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| A: a Novel
ISBN: 9781597096584
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Red Hen Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Single mothers; Teenage mothers;
The author of Fear of Flying "touches on her mother's death, astrophysics and her own return to poetry, which 'came / unbidden / as it / always / does'" ( The New York Times ).
Life challenges us to celebrate even when our very existence is threatened. Never have we needed poetry more.
Poetry was #1 New York Times- bestselling novelist Erica Jong's first love, and she never left it. In a dark time, she celebrates life--the title of this collection, The World Began with Yes , comes from the celebrated Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector, who was deeply in love with life despite many tragedies.
Jong believes that the poet sees the world in a grain of sand and eternity in a wild flower--as Blake wrote. Her work has always stressed the importance of the lives of women, women's creativity, and self-confidence, and this collection is an inspiration to readers, as well as the next generation of poets.
"Say 'yes,' to this collection and let the world begin." --Kim Dower, author of Sunbathing on Tyrone Power's Grave
Erica Jong was born on March 26, 1942. She received a B.A. from Barnard College and a M.A. in 18th Century English Literature from Columbia University. She also attended Columbia University's graduate writing program where she studied poetry. She has written numerous volumes of poetry, novels, and non-fiction works including Fruits and Vegetables, Fear of Flying, How to Save Your Own Life, Parachutes and Kisses, Sappho's Leap, Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life, and It Was Eight Years Ago Today (But It Seems Like Eighty). She has received numerous awards including the United Nations Award for Excellence in Literature, Poetry magazine's Bess Hokin Prize, the Deauville Award for Literary Excellence, and the Sigmund Freud Award for Literature. (Bowker Author Biography) |
