Chris Molnar is a writer, editor, filmmaker and publisher.[1][2] He is the co-founder of The Writer's Block[3] bookstore in Las Vegas, and editorial director of Archway Editions, the literary imprint of powerHouse Books distributed by Simon & Schuster.[4]

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Work

A graduate of Calvin College[5] with an MFA from Columbia University,[6] Molnar has written criticism for cokemachineglow,[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][18] and Archways 1,[19] 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.[20] Future projects include editing a full volume of poems by John Farris.[21]

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

External links

• Official Website