“The complete DI/ODE begins with ‘the hightide of democracy’ & ends at number of The Beast in the Book of Revelations, to depict the dystopian crumbling of the ‘Amerikan century bought & sold.’ Armand traverses many unique regions on this fucked-up planet in a mode of delirious spirit as he formulates canny elements to shift phases from poem to poem. DI/ODE is unpredictable, insightful & vital.” (Pam Brown, author of Guess The Experience)

DI/ODE by Louis Armand | Published by Explosive Ink 2026 | Paperback | 672pp | ISBN 978-1-291-922-8 | ORDER via Lulu (TBA) | PDF

“One of the few to be digging under the darkest layers & finding escape hatches for the rest of us.” (Steven Craig Hickman, author of The Dark Forest: Literature, Philosophy & Digital Arts)

LOUIS ARMAND’s poetry collections include INFANTILISMS (2023), VITUS (2022), DESCARTES’ DOG (2021), MONUMENT (with John Kinsella, 2020), EAST BROADWAY RUNDOWN (2015), THE RUBE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (2015), INDIRECT OBJECTS (2014), SYNOPTICON (with John Kinsella, 2012), LETTERS FROM AUSLAND (2011), PICTURE PRIMITIVE (2006), MALICE IN UNDERLAND (2003), STRANGE ATTRACTORS (2003), LAND PARTITION (2001), INEXORABLE WEATHER (2001) & SÉANCES (1998). He is the author of the libretto A HOUSE FOR HANNE DARBOVEN (2021) & novels including GLITCHHEAD (2021), VAMPYR (2020), THE GARDEN (2020), GLASSHOUSE (2018), THE COMBINATIONS (2016), ABACUS (2015), CAIRO (2014), CANICULE (2013), BREAKFAST AT MIDNIGHT (2012) & CLAIR OBSCUR (2011). His critical works include FEASTS OF UNRULE (2023), ENTROPOLOGY (2023), VIDEOLOGY (2015), THE ORGAN-GRINDER’S MONKEY: CULTURE AFTER THE AVANTGARDE (2013), EVENT STATES (2007), LITERATE TECHNOLOGIES (2006), SOLICITATIONS: ESSAYS ON CRITICISM & CULTURE (2005), TECHNE (1997) & INCENDIARY DEVICES (1993). In 2009 he received honourable mention for original screenplay at the Trieste International Film Festival. He is formerly an editor of the arts journal VLAK & founder of the Prague Microfestival. www.louis-armand.com