oeolson's review against another edition
3.0
Love the treatment of Henry Miller's writing and persona, but Jong's dismal prophesies about the new world of writers and readers is rather embarrassing and certainly presumptuous. She writes that the current generation of writers is tepid and afraid to write the truth, holding up her (and Miller's, but mostly her) generation as a sterling example of a dying breed of honest writers and accepting readers, overlooking the fact that Miller's works were largely banned and therefore unavailable to readers for several years after they were written. I love when she writes about Miller, I don't mind when she writes about herself, and I hate when she tries to write about me.
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