Mishka Zakharin
Biography
Mishka Zakharin was born in 1970 in Wisconsin--where his existence yet rolls lackadaisically along... he earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from UW-Whitewater, graduating Magna Cum Laude, in 1992, and has since published various anthologies of poetry, prose, and miscellaneous ramblings... influences in Zakharin's writing include Shakespeare and the greats of 19th Century Russian literature, as well as Jack Kerouac and Pablo Neruda... odder moments can best be attributed to Groucho Marx, Steve Martin, and Monty Python...
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videos
The Spleen of Fiery Dragons
From the angst and antagonisms of the everyday arises the literary epiphanies of Zakharin’s black bile… the inculcations and inanities, the wit, wisdom, and woes of the very primordial engorged spleen of his soul… 'The Spleen of Fiery Dragons' is a collection of Zakharin's usual contradicting extremes--from bleakest despair of past misgivings, to brightest optimism for the future, or just random creativity and chaos in the moment...
Books
The Brighter Side of Angst
by Mishka Zakharin
Price: $3.49 USD. 5200 words.
Published on March 5, 2011. Fiction.
In his newest poetry collection, Zakharin strays from the doom and gloom of ‘The Spleen of Fiery Dragons’, offering a more humorous perspective of existence. At times sexy, at times absurd, at times… kind of disturbing, actually — but always amusing! ‘The Brighter Side of Angst’ makes the perfect companion to Zakharin’s recent fiction ebook ‘Enigmatatas and Eclecticicities'.
Enigmatatas and Eclecticicities
by Mishka Zakharin
Price: $3.99 USD. 6640 words.
Published on January 23, 2011. Fiction.
Zakharin’s newest ebook collection, ‘Enigmatatas and Eclecticicities’ is… well, enigmatic and eclectic!… Compiling an odd and humorous variety of short fiction and stray thoughts, if there were a genre known as ‘Cruel Shoes’ (à la Steve Martin), this would usher Mishka in as one of the masters…!
Kriego Silencieux...!
by Mishka Zakharin
Price: $3.49 USD. 5980 words.
Published on October 30, 2010. Fiction.
A young man's journey through his own spiritual underworld... a dark (and occasionally humorous) novel in verse [expurgated]; a lickerishly libertine and bohemianly beat romp of degradation and despair...
[This book contains graphic sexual language, and is not appropriate for all readers.]]
The Masticator! (or: Chew On This For Awhile!…)
by Mishka Zakharin
Price: $3.99 USD. 7180 words.
Published on July 28, 2010. Fiction.
In ‘The Masticator!’ Zakharin features 11 works of short fiction, including stories, dialogues, and an historical play in three acts. Zakharin’s unique perspective has been described by some as beatnik… others — well, just think it’s kind of freaking odd — regardless, one cannot help but find ‘The Masticator!’ to be fresh and alive, humorous, thoughtful, and ever entertaining!
The Vodka Diaries
by Mishka Zakharin
Price: $2.99 USD. 3270 words.
Published on June 2, 2010. Fiction.
In ‘The Vodka Diaries’ Mishka Zakharin collects 23 poems inspired or motivated by his “sacred potatoey nectar”… some are specifically about vodka—its blessing or its bane—and in others, it is a mere peripheral mention leading to other happenstances… but in either case, through Zakharin’s unique perspective and eclectic lyricism, never has a vice seemed so virtuous……
Zakharinish Zeitgeist
by Mishka Zakharin
Price: $2.99 USD. 4430 words.
Published on May 30, 2010. Fiction.
‘Zakharinish Zeitgeist’ collects 21 of Mishka Zakharin’s personal favorites from his voluminous canon of poetry, offering a glimpse of his unique perspective of the world through an array of some of his greatest poetry… humorous, angstful, sexy, philosophical (and sometimes all at once), this consummate collection exemplifies Zakharin’s enigmatic esotericism and libertine lyricism…
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