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John Domini has won a Major Artist grant from the Iowa Arts Council. The award was for $8500, the largest amount given in this six-month cycle. Thanks to Jeff VanderMeer for the savvy article and penetrating interview, on Amazon's Omnivoracious page. Thanks - or rather, grazie - to Fabrizio Coscia for his excellent work in Il Mattino, the Naples newspaper, on June 24, 2008. Readers who know their Italian can find the article and interview here. Click on the photo of Domini and enjoy the piece, which covers Domini's translations as well as his work in English . Thanks to the Midwest Book Review for what they had to say, this June. "Under the gun of the mob... Fabbrizio tries to keep in touch with his humanity. Fast paced... from first to last, A Tomb on the Periphery is a must for fans... and for libraries." John Domini's new novel, A Tomb on the Periphery, is now on Gival Press. The novel returns to the troubled Naples of last year's highly-praised Earthquake I.D., but spins an entirely new tale. Tomb is part crime story, part ghost story, part coming of age, part redemption song, and more, all having to do with Italy's underground market in ancient jewelry. The Emerging Writers Network listed the novel as one of the books they're "looking forward to in '08." Further thanks must go to Dan Wickett and the Emerging Writers Network for the recent four-star review of Earthquake I.D.. A sampling of other reviews are on the Earthquake I.D. page, and under "Pertinent Links." John Domini's translation of Tullio Pironti's memoir, Books & Rough Business, will appear in Fall '08 on Red Hen Press. In Italy, the memoir received over 100 reviews, and plans are in place for a movie adaptation. Fall of '08 will also see the Italian publication of Earthquake I.D., in a sensitive translation by Stefano Manferlotti. The house, Pironti Editore, was the first to translate Don DeLillo. They plan to bring out the translation of Tomb on the Periphery, as well. In 2009, Domini will bring out his first collection of non-fiction. The Sea-God's Herb, a selection of essays and reviews, has been accepted by Red Hen Press. "A tour de force, a crime novel and at the same time a moving story, A Tomb on the Periphery is wonderful." - Jay Parini "John Domini is a master of suspense and psychological complexity. A Tomb on the Periphery is edgy, richly peopled, and thoroughly absorbing." - Margot Livesey Earthquake I.D. is a wonderful novel of an old-fashioned sort... a rich feast." - Richard Ford, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. "John Domini is a writer of the world."
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