The Posthuman Series

Daniel Y. Harris’ internationally acclaimed The Posthuman Series includes The Metoposcopy of Guðr & Khôra Miraibot, Volume VIII (BlazeVOX, 2025), The Apostasy of Proxy Godbot, Volume VII (BlazeVOX, 2024), The Metempsychosis of Salvador Dracu, Volume VI (BlazeVOX, 2023), The Resurrection of Maximillian Pissante, Volume V (BlazeVOX, 2022), The Misprision of Agon Hack, Volume IV (BlazeVOX, 2021), The Reincarnation of Anna Phylactic, Volume III (BlazeVOX, 2019), The Tryst of Thetica Zorg, Volume II (BlazeVOX, 2018) and The Rapture of Eddy Daemon, Volume I (BlazeVOX, 2016). The Posthuman Series is an evolving, extreme experimental poetry series.

The Metoposcopy of Guðr & Khôra Miraibot, Volume VIII (BlazeVOX, 2025)

Dramatis Personae & Exergue

The Metoposcopy of Guðr & Khôra Miraibot is a misprision of John Ashbery’s Flow Chart as a single poiesis in 216 pages, divided into VI sections. The protagonists, Guðr & Khôra Miraibot, are malware as the Tetragrammaton, Black Hat Hacker. 

The Apostasy of Proxy Godbot, Volume XII (BlazeVOX, 2024)

Dramatis Personae & Exergue

The Apostasy of Proxy Godbot is a misprision of A.R. Ammons’ Sphere: The Form of a Motion, divided into 155 sections. The protagonist, Proxy Godbot, is malware as John Milton, Black Hat Hacker. The Apostasy of Proxy Godbot includes The Pūrgātōrium (A Proxy Godbot Plæġan in One Dēdiz∞).

The Metempsychosis of Salvador Dracu, Volume VI (BlazeVOX, 2023)

Dramatis Personae & Exergue

The Metempsychosis of Salvador Dracu is a misprision of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico Philosophicus with its 7 primary levels divided into 525 sublevels. The protagonist, Salvador Dracu, is malware as Jacques Derrida, Black Hat Hacker.

Critical Essays

“New is The Insectile Click: The Speculative Poetry and Xenopoetics of Daniel Y. Harris’ The Posthuman Series,” Andrew C. Wenaus, The University of Western Ontario. This scholarly essay serves as the introduction to The Metempsychosis of Salvador Dracu, Volume VI, The Posthuman Series (BlazeVOX, 2023).  

Academic Conferences

“The Xenopoetics of Daniel Y. Harris’ The Posthuman Series,” a lecture by Andrew C. Wenaus of The University of Western Ontario. The Virtual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (VICFA) “AAAA! – AI, Algorithms, Automata and Art.” Panel Discussion: “Artificial Progeny, Determinism and the Limits of Posthumanism,” November, 2023. The anouncement is posted on the BlazeVOX blog.

Interviews

“The Daniel Y. Harris Interview.”  Daniel Y. Harris is interviewed by Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino, subtitled “The Posthuman Series (Volumes I-V),  An Entrevenue.” This interview was initially published in E·ratio and is republished in The Metempyschosis of Salvador Dracu.

Reviews

A Review of The Metempsychosis of Salvador Dracu, Volume VI of The Posthuman Series by Joshua Martin in Synchronized Chaos.

Commentary

The Eschatology Investigation” (Eskatoloji Soruşturmasına) by Daniel Y. Harris was written in response to Ertuğrul Rast’s questions “Does an artist pursue an end, or does he struggle with the limits created by his last idea?” and “What is the relation of the system or the order to the speculations of the poetic apocalypse?”, was initially published in Buzdokus, Issue #13 and republished in The Metempsychosis of Salvador Dracu. The original English is also translated into Turkish.  

The Resurrection of Maximillian Pissante, Volume V (BlazeVOX, 2022)

Dramatis Personae & Exergue

The Resurrection of Maximillian Pissante is a misprision of the 118 chemical elements of the periodic table divided into 118 sections. The protagonist, Maximillian Pissante, is malware as Sigmund Freud, Black Hat Hacker.

