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.