For those of you interested in such things, here are two interesting and (to me) very gratifying reviews of Alien Phenomenology.
First, a review in Invisible Culture by Sandy Alexandre, which considers (among other things), how literary practice relates to carpentry. I’ll let you read to her conclusion on that front, but spoil the surprise by saying that I agree with it.
Second, a review in Itineration by Cameron Kunzelman, which uses many of Darius Kazemi’s bots as a lens through which to appreciate both carpentry and wonder. A nice quip from Kunzelman’s review: “all things are elegant, but we do not always see their elegance.” Cameron also eats his own dogfood, using one of Darius’s programs, an automated slide show presentation creator with digitized text-to-speech sound, to present the argument of his review.
Some of you may not realize this, but as an author it’s actually quite rare to get feedback on one’s books. So it’s always gratifying to read reviews, but particularly gratifying to read those that make connections that seem obvious in retrospect, but which I nevertheless didn’t see.