Ebook: The sea-god's herb: essays & criticism: 1975-2014

Cover; Title; Table of Contents; Preface; Against the "Impossible to Explain ... "; Early Tide; William Gass; Guy Davenport; John Barth; John Hawkes & Robert Coover; Thomas Pynchon; Donald Barthelme; Second Tide; Toni Morrison; Russell Banks; Gilbert Sorrentino, 1983; Stephen Dixon, Time to Go; Stephen Dixon, Interstate; Ishmael Reed, JUICE!; Patrick McGrath; Distant Moons; Can Xue; Michael Ondaatje; Alain Mabanckou; W.G. Sebald; Paul Ableman; Elias Khoury; Italo Calvino; Fresh Tide; Jay Cantor, Che Guevara; Jay Cantor & John Barth; Jaimy Gordon; Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2.;A witty and sophisticated examination of nontraditional storytelling in contemporary art and literature. The Sea-God's Herb contains reviews and essays on some of the most interesting authors and artists of the last forty years. From William Gass and Thomas Pynchon to Brian Evenson and Steve Erickson, John Domini takes readers beyond that which is impossible to explain.