Ilan Mochari

Author of the poetry collection Playthings and acclaimed the novel Zinsky the Obscure. Ilan’s short stories, poems, and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in The Cincinnati Review, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Salamander, Solstice, Hobart, The Louisville Review, J Journal, Valparaiso Fiction Review, and elsewhere. His work has been nominated for multiple Pushcart Prizes as well as the Derringer Award for crime fiction, and he has been the recipient of a Literature Artist Fellowship grant from the Somerville Arts Council.

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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

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