{"product_id":"squelch-procedures-paperback","title":"[Squelch Procedures] - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMla Chernoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn [\u003cem\u003eSQUELCH PROCEDURES\u003c\/em\u003e], MLA Chernoff contemplates the ways that trauma, poverty, and strict gender norms rupture the concept of childhood. The tension of multiple meanings in the word squelch acts as a guide to Chernoff's unique voice, which uses language to swaddle intrusive thoughts and mimic defense mechanisms such as avoidance, depersonalization, and derealization. [\u003cem\u003eSQUELCH PROCEDURES\u003c\/em\u003e] is an ambitious attempt to show how healing and regression are often indistinguishable, while the past is always predisposed to happen more than once: first as tragedy, then as farce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMLA Chernoff (they\/them\/@citation_bb) was born at Women's College Hospital in December of 1991 - oops. They are a six-hundred-year-old Jewish, non-binary pome machine, a Postmodern Neo-Marxist, and (somehow) a PhD Candidate at the Neoliberal University of York University, where they once held a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship - no kidding. Their first chapbook, \u003cem\u003edelet this\u003c\/em\u003e, was released by Bad Books in 2018. Their second collection, \u003cem\u003eTERSE THIRSTY\u003c\/em\u003e, was released by Gap Riot Press in 2019. MLA has also been featured in \u003cem\u003eThe Bad Dog Review, Peach Mag, Spam Zine, Train, Trash Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and other loveable publications. What a wild ride it's been for them! They are currently spewing out a sequel to \u003cem\u003eTERSE THIRSTY\u003c\/em\u003e, entitled \u003cem\u003eTONGUE HUNGRY\u003c\/em\u003e, but most of all, they are taking time to work on themself. MLA would like to add that they are a settler living, working, kissing, and hissing in Tkaronto, particularly in Treaty 13 territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159915008135,"sku":"9781774220320","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e83d420b01efa6d69fc3920ad1061028.webp?v=1733270170","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/squelch-procedures-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}