Chris Molnar | |
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| 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] bookstore in Las Vegas, and of Archway Editions [3] , the literary imprint of powerHouse Books distributed by Simon & Schuster. [4]
A graduate of Calvin College [5] with an MFA from Columbia University, [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] , Eddie Huang's [14] The Places Review [15] and Vol. 1 Brooklyn [16] , 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. [17] [18] A longtime resident of Bullet Space, the artists' collective and former squat in the East Village, [19] he has also written texts for the nearby Ki Smith Gallery, [20] [21] and curated for the literary KGB Bar. [22]
Molnar's published work includes editing the anthologies Unpublishable [23] and Archways 1, which feature authors such as Naomi Falk, James Cañón, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Jason Koo, and Cyrée Jarelle Johnson - as well as fiction in NDA: An Autofiction Anthology [24] . In 2025 he was co-editor on a full volume of the last poems of John Farris [25] [26] .