In [SQUELCH PROCEDURES], 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. [SQUELCH PROCEDURES] 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. (From Gordon Hill Press)

MLA Chernoff is a poet based in Toronto. [SQUELCH PROCEDURES] is their first full-length poetry collection. They have also published two chapbooks: delet this and Terse Thirsty. Chernoff's work has been published in The Bad Dog Review, Peach Mag, Trash Magazine and other publications.