Watch this space for John Domini's future readings and book events!

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 .

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.

On Saturday morning, June 7, at 11 AM, John will have another reading and signing for his new novel. That's at East Village Books, an easy walk from the downtown Des Moines Farmers' Market. So stop in East Village Books for a copy of A Tomb on the Periphery, after shopping at the Farmers' Market.

John Domini's '07 novel, Earthquake I.D. was among those nominated for that year's Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Congratulations to the winner, Junot Diaz, and to his splendid novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

On Friday night, August 8th, at 7:30 PM, John will be at Tattered Cover Bookstore, in Denver. This event will be at the Colfax Ave. store. John will be reading his new A Tomb on the Periphery, and his other books will be available. He looks forward to meeting his Denver readers.

On Monday, August 11th, at 7:30 PM, John will be at Powell's Books, in Portland, OR. This event will be at the downtown location, off Burnside Ave. John will be reading his new A Tomb on the Periphery, and other books will be available. He looks forward, as always, to seeing his Portland readers.

John Domini has sold his first book of non-fiction, The Sea-God's Herb. A selection of essays and reviews, Sea-God has been accepted by Red Hen Press, and will collect work that has appeared in the New York Times, New Republic, The Believer and elsewhere. Topics are mostly literary, but also include visual art and rock'n'roll. Expect The Sea-God's Herb by fall, 2009.

John's long essay on Dante will appear in the summer issue of The Southwest Review. Look for Tower, Tree, Candle: Dante's Divine Comedy and the Triumph of Fragility.

In fall, '08, Earthquake I.D., will appear in Italian, on Tullio Pironti Editore. The title will be Carta Nera del Terramoto, and the translation by Stefano Manferlotti. If you'll be in Italy at that time, watch this space for events in Rome, Naples, and elsewhere.

Also in fall '08, look for 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.