In 1973, Erica Jong made her debut on the literary stage with Fear of Flying, a novel about the sexual soul-searching of a young poet named Isadora Wing. Not only was the book a commercial success, it also got rave reviews … Continued

Lawrence’s novel about an aristocratic wife who has an affair with a lowly gamekeeper was so shocking in its detailed depiction of sex that even Lawrence’s contemporary—legendary poet T.S. Eliot—described the book as “sick.” Lawrence died of tuberculosis before the … Continued