Seducing the Demon. Unlike the dreams deferred of Langston Hughes, demons rarely dry up or wither away in the sun. The writing life may not be all things imagined, yet thousands of aspiring writers dream of one day getting that call. Ms. Jong's Seducing . In four discursive essays and an introduction, Jong (Fear of Flying; Any Woman's Blues) ruminates on the elements of her writer's life. Most notable is sexuality: pursuit of the muse has often meant pursuit of a demon lover, a man utterly wrong for her. She walks away from Ted Hughes in the s, but not from many other wrong men. Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life. Buy Now: Erica Jong's memoir-a national bestseller-was probably the most wildly reviewed book of Critics called it everything from "brutally funny," "risqué and wonderfully unrepentant," and "rowdy, self-deprecating, and endearing" to "a car wreck."*.
According to Jong, SEDUCING THE DEMON was originally intended to be. an instructional guide of sorts, complete with suggestions and tips. on how best to hone the craft of writing. Prior to publication, she. scrapped the overly preachy manuscript and decided to write a. glaringly candid memoir of her years as a writer instead. Seducing the Demon. Unlike the dreams deferred of Langston Hughes, demons rarely dry up or wither away in the sun. The writing life may not be all things imagined, yet thousands of aspiring writers dream of one day getting that call. Ms. Jong's Seducing the Demon lets us in on her bitter but sweet journey. This information about Seducing the Demon shown above was first featured in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly "Publishing This Week" newsletter. In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. If you are the publisher or author and feel that the reviews shown do not properly reflect the.
Seducing the Demon: writing for my life () Essay, "My Dirty Secret". Bad Girls: 26 Writers Misbehave () It Was Eight Years Ago Today (But It Seems Like Eighty) () Anthology. Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write About Real Sex Ed. Erica Jong () Poetry. Fruits Vegetables (, ) Half-Lives () Loveroot (). Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life by Erica Jong. Publication Date: Ma; Genres: Nonfiction; Paperback: pages; Publisher: Tarcher; ISBN ; ISBN Seducing the Demon is a memoir/writing manual; it's unbelievably bourgeois, ostentatious, narcissistic, and in some instances downright embarrassing. And yet she'll have these moments of insight and clarity, practicality, and political incorrectness that I cannot resist. For that reason, 4 stars.
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