Word: jong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pieces, the majority of which have appeared in The New Yorker, are not pedantic and their appeal is expansive. His topics range from Borges's stoicism, Kierkegaard's tormented religiousity, Grass's flippant cynicism, to subjects of a more light-hearted tone, as for example in his piece called "Jong Love...
...last time"--she repeats it, her voice rising: "Karl, we were never in the sex business." But even if you concede that point, the question remains: why did these two bright, talented, wholesome people travel around the country asking 28 different celebrities--ranging from Maya Angelou and Erica Jong to Dr. Spock and Mae West--how they lost their virginity...
...prominent Americans lost their virginity have been compiled in a new book, The First Time (Simon & Schuster; $7.95), written by husband and wife Freelancers Karl and Anne Taylor Fleming. "There was candlelight and wine and nice music and considerable fumbling," recalled Fear of Flying Author Erica Jong of her first bedding with a Columbia University sophomore. "I don't remember it being painful or bad," she disclosed, "nor do I remember the earth moving." Columnist Art Buchwald succumbed to the charms of a 30-year-old chambermaid at the Long Island resort where he worked one summer...
With a marriage breakup of her own, followed by a romantic misadventure with another man, Movie Producer Julia Phillips seems somewhat like the leading character in Erica Jong's novel Fear of Flying. Which may be appropriate, since Phillips has bought the screen rights to the ribald bestseller and will start filming the movie version in August. Phillips, 31, who co-produced The Sting with her now estranged husband Michael, shares her rented Beverly Hills home with Actor Gregory Johnson and her daughter Kate, 1%. She is considering Actresses Barbra Streisand, Brenda Vaccaro, Goldie Hawn and more than...
...says Bette of her sabbatical, "about dancing, speaking, singing and juggling." All of which Midler has incorporated into her new revue, Clams on the Half Shell, which opened last week in Philadelphia. During her break, the prodigal star added, she also found time to do some reading, including Erica Jong's raunchy bestseller, Fear of Flying. "I'm not afraid of flying," observes Midler coolly, "and I wouldn't mind a Chinese husband...