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Title	Erica Jong interview, 1997
Interviewee	Jong, Erica
Interviewer	Martinson, Connie
Book Title	Inventing memory : a novel of mothers and daughters
Subject	Mothers and daughters - Fiction Jewish women - Fiction
Description	Erica Jong discusses her book, “Inventing Memory: A Novel of Mothers and Daughters.” Jong tells the stories of four generations of Jewish women in America. Sarah, the matriarch, is born in Russia and comes to the United States and works as a portrait painter. Jong shares that she comes from a family of artists and almost became one herself. Sarah’s daughter, Salome, moves to Paris and writes, and Salome’s daughter, Sally, becomes a folksinger. And in the present day, Sally’s daughter, Sara, ends up researching family histories at the Council on Jewish History in New York. Martinson and Jong go on to discuss Yiddish proverbs and attacks on powerful women.
Publisher	The Drucker Institute
Date	1997
Language	eng
Source	U-matic tape
Collection	Connie Martinson Talks Books - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cmt
Rights	All rights are retained by The Drucker Institute. For permission to use this item, contact The Drucker Institute, http://www.thedruckerinstitute.com
Type	Moving Image
Format	video/f4v
Duration	00:28:19
Object File Name	cmt00101

Erica Jong interview, 1997

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