An assortment of internet stops that matter to John.
Publications, GEneral
- Arkadia Editore, which will publish an Italian translation of Johns early novel Talking Heads: 77 in 2024.
- Guernica World Editions published John's 2021 book, a memoir of his experience in Naples, The Archeology of a Good Ragù.
- Dzanc Books brought out John's three most recent titles, and they have most of his older books available in electronic versions.
- John's Wikipedia page.
- Jona Editore published a translation of MOVIEOLA! in early 2019. John toured Italy a bit, promoting the book
- A member of National Book Critics Circle, John reviews for the Washington Post and elsewhere. Here's a longer piece in LitHub.
- John shares his enthusisam for his library, and a couple of its secrets, over on the Quivering Pen blog.
- A short story from MOVIEOLA!, as it appeared in The Collagist.
- A New York Times piece on Naples.
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In summer 2012 John lived outside Rome as artist in residence with the Festival delle Storie. A video in Italian includes a bit of his work.
Publications, RECENT
- John's latest is the memoir, The Archeology of a Good Ragù. Frank and intimate, he looks back on a midlife recovery by way of Naples, his father's native city. The press is Guernica World Editions, with blurbs from Bob Shacochis, Laura Van den Berg, and others.
- John's own critical work continues at Boston Globe, Lit Hub, and elswhere.
- Interviews with John include this one in The Believer.
VIDEOS & MORE
John's Wikipedia page.
An interview with Iowa's NPR station about Archeology of Good Review.
Malvern Books, in Austin, TX, has a video of John's reading from The Color Inside a Melon, Nov. 2019.
A rave for MOVIEOLA! on i-Italy TV, from Fred Gardaphe, in 2017.
From 2016, an interview with Natural Bridge, U Missouri St. Louis.
Dzanc Books kindly put together this sensitive video, following publication of The Sea-God's Herb.
A 2012 interview in The American, published in Rome.
The Domenico Rea prize, a distinguished Italian literary prize. In 2009, John was one of five finalists.
A video from the presentation for John's novel in Italian translation, Naples, 2009.
John Domini interview in Bookslut.com - with a review of A Tomb on the Periphery
Also this...
Naples, Italy: one of John's New York Times articles.
http://www3.telus.net/latremouille_bungay/reviews.html
Lettie Prell, Science Fiction, and Fantasy writer
Contact John Domini
John welcomes word from readers and thinkers: dominijohn51 at gmail dot com.
In 2021 appeared John's 10th book, a memoir, The Archeology of a Good Ragù. Praise came in Brooklyn Rail and elsewhere. Earlier he published four novels, the most recent The Color Inside a Melon, 2019, with blurbs from Salman Rushdie and others. The novel was listed among the year's best. Set in Naples, Italy, it completes a loose trilogy that began with Earthquake I.D. He also has three books of stories, the latest MOVIEOLA! The Millions called this "a new shriek for a new century."
His books have appeared in Italian, and he's done translation himself. He's appeared in anthologies, in all genres, and in Paris Review, New York Times, and other places. Grants include an NEA Fellowship and an Iowa Major Artist Award.
He's taught at Harvard, Northwestern, and elsewhere, and lives in Des Moines with the science fiction writer Lettie Prell.
Photo credit: Camille Renee.