Chris Molnar
Chris Molnar | |
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 Molnar at AWP 2026 | |
| Occupation | Writer, editor, filmmaker and publisher |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction, criticism |
| Notable works | Unpublishable (2020) |
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Chris Molnar is a writer, editor, filmmaker and publisher.[1] He is co-founder of The Writer's Block[2] and Archway Editions.[3][4]
Work
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A graduate of Calvin College[5] with an MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts,[6] Molnar has written for The Believer,[7] cokemachineglow,[8] Los Angeles Review of Books,[9] Cleveland Review of Books,[10] BOMB,[11] Interview,[12] The Shadow,[13] and Esquire,[14] among others. Prior to The Writer's Block, he worked with the other co-founders as store manager at 826NYC/The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.[15][16] A longtime resident of Bullet Space, the artists' collective and former squat in the East Village,[17] he has also written texts for the nearby Ki Smith Gallery,[18][19] and curated for the literary KGB Bar.[20]
Molnar's published work includes editing the anthologies Unpublishable[21] and Archways 1, which feature authors such as Naomi Falk, James Cañón, Jean Kyoung Frazier, and Cyrée Jarelle Johnson - as well as fiction in NDA: An Autofiction Anthology.[22] In 2025 he was co-editor on a full volume of the last poems of John Farris.[23][24]
Bibliography
[edit]Edited volumes
[edit]- Unpublishable (2020). Archway Editions ISBN 978-1576879719
- Archways 1 (2023). Archway Editions ISBN 978-1576879757
- Last Poems by John Farris (2025). Archway Editions ISBN 978-1648230509
Anthologies
[edit]- Unpublishable (2020). Archway Editions ISBN 978-1576879719 "End of time" from Hellscape
- NDA: An Autofiction Anthology (2022). Archway Editions ISBN 978-1576879931 "Radio Cure" from Hellscape
References
[edit]- ^ "Chris Molnar". archwayeditions.us. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Chris Molnar". dtplv.com. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Columbia Profile". arts.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
- ^ "L.A.'s guerrilla readings are invading parking lots and cemeteries". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
- ^ "Chris Molnar". calvinchimes.org. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Chris Molnar". arts.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "The Believer". thebeliever.net. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
- ^ "cokemachineglow". cokemachineglow.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Los Angeles Review of Books". lareviewofbooks.org. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ^ "Cleveland Review of Books". clereviewofbooks.com. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ "BOMB". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ^ "Interview". Interview. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
- ^ "The Shadow". medium.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "The Slopification of Lunch". Esquire. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
- ^ "826NYC". patch.com. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "826NYC". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Final Poems of John Farris". sensitiveskinmagazine.com. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ "BASE 12: Don't Call It a Comeback at Ki Smith Gallery Harlem". GothamToGo. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ "Luke Ivy Price" (PDF). Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ "Past Issues of KGB Bar Lit". kgbbarlit.com. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ^ "Unpublishable". lithub.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "NDA". simonandschuster.com. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
- ^ "Final Poems of John Farris". sensitiveskinmagazine.com. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ "Last Poems". simonandschuster.com. Retrieved 2025-08-09.