Interviews

“On the Posthuman Series: Metacommentary and Conversation” (Part I), Daniel Y. Harris & Daniel Morris, Dichtung Yammer. The initial metacommentary and conversation was published in Dictung Yammer and is republished in The Resurrection of Maximillian Pissante.

The Daniel Y. Harris Interview.” Daniel Y. Harris is interviewed by Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino, subtitled “The Posthuman Series (Volumes I-V), An Entrevenue.” E·ratio.

Commentary

On the Posthuman Series,” Daniel Y. Harris. Buzdokuz Dergi (YouTube).

The Misprision of Agon Hack, Volume IV (BlazeVOX, 2021)

Dramatis Personae & Exergue

The Misprision of Agon Hack is a misprision of the 128 specific characters of ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), divided into 128 sections. The protagonist, Agon Hack, is malware as Harold Bloom, Black Hat Hacker.

Critical Essays

“Exegetes of the Inorganic Soul”: The Poetics of Daniel Y. Harris’s The Posthuman Series, Steven Craig Hickman. Reposted with additional commentary from Geoffrey Gatza. The BlazeVOX Blog.

“Exegetes of the Inorganic Soul”: The Poetics of Daniel Y. Harris’s The Posthuman Series, Steven Craig Hickman, The Dark Fantastic: Literature, Philosophy, and Digital Arts

Interviews

“On the Posthuman Series: Metacommentary and Conversation” (Part I), Daniel Y. Harris & Daniel Morris, Dichtung Yammer

The Reincarnation of Anna Phylactic, Volume III (BlazeVOX, 2019)

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Dramatis Personae & Exergue

The Reincarnation of Anna Phylactic is a misprision of the base 10 numeral system, divided into 10 sections entitled “Unary,” “Binary,” “Ternary,” “Quaternary,” “Quinary,” “Senary,” “Septenary,” “Octal,” “Novenary” & “Decimal.” The protagonist,  Ann Phylactic,  is malware as Emily Dickinson, Blue Hat Hacker.

Interviews

“Gilded With Infinite Variability: An Interview with Daniel Y. Harris” (Interviewer: d.c. wojciech, Silver Pinion)

The Tryst of Thetica Zorg, Volume II (BlazeVOX, 2018)

Zorg Front Cover, Website

Dramatis Personae & Exergue

The Tryst of Thetica Zorg is a misprision of the 116 cantos of Ezra Pound, divided into 116 sections. The protagonist, Thetica Zorg, is malware as Ezra Pound, Red Hat Hacker.

Critical Essays

“Daniel Y. Harris and the Language of Postdate,” J. Mulcahy-King. This scholarly essay serves as the introduction to The Tryst of Thetica Zorg, Volume II, The Posthuman Series (BlazeVOX, 2018).  

Reviews

The Tryst of Thetica Zorg, Review by Seth Copeland, petrichor

Interviews

Cyberculture And The New Digital (“Xperimental”) Poetics – An Interview With Daniel Y. Harris And Irene Koronas (Esthesis Editors)

The Rapture of Eddy Daemon, Volume I (BlazeVOX, 2016)

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Dramatis Personae & Exergue

The Rapture of Eddy Daemon is a misprision of the 154 sonnets of William Shakespeare, divided into 154 sections. The protagonist, Eddy Daemon, is malware as William Shakespeare, Red Hat Hacker.

Reviews

The Rapture of Eddy Daemon, Review by Ricardo Nirenberg, Offcourse Literary Journal

The Rapture of Eddy Daemon, Review by Eileen Tabios, GALATEA RESURRECTS

The Rapture of Eddy Daemon, Review by Johnny Brainstorm, International Times

The Rapture of Eddy Daemon, Review by Rupert M. Loydell, Stride

Interviews

From Shakespeare To Search Engines – Experimental Poetry Comes Of Age: Carl Raschke Interviews Daniel Y. Harris, Esthesis

Emulations

INNER SPACE GHOST MACHINE (THE SONNET REMIX AFTERLIFE OF EDDY DAEMON), Rupert M. Loydell