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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:00 AM

Hey, authors, don't tweet in anger!

Alice Hoffman continues the literary tradition of lashing out at critics, Twitter style. Who's sorry now?
By Mary Elizabeth Williams

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  • Tuesday, June 30, 2009 01:44 PM

    i stand corrected...

    It was actually this quote from Waldman:

    "The book is a feminist polemic, you ignorant twat."

    Still hilarious.

    —sundari Read sundari's other letters

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