The radio premiere of Erica Jong's bold and bawdy novel about a young woman's quest for sexual liberation.

Erica Jong, who was told by her publisher that Fear of Flying would sell 3,000 copies at best, and that she shouldn’t expect anything, (“so I didn’t”), sold upwards of 27m copies and Fear ...

Erica Jong is best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying, a semi-autobiographical work surrounding subjects such as sex, fantasy and desire - all from a woman's point of view. Figures like ...

The female writer Carter “learned the most from” was Erica Jong, author of the second-wave feminist classic “Fear of Flying" (1973). “Carter wrote my mother a fan note,” the journalist ...

Pteromerhanophobia is the fear of flying. Erica Jong used that term in a different way, but many movies have thrived on the ...

Erica Jong had the audience’s rapt attention. The 82-year-old writer, famous for her 1970s bestseller Fear of Flying, was discussing creativity and her need to capture the world around her in ...

Erica Jong is best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying, a semi-autobiographical work surrounding subjects such as sex, fantasy and desire - all from a woman's point of view. Figures like John ...