Literary Hub
Craft and Criticism
Literary Criticism
Craft and Advice
In Conversation
On Translation
Fiction and Poetry
Short Story
From the Novel
Poem
News and Culture
History
Science
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Food
Technology
Bookstores and Libraries
Film and TV
Travel
Music
Art and Photography
The Hub
Style
Design
Sports
Lit Hub Radio
The Lit Hub Podcast
The Critic and Her Publics
Awakeners
Fiction/Non/Fiction
I’m a Writer But
Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
Memoir Nation
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre
Talk Easy
Reading Lists
The Best of the Decade
Book Marks
Best Reviewed Books
CrimeReads
True Crime
The Daily Thrill
Log In
Craft and Criticism
Literary Criticism
Craft and Advice
In Conversation
On Translation
Fiction and Poetry
Short Story
From the Novel
Poem
News and Culture
History
Science
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Food
Technology
Bookstores and Libraries
Film and TV
Travel
Music
Art and Photography
The Hub
Style
Design
Sports
Lit Hub Radio
The Lit Hub Podcast
The Critic and Her Publics
Awakeners
Fiction/Non/Fiction
I’m a Writer But
Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
Memoir Nation
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre
Talk Easy
Reading Lists
The Best of the Decade
Book Marks
Best Reviewed Books
CrimeReads
True Crime
The Daily Thrill
Log In
Renaissance of the Weird: Experimental Fiction as the New American Normal
John Domini on Amber Sparks, Percival Everett, Laura van den Berg, Lance Olsen, Paul Beatty, Karen Russell, and More
By
John Domini
| July 25, 2022
Reckoning with the Impact of the Camorra on My Family’s Livelihood
John Domini on Life Within “The System” in Naples
By
John Domini
| May 10, 2021
The Literary Risk-Takers: On New Migrant and Refugee Fiction
John Domini Considers the Work of Viet Than Nguyen, Teju Cole, Dubravka Ugresic, and More
By
John Domini
| December 29, 2020
John Barth Deserves a Wider Audience
Happy 90th Birthday to the Author of
The Sot-Weed Factor
By
John Domini
| May 27, 2020
Fake News, Hyper-Patriotism, and War: America in 1918
Katherine Anne Porter's
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
, a Novel of Now
By
John Domini
| July 23, 2018
William Gaddis Occupies Wall Street, Channels a Tween Trump
Yet Another Great 20th-Century Writer Predicts the Rise of Donald Trump
By
John Domini
| December 12, 2016
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
Naples, The Reading List: Your Guide to the City of Elena Ferrante
By
John Domini
| April 29, 2016
My First thriller: Megan Abbott
October 9, 2025
by
Rick Pullen
Exploring the Use of Illustrations and Artwork in Horror Novels
October 9, 2025
by
Kristin Loesch
What Fictional Violence Teaches Us About the Real Thing (and Vice Versa)
October 9, 2025
by
Jennifer Fawcett
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"King captures her guileless sense of awe with just a dusting of parody that never…"