Author Erica Jong, on Getting Panned Seducing the Demon, the latest book by novelist Erica Jong, received a bad review in The New York Times this past Sunday. In the past, Jong says she would have curled up in bed and thought about changing careers. But now she says that perhaps she could learn something from a critic's harsh words.

Author Erica Jong, on Getting Panned

Author Erica Jong, on Getting Panned

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Erica Jong's book Seducing the Demon isn't seducing all the critics. Mark Schafer hide caption

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Seducing the Demon, the latest book by novelist Erica Jong, received a bad review in The New York Times this past Sunday.

In the past, Jong says she would have curled up in bed and thought about changing careers. But now she says that perhaps she could learn something from a critic's harsh words.

Seducing the Demon
Writing For My Life
By Erica Jong

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