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Erica Jong

Becoming Light

A courageous and enthralling collection of poems by Fear of Flying author Erica Jong celebrating life, art, sex, and womanhood
seven lives,
then webecome light . . .
Erica Jong’s novels are fearless and passionate. So, too, is her poetry. Though renowned—and sometimes vilified—for her unabashedly sensual fiction, the author considers herself a poet first and foremost. “It was my poetry,” Jong writes, “that kept me sane, that kept me whole, that kept me alive.”
Becoming Light
 contains poems personally selected by Jong from her complete oeuvre of acclaimed published works—poems of love, sex, witches, gods, and demons; word-songs brimming with wit, heart, bitterness, sorrow, and truth. From the earliest poetic musings of a brilliant young artist first trying out her wings to later works born of experience and maturity, unpublished before appearing in this collection, Jong’s pure artistry shines like a beacon as she writes, fearlessly and passionately, about being a woman, about being alive.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erica Jong including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.
168 printed pages
Original publication
2013
Publication year
2013
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Impressions

  • Isabel Jazmín Angelesshared an impression7 years ago
    🎯Worthwhile

    Una antología que permite acercarse a la poesía de esta autora, muy recomendable para tener una visión de su estilo.

Quotes

  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    this fertile goddess
    with her golden hair,
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    the curse of loving
    that which causes pain,
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    Darling shoes,
    beloved feet,
    ten toes to walk me
    toward my true love,

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