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Byline: George Wayne
With the amorous adventures of her heroine Isadora Wing, Erica Jong introduced the phrase "zipless fuck" into the pop-culture lexicon in 1973 in her novel Fear of Flying, which has sold more than 12 million copies. With her own well-publicized romances, and epigrams such as "Monogamy is impossible among interesting people," Jong, a feminist activist, has nonetheless been called the female Henry Miller. On the eve of the release of her new novel, Sappho's Leap, she takes a moment to reflect on college days at Barnard, Prozac, and George W. Bush.
George Wayne: G.W. is quite impressed with your Sappho-with the regal bearing of your latest narrator. "So many stories…