---
title: Writing - books, essays, dispatches - Halim Madi
url: https://www.halimmadi.com/writing/
description: "Books, essays and dispatches by Halim Madi: four printed titles and the latest posts from the Substack on computer theater, machine poetry, and AI."
generated: 2026-09-06
---

# Writing

## writing.txt

Books, essays, and dispatches. Poetry born from spam texts, queer kinship, and machines. Four titles in print, and a newsletter on Substack.

## latest.txt

## books/

![Invasions - 3D cover](https://www.halimmadi.com/Assets/images/books/invasions/3D-Book-Covers.png)

#### [Invasions](https://www.halimmadi.com/books/invasions/)

jun '22 · san francisco

Poetry born from replying to spam texts.

![Flight of the Jaguar - 3D cover](https://www.halimmadi.com/Assets/images/books/flight-of-the-jaguar/3D-Book-Covers-copy-2.png)

#### [Flight of the Jaguar](https://www.halimmadi.com/books/flight-of-the-jaguar/)

apr '18 · san francisco

Computational poetry merging printed bookwork with virtual embodiment.

![In the Name of Scandal - 3D cover](https://www.halimmadi.com/Assets/images/books/in-the-name-of-scandal/3D-Book-Covers-copy-3.png)

#### [In the Name of Scandal](https://www.halimmadi.com/books/in-the-name-of-scandal/)

apr '20

Sluthood, queer migration, and spiritual exhaustion.

![Deep and Fast - 3D cover](https://www.halimmadi.com/Assets/images/books/deep-fast/3D-Book-Covers-copy.png)

#### [Deep & Fast](https://www.halimmadi.com/books/deep-fast/)

jul '21

Poetic responses to questions harvested from the internet.

## substack/

## published/

poems and criticism that ran elsewhere. the books are above.

## read-more

- [read all on substack ↗](https://halimmadi.substack.com/)
- [subscribe ↗](https://halimmadi.substack.com/subscribe)

## connect

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