
On Wednesday Aug. 11th, at 7 PM, join
John Domini at Beaverdale
Books in Des Moines, Iowa. John will be sharing this reading with
Andy Fitch, co-author of Ten
Walks / Two Talks, called "beautiful" by Bookslut and "magic"
by the Boston Phoenix.
Early in 2010, John Domini's novel A
Tomb on the Periphery made the short list for "the
best of international publishing" at the London
Book Festival.
John Domini's novel Terremoto
Napoletano, the Italian translation of Earthquake
I.D., has been named the runner-up for the Domenico Rea prize, over in Italy. A panel of editors and critics selected the finalists.
Terremoto Napoletano was translated by
Stefano Manferlotti. The press is Tullio
Pironti Editore, the first Italian house to publish
Don DeLillo. The book has received
a lot of attention. La Repubblica, the largest paper in Italy,
praised the novel as "dense with surprises... with so many stories
and characters knit together in rhythm and in harmony." Il Mattino,
Fabrizio Coscia calls it: "a voyage of initiation... that seduces
and wounds... in a city unmasked by Domini's style, refined, visionary,
and alert to paradox." In Roma, Marco Catizone writes
that Terremoto Napoletano "captures
all the subversive possibilities of language in a kaleidoscope of vibrant
sound and image."
On YouTube you'll find a video
from the original Naples presentation for Terremoto Napoletano.
Among the criticism and book reviews John Domini has recently published,
a number of have drawn special notice. A review in Bookforum was selected by the National Book Critics Circle
as its "Review
of the Week". An essay on Gilbert Sorrentino, in The
Believer, drew an appreciative mention in Vanity
Fair.
John's last two novels, Earthquake I.D. and A Tomb on the Periphery, have been nominated for a number of major awards, including the Pulitzer, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics' Circle Award.
Thanks to Emmanuele Pettener for his interview with John in the Winter Rain Taxi. John covers subjects ranging from American publishing
to his Italian heritage.
Thanks again to Jason Pettus, at the Chicago
Center for Literature & Photography, for his new, two-part interview
with John Domini. The first part can be found here,
and the second part here.
Thanks to Dan Wickett and his Emerging Writers Network for selecting A Tomb on the Periphery as
on of their favorites for 2008. Emerging Writers Network awarded the book four and half stars:
"extremely well-developed characters... a flair not frequently seen..."
Thanks to Michael Madison and Bookslut.com for the lively review/interview posted in October, '08.
Thanks to Jeff
VanderMeer for the article and interview with Amazon's
Omnivoracious page.
Thanks to Jennifer Prado for her interview plus on the Emerge blog. Prado calls Tomb
on the Periphery "authentic in every aspect...," its style a
"balance of free-wheeling... associations and humor..." recalling "James
Joyce and Woody Allen."
Thanks to Dennis Barone for his penetrating review of A
Tomb on the Periphery in Italian
Americana Winter 2009. "Domini's writing might be called projectile-prose. Exhibiting a Jamesian complexity, ...he demonstrates a lively, generous mind in action through swift moving, sonorous language."
Thanks to Ben Tanzer and This
Blog Will Change Will Change Your Life for his podcast interview.
Recent short stories by John, part of a developing sequence he's calling Movieola, appeared in Gargoyle #54 and Keyhole #6. Recent poems appeared in Zone 3 #47 and in the anthology Poetic Voices Without Borders 2
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.
John Domini's translation of Tullio Pironti's memoir of a life in the arts in Italy, Books & Rough Business, on Red Hen Press. In Italy, this book received over 100 reviews, and plans are afoot for a film adaptation.
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