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Ilan Mochari

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Ilan Mochari's poetry collection PLAYTHINGS is now available for pre-order from Finishing Line Press:

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ABOUT PLAYTHINGS
"Ilan Mochari’s voice in PLAYTHINGS is exquisite in its range, its responsiveness, its singing. These are poems to be savored and read many times. Whether he is writing about trees native to Mexico, spiders native to his bathroom, or memories native to boyhood, his engagement with the world delivers poems that praise and lament, remember and contemplate. Several are small masterpieces: 'Playthings,' 'Fiancé, Fiancée,' and 'Weekday, City' are jewels. What a treasure. What a pleasure."

— Richard Hoffman
author, PEOPLE ONCE REAL

"With lush imagery driven by precision subtext, Ilan Mochari’s
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Announcing: Playthings

Zinsky the Obscure by Ilan Mochari
Just a quick shout-out to everyone on Goodreads who's been with me since the Zinsky the Obscure days.

My next book, a poetry collection called Playthings, is due out in February from Finishing Line Press. I'll be sharing more details here in the weeks to come! Read more of this blog post »
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Zinsky the Obscure

3.84 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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Announcing: Playthings




Just a quick shout-out to everyone on Goodreads who's been with me since the
Zinsky the Obscure
days.

My next book, a poetry collection called Playt Read more of this blog post »
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“My biological father did not teach me much, but he was right to emphasize that what women call a “relationship” is in fact a male subjugation.”
Ilan Mochari, Zinsky the Obscure

“It was clear to me that some ugly Ancient Greek must have invented both Hephaestus, the patron saint of the hideous, and Cupid, the demi-God whose arbitrary arrow-slings seemed as likely an explanation as any for the mystifying science by which females selected their gross objects of affection.”
Ilan Mochari, Zinsky the Obscure

“How alive is someone whom you haven’t seen in 13 years? And how bereaved can you possibly be – or anticipate being – over someone you’ve never loved?”
Ilan Mochari, Zinsky the Obscure

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Ilan Joey wrote: "Ilan, we, your fans are waiting, with breaths that are baited, for your next novel. Any news for us?

YOSSI"


Not yet. But when it comes, I will post it here! Thank you for asking, Yossi, and I really appreciate your support!


message 1: by Joey

Joey Gremillion Ilan, we, your fans are waiting, with breaths that are baited, for your next novel. Any news for us?

YOSSI


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