Chris Molnar

Chris Molnar
OccupationWriter, editor, filmmaker and publisher
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction, criticism
Notable worksUnpublishable (2020)
Website
chrismolnar.org

Chris Molnar is a writer, editor, filmmaker and publisher.[1] He is the co-founder of The Writer's Block[2] bookstore in Las Vegas, and editorial director of Archway Editions, the literary imprint of powerHouse Books distributed by Simon & Schuster.[3]

Work

A graduate of Calvin College[4] with an MFA from Columbia University,[5] Molnar has written criticism for cokemachineglow,[6] Los Angeles Review of Books,[7] BOMB,[8] and The Shadow,[9] among others, and fiction for outlets such as Vol. 1 Brooklyn.[10] Prior to The Writer's Block, he worked with the other co-founders as store manager at 826NYC/The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.[11][12] A longtime resident of Bullet Space, the artists' collective and former squat in the East Village,[13] he has also written texts for the nearby Ki Smith Gallery,[14][15] and curated for the literary KGB Bar.[16]

Currently he runs Archway Editions, the literary imprint of powerHouse Books. Molnar's published work includes editing the anthologies Unpublishable[17] and Archways 1, which feature authors such as James Cañón, Jean Kyoung Frazier, John Farris, and Cyrée Jarelle Johnson - as well as fiction in Unpublishable and NDA: An Autofiction Anthology. Future projects include editing a full volume of poems by John Farris.[18]

Bibliography

Edited volumes

  • Unpublishable (2020). Archway/powerHouse ISBN 978-1576879719
  • Archways 1 (2023). Archway/powerHouse ISBN 978-1576879757

Anthologies

  • Unpublishable (2020). Archway/powerHouse ISBN 978-1576879719 "End of time" from Hellscape
  • NDA: An Autofiction Anthology (2022). Archway/powerHouse ISBN 978-1576879931 "Radio Cure" from Hellscape

References

  1. ^ "Chris Molnar". www.archwayeditions.us. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  2. ^ "Chris Molnar". www.dtplv.com. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  3. ^ "Archway Editions". www.simonandschuster.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  4. ^ "Chris Molnar". www.calvinchimes.org. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  5. ^ "Chris Molnar". arts.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  6. ^ "cokemachineglow". www.cokemachineglow.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  7. ^ "Los Angeles Review of Books". www.lareviewofbooks.org. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  8. ^ "BOMB". www.bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  9. ^ "The Shadow". medium.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  10. ^ "Frontier Psychiatrist (short story)". vol1brooklyn.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  11. ^ "826NYC". patch.com. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  12. ^ "826NYC". businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  13. ^ "Final Poems of John Farris". sensitiveskinmagazine.com. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  14. ^ "BASE 12: Don't Call It a Comeback at Ki Smith Gallery Harlem". GothamToGo. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  15. ^ "Luke Ivy Price" (PDF). Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  16. ^ "Past Issues of KGB Bar Lit". kgbbarlit.com. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  17. ^ "Unpublishable". www.lithub.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  18. ^ "Final Poems of John Farris". sensitiveskinmagazine.com. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-13.