There's a great roundup here of the big literary gossip of the weekend.

In brief: A Boston Globe book reviewer named Roberta Silman said that Alice Hoffman's new novel wasn't as good as her previous books. Hoffman then went ballistic on Twitter, calling Silman an "idiot." She further says Silman isn't a writer, and back in the good old days, writers used to review writers. Then Hoffman suggested that her complaining about this review was proud feminism, because she's not just sitting down and taking it. Then she suggests that Boston is a second-rate city.

And then she publishes Silman's e-mail and phone number online.

In conclusion, Alice Hoffman is a dolt. Her Twitter account no longer exists.