Erica Jong and daughter Molly Jong-Fast reflect on 'Fear of Flying'
Podcast: NPR's Book of the DayPublished On: Fri Dec 15 2023
Description: This year, the novel Fear of Flying — which broke all sorts of unwritten rules around marriage, sex, and women's bodily autonomy when first published — turned 50 years old. So for today's episode, we dug up a 1973 interview with author Erica Jong and NPR's Steven Banker where Jong speaks frankly about the constraints women felt at the time about making art, and how their husbands would be perceived as a result. Then, NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Jong's daughter, Molly Jong-Fast, about the legacy of Fear of Flying, second-wave feminism and the overturning of Roe v. Wade.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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