0When Writers Attack on Twitter: Bret Easton Ellis, Salman Rushdie and MoreFighting WordsBret Easton Ellis unleashed a string of nasty tweets on the late David Foster Wallace, but it’s not the first literary assault on Twitter.Sarah StodolaUpdated Jul. 13, 2017 11:57PM EDT / Published Sep. 06, 2012 7:00PM EDT AP Photo (2); Getty Images (center) AP Photo (2); Getty Images (center) Bret Easton Ellis Attacks David Foster WallaceAP Photo; Corbis Salman Rushdie and Taslima Nasreen Exchange InsultsGetty Images (2) Alice Hoffman Takes On a ReviewerVince Bucci / Getty Images ‘Girls’ Writer Lesley Arfin Makes a Bad ‘Precious’ Joke George R.R. Martin Inspires the Ire of Damon LindelofAP Photo; Getty Images Guy Adams Kicked Off TwitterGetty Images; inset: CNN Nir Rosen Shows No Sympathy for Lara LoganRobert Spencer / AP Photo Sarah Stodola@sstodolaGot a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
AP Photo (2); Getty Images (center) Bret Easton Ellis Attacks David Foster WallaceAP Photo; Corbis Salman Rushdie and Taslima Nasreen Exchange InsultsGetty Images (2) Alice Hoffman Takes On a ReviewerVince Bucci / Getty Images ‘Girls’ Writer Lesley Arfin Makes a Bad ‘Precious’ Joke George R.R. Martin Inspires the Ire of Damon LindelofAP Photo; Getty Images Guy Adams Kicked Off TwitterGetty Images; inset: CNN Nir Rosen Shows No Sympathy for Lara LoganRobert Spencer / AP Photo