Literary Hub
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
  • BUY A HAT
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
Renaissance of the Weird: Experimental Fiction as the New American Normal

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Naples, The Reading List: Your Guide to the City of Elena Ferrante

By John Domini | April 29, 2016

    • New Series to Watch this WeekendJanuary 16, 2026 by Olivia Rutigliano
    • Novelist Van Jensen Talks with His Mother, Acclaimed Painter Jean Jensen, About Art, Literature, and FamilyJanuary 16, 2026 by Van Jensen
    • The Historical Implications and Fictional Possibilities of the Hindenberg DisasterJanuary 16, 2026 by L. A. Chandlar
    • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Sensitive and powerful The women in em This Is Where the Serpent Lives em are…"
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member