Erica Jong

Book calendar: Author events for the week of November 28, 2010

2010-11-28 00:00:00

Words & Ideas Compiled by Grace Krilanovich. MONDAY Christian Lander: The author of "Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast to Coast, From Seattle's Sweaters to Maine's Microbrews" will present and sign his new book. Book Soup,...

14 books that landed on my desk

2011-05-31 21:35:36

PASSINGS: Elaine Koster, Phelps 'Catfish' Collins, Jack Parnell, Dave Dixon, Matthew R. Simmons, Travis Harrelson

2010-08-14 00:00:00

Elaine Koster Publisher with a knack for new talent Elaine Koster, 69, a publisher and literary agent with a knack for new talent who gave a second chance to an obscure horror writer named Stephen King and took on an unknown Khaled Hosseini and his...

'A Jury of Her Peers' by Elaine Showalter

2009-02-15 00:00:00

A Jury of Her Peers American Women Writers From Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx Elaine Showalter Alfred A. Knopf: 608 pp., $30 The title of this, the "first literary history of American women writers ever written," explains Elaine Showalter, comes...

Top Authors Set to Participate in 11th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, April 29-30 at UCLA

2006-04-06 00:00:00

NOTE TO EDITORS: Advance registration is required for working media planning to cover the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Registration deadline is April 20. The registration form and directions are posted online at http://www.latimes.com/extras/...

Literary Focus Turns Westward for 11th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, April 29-30 at UCLA

2006-04-19 00:00:00

Mom, Daughter On Hilary Rosen's 'Mom' Comment

2012-04-13 00:00:00

In reaction to comments made by Ann Romney about being a stay-at-home mom and the comments sparked from it. Mommies are commenting and tweeting about it. We had a mother and daughter Erica Jong and Molly Jong-Fast to weign in. The mother was a single...

'Hypothermia' and other chillers for your Halloween bag

2011-10-25 09:11:00

It's the most frightening time of the year: Halloween is upon us again. Whether you dress up for a night on the town or turn out the lights to avoid trick-or-treaters, the Book Bag has you covered. Scaring up a good read will be the least of your worries....

Close-up on Westport

2011-02-18 07:34:44

HOW IT GOT ITS NAME: After its location in the southwestern corner of Fairfield, one of three towns, along with Weston and Norwalk, from which it was incorporated. HISTORY: Settled in the mid-1600s when three farmers were given permission to settle the...

â€œFur of Flyingâ€ a Looney Tune NOT coming soon to a theater near you

2010-09-21 16:34:29

Chicago high-rise condos heighten sense of community

2011-02-18 00:00:00

"Solitude," declared author Erica Jong, is "un-American." We seek the company of others. That's easy in suburbia, where you see your neighbors while fetching the mail or mowing the lawn. But vertical living in the city can be another story. For urban...

'Girls Like Us' links lives of 3 singers

2008-07-01 00:00:00

Sisterhood—in the family and body politic—can be a beautiful abstraction and a real pain in the neck. It's an evanescent ideal that sometimes takes shape in historic movements. And it's the cosmic force behind Sheila Weller as she tries to...

I try to cop to all the terrible mistakes that I made in my life, and boy did I make some doozies.

2006-03-31 17:43:47