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Podcast: The 7am Novelist
Episode: Day 8: Character Desire with Ilan Mochari & Marjan Kamali
Description: Ilan Mochari is the author of the acclaimed debut novel Zinsky the Obscure which earned rave reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist. Bostonâs NPR station named it one of 10 âGood Reads for the Summer.â Ilanâs short stories, poems, and essays have been widely published, appearing or forthcoming in McSweeneyâs, Salamander, Solstice, Hobart, Juked, J Journal, Slate, Valparaiso Fiction Review and elsewhere. His work has been nominated for multiple Pushcart Prizes as well as the Derringer Award, and he is the recipient of a Literature Artist Fellowship grant from the Somerville Arts Council.Marjan Kamali is the award-w...