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Author of six novels, seven volumes of poetry and numerous essays and short critical studies, Erica Jong has a reputation for controversy--a reputation Erica Jong on Henry Miller: The Devil at Large will certainly bolster. The New York Times Book Review has already declared the book, Jong's first full-length work of non-fiction, "silly," and Jong's descriptions of Miller as a "prophet" who "invented a new style of writing" and "forever changed the way American literature would be written" will surely inspire debate elsewhere...
Henry Miller is controversial in and of himself. Jong aims to get her readers to see beyond that controversy--beyond the charges of racism and sexism and empty pornographic writing. But Erica Jong on Henry Miller (an unfortunate title, at best) only adds fuel to the fire; it fails to provide the cultural context necessary for a re-evaluation of Miller and his meaning to America and American literature. One controversial writer merely joins ranks with another, and neither writer's work is illuminated...
Consul-General Ahn Jong-Koo of Boston's South Korean Consulate and Edward Baker, the associate director of the Harvard Yenching Institute, said they both hoped that the election of Kim Young Sam, South Korea's first democratically elected civilian president in 42 years, would usher in a period of reform...
...Jong H. Lee '93 says he ordinarily tries to avoid restaurants in pink buildings. But Thursday night he couldn't follow his own advice...
...A.C.L.U., it considers the bill a dangerous threat to the First Amendment. So does an Ad Hoc Committee of Feminists for Free Expression, whose members include such noted writers as Betty Friedan, Nora Ephron and Erica Jong. In a Valentine's Day letter to the Judiciary Committee, the group argued that S 1521 is a "logical and legal muddle" that "scapegoats speech as a substitute for action against violence" and "reinforces the 'porn made me do it' excuse for rapists and batterers...