is great poetry, after all, but the continuation of the human voice after death?
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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