Chris Molnar

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]

Chris Molnar
Occupation	Writer, editor, filmmaker and publisher
Language	English
Genre	Fiction, criticism
Notable works	Unpublishable (2020)
Website
chrismolnar.org

Work

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].

Bibliography

Edited volumes

• 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

• 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