Gwen E. Kirby: Midwestern Girl Is Tired of Appearing in Your Short Stories
Midwestern Girl Is Tired of Appearing in Your Short Stories, by Gwen E. Kirby Come on. This story was published in 2017 and I can't...
- Jun 30
- 1 min
Hudson Prize Finalist!
I'm still pinching myself and revisiting the post to be sure I'm still on there. My collection of short fiction, "Why Shit Is Still Like...
- May 20
- 1 min
The Masters Review Chapbook Open: Shortlist
So honored to see my chapbook of flash fiction on the shortlist for The Masters Review's Chapbook Open. The others on this list have some...
- May 1
- 1 min
Top 5 Finalist for the Press 53 Award for Short Fiction
So honored to be among five finalists for the Press 53 Award for Short Fiction! Thank you to Press 53 readers and editors, Claire V....
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Coming Out of Hiding
I was scheduled to give a reading as part of the Sunday Reading Series in Chicago on March 15, 2020, and... you can probably guess how...
- Feb 25
- 1 min
Illinois Arts Council Grant
So grateful to the Illinois Arts Council Agency for awarding me an Individual Artist Grant for the summer of 2022. Hoping to update this...
- Feb 1
- 1 min
Charles Yu: Standard Loneliness Package
Incredible. "Standard Loneliness Package" is the most genuinely breathtaking story I've read in a long time. Can't stop thinking about...
- Dec 28, 2021
- 1 min
Prospect Street Reading Series
I was so happy to be invited to share a couple of short pieces as part of this online reading series, along with some of my fellow...
- Mar 14, 2020
- 1 min
I'm Gonna Be in Best Small Fictions!
Look at this incredible thing I just got to wake up to: "Dear Molly: Congratulations, your work "What You Have Been Told" has been chosen...
- Mar 4, 2020
- 1 min
Sunday Reading Series at Hungry Brain (Sunday March 15, 7pm)
Looking forward to reading alongside Thomas Burke and CM Burroughs at the Sunday Reading Series at Hungry Brain next weekend! Sunday...
- Mar 4, 2020
- 1 min
I Wrote an Essay About True Love, Racehorses, and Harry Styles
Last summer, I wrote my very first personal essay. I've never really understood how creative nonfiction people did it. Personal essays...
- Oct 29, 2019
- 1 min
Visiting Writer: Medaille College
I'm very excited to be visiting Medaille College next week to participate in their "Write Thing" literary reading series. I'll be